I report, you don't get flayed.
Anyhow, for the last two months, I have been searching for a better blade. With hopes that there is possibly some DE blade out there that is better than anything that I have yet to use, I plunged headlong into a series of blade tests. Some turned out great, some good, and some very bad.
Most of the blades I have been trying out are standards of wetshaving enthusiasts, that for whatever reason, I never have got around to trying. I have been mostly using Sharks, and Green Gillettes for my DEs since beginning to DE shave in August 2009. After discovering Injectors and SEs, I decided it was time to hunt for a better DE blade.
Now, for my tests of these blades, I used 5 select razors - My 3 piece open comb old type knockoff, Red Tip, Krona, Slim Adjustable, and a Blue Lady Gillette. Occasionally, I would use another razor, but these are the 5 main ones. Through the course of this journey, I have discovered that if a blade does not work well for me in my Red Tip, then odds are it will not be good for me at all. This was not always the case, but it held true nearly every time.
Here are the blades that I tried, and my thoughts on each.
Feathers (Yellow) - great! These worked really well in most of my razors, but very well in the Knockoff and the Red Tip.
Red Personna - I could not as for a smoother, more error-free shave than what these blades offered me! They work well in every razor I own, and I cannot ask more than that. While not quite as sharp as the Feathers, they were just super smooth.
Green Astra (platinum) - not bad, but they just didn't really work that well for me. Nicks and burns, while not severe, ruled each shave in each razor.
Blue Astra (stainless) - Very good! In all the razors, these performed very well. Not quite as good as the Personna blades, but worth buying more of.
Treet Classic - awful! I'd rather be tortured by someone with cold hands!
Trig Stainless - These blades made the Treet blades feel good.
SuperMax Platinum - these performed very well for me - smooth and almost always nick and burn free as long as I didn't do something stupid. These also will be worth buying more.
Bic - not bad, but not as good as the top performers.
Bottom line: I will buy more of the Personnas, Blue Astra, SuperMax and Feather blades.
Anyhow, for the last two months, I have been searching for a better blade. With hopes that there is possibly some DE blade out there that is better than anything that I have yet to use, I plunged headlong into a series of blade tests. Some turned out great, some good, and some very bad.
Most of the blades I have been trying out are standards of wetshaving enthusiasts, that for whatever reason, I never have got around to trying. I have been mostly using Sharks, and Green Gillettes for my DEs since beginning to DE shave in August 2009. After discovering Injectors and SEs, I decided it was time to hunt for a better DE blade.
Now, for my tests of these blades, I used 5 select razors - My 3 piece open comb old type knockoff, Red Tip, Krona, Slim Adjustable, and a Blue Lady Gillette. Occasionally, I would use another razor, but these are the 5 main ones. Through the course of this journey, I have discovered that if a blade does not work well for me in my Red Tip, then odds are it will not be good for me at all. This was not always the case, but it held true nearly every time.
Here are the blades that I tried, and my thoughts on each.
Feathers (Yellow) - great! These worked really well in most of my razors, but very well in the Knockoff and the Red Tip.
Red Personna - I could not as for a smoother, more error-free shave than what these blades offered me! They work well in every razor I own, and I cannot ask more than that. While not quite as sharp as the Feathers, they were just super smooth.
Green Astra (platinum) - not bad, but they just didn't really work that well for me. Nicks and burns, while not severe, ruled each shave in each razor.
Blue Astra (stainless) - Very good! In all the razors, these performed very well. Not quite as good as the Personna blades, but worth buying more of.
Treet Classic - awful! I'd rather be tortured by someone with cold hands!
Trig Stainless - These blades made the Treet blades feel good.
SuperMax Platinum - these performed very well for me - smooth and almost always nick and burn free as long as I didn't do something stupid. These also will be worth buying more.
Bic - not bad, but not as good as the top performers.
Bottom line: I will buy more of the Personnas, Blue Astra, SuperMax and Feather blades.
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