Top 5 Essential Blades.

[aar0n]

Feather
Personna Med Prep (blue)


These are the only blades I've used recently.

 

[nehpets4627]

1. Gillette 7 O'Clock Sharp Edge (Yellow, Russia)
2. Crystal / Israeli Personna
3. Personna Blue / Lab / Med
4. Personna Red
5. Gillette 7 O'Clock Super Platinum (Black, India)

 

[musicman1951]

Personna Med Prep
Personna Lab
Gillette 7 O'Clock Blacks
Astra SP
only use four

 

[velocityboy]

Gillette Silver Blue
Polsilver Super Iridium
Personna Lab/ Med Prep
Super-Max Super Platinum
Feather

 

[watchiekong]

Polsilver SI
Astra SP
Wilkinson Sword
Feather

As always, this could change. I'm really impressed with Polsilver SI's.

 

[Chadao]

Gillette Yellows
Personna Med Prep--Blue,Lab
Feather
Gillette Black
Voskhod

 

[KQY61]

Hi,

Personna Med Prep / Lab Blue.

That is it. I have tried some others as in samplers, but didn't really like anything else enough to order any. A couple months back I got a deal on 60+ Gillette Yellows and disliked them enough to PIF 60 of them to TGBE.

Stan

 

[cfender]

Gillette Silver Blue
Iridium Super (Original NOS)
Feather

That's all I've been using recently.

 

[applevalleyjoe]

Feathers
KAI
Bolzano
Super Iridium
Voshkhod

 

[DrAwkward]

1. Polsilver SI
2. Personna Med Prep
3. Feather
4. SuperMax Super Platinum
5. Astra SP

I am assuming that vintage blades are not what the OP is looking for since they are not freely available.

 

[5savages]

Voskhod
Personna Super
Ladas
Supermax Platinum
PolSilver

 

[Early Morning]

1. Gillette Silver Blue - It is fairly decent.
2. Personna Med Prep - 1 shave, then out.
3. Polsilver SI - Cool graphics on the box.
4. Feather - Works better after espresso.
5. 7 O’clock Black - Annoying but decent.

 

[Rattbones]

1. Cold Steel Espada XL
2. Hogue EX01
3. Cold Steel Raijah 3
4. Spyderco Tenacious
5. Polsilver Super Iridium

 

[Eeyore]

From the various blades I tried, the PPC (Personna Platinum Chrome) are the best for me. Smooth, sharp, long lasting, and inexpensive.

 

[Nomad1600]

1. Voskhod
2. Polsilver Iridium Super
3. Gillette 7 O'Clock Yellow
4. Personna Med
5. Astra SP

 

[coyotewhisper]

I'm complying the data as it is posted. I will continue to collect the information up till 10/6. Then will post a master list of the various blades, ranking them according to their popularity.

Thanks everyone for participating.

 

[rotto66]

1. Personna Labs
2. English Wilkinson Sword
3. Gillette 7 O'clock Yellow
4. vintage Schick Krona-Chrome

 

[Puppet Master]

1. Super Iridium
2. Perma Sharp
3. Voskhod
4. Gillette 7 o'clock Blacks
5. GSB

 

[Lothar101]

1. Gillette 7 o'clock Blacks
2. Polsiver Super Iridium
3. Personna Red
4. Personna Labs
5. Astra SP

 

[takisg]

In no particular order:
Astra Superior Platinum
PolSilver Super Iridium
Perma-Sharp Super
Personna Lab Blue
Feather