Top 5 Essential Blades.

[coyotewhisper]

I want to do a project, complying a list of the top 25 blades. I need your help to list your top 5 essential blades that you use.

I will start off;

1. Gillette Silver Blue
2. Voshkod
3. Red Persona
4. Gillette 7 o'clock Black
5. Israeli Persona

 

[mikelz777]

In no particular order:

1. Personna Red
2. Personna Blue (Israeli)
3. Gillette 7 O'Clock Yellow
4. Personna Blue (med prep)
4. Astra SP

This list could easily change as I still have over half a dozen brands of blades I haven't tried yet. This is what I came up with after a year of DE shaving.

 

[Cerbul13]

1.Personna Lab
2.Personna Barber (white paper, no text on blades)
3.Rapira Swedish Supersteel
4.Perma Sharps
5.Gillette Black

 

[Toddster64]

1. Polsilver
2. Voskhod
3. Feather
4. Gillette Silver Blue
5. Lord Platinum

 

[Winblows]

1. POLSILVER SUPER IRIDIUM
2. Gillette 7 o'clock Super Platinum (black, made in India)
3. Gillette 7 o'clock Super Platinum (blue, made in Russia)
4. Wilkinson Sword (Solingen)
5. Astra SP

 

[The Dean]

I want to do a project, complying a list of the top 25 blades. I need your help to list your top 5 essential blades that you use.

I will start off;

1. Gillette Steel Blue

Silver Blue or something else?

Nice list.

 

[OccamsBadger]

My list -
1) Feathers
2) Gillette Silver Blue
3) Personna Med Prep
4) Gillette 7 O'clock Black
5) Personna Reds

Blades are arguably the most YMMV part of the DE experience, so take any list with a big grain of salt.

 

[mistercitizen]

1. Gillette Silver Blue
2. Polsilver Super Iridium
3. Gillette 7 O'Clock Super Platinum (Blue)
4. Astra Superior Platinum
5. Feather

Ben

 

[VerbaVolant]

1. Feather
2. Astra Superior Platinum
3. Gillette 7 O'Clock SharpEdge (yellow)
4. Gillette 7 O'Clock Super Stainless (green)
5. Polsilver Super Iridium

 

[Okla1911]

I haven't tried too many out yet but so far my top choices in no particular order are:

Personna Reds
Feather

Honorable Mention:
Gillette 7'O Clock Black
Astra SP

 

[5Cantonas]

I don't have a large variety, I mainly use 2 kinds.
1. PolSI
2. Feather
3. Voskhod
4. Gillette Black
5. Personna red

 

[chilliman64]

in no particular order:

Derby Extra
Gillette SB
Astra SP
Gillette 7 green
Gillette 7 yellow

 

[BayRhum]

Feather
Astra SP
Israeli Personna (not crystals)
UK Wilkinson
Rainbows

 

[Haegar]

1. Gillette Silver Blue
1. 7 o'Clock black
2. Feather
2. Astra SP
2. Astra SS

These are 5 blade types out of only 11 I have tried so far.
Also, next year my mileage may vary...

 

[ackvil]

1. Personna Labs or Med prep blades.
2. Personna Reds
3. Astra
4. Gillette Russian Yellows
5. Lord SC

 

[coyotewhisper]

OOPs, I meant Silver

 

[bocefus]

likely to change soon....at this particular second

1) Gillette Silver Blue
2) Gillette 7'Clock Black
3) Astra SP
4) Gillette 7'OClock Green Permasharp
5) Personna Lab Blue

 

[Maxime D.]

1. Perma-sharp
2. Perma-sharp
3. Perma-sharp
4. Perma-sharp
5. Perma-sharp

 

[keithmax]

Super Iridium
Gilette Super Blue
Gillette Super Thin
Perma Sharp
Feather

 

[dcc]

1.Polsilver Super Iridium
2.Polsilver Super Iridium
3.Polsilver Super Iridium
4.Polsilver Super Iridium
5.Polsilver Super Iridium