With Silver Stars I can count on 5-6 good shaves; I could probably get 8 most of the time if pushed it, but 5-6 is the sweet spot. My previous go-to blade was Shark SS, which I would consistently bin after 3 shaves.
Do you have any blade life prolonging tips? Which blade do you use most. Tell us in the comments
Czech Tiger carbon steel blued: 3
Treet DuraSharp coated carbon steel: 4
Feather: 2 super sharp shaves, then 5 same as other blades
Derby Extra: 1
Merkur: 0
The Personna crowd are rapidly becoming the new Polsilver crowd.Four. No more no less.
Well that’s not true but is sounds cool. Shave number two on almost any blade is the best. Kai and Feather just degrade starting at one. Everything else seem to peak at two then taper off depending on the specific one. I come to enjoy blades much more than I had ever expected. They all have different personalities and I have many “favorites”. The only “type” I have no experience with are Personna. I don’t wanna get involved with the Personna crowd. They’re crazy. You know you guys are. Oh wait I do have one Personna branded blade, Eddison. I’ll hold off from commenting so that I don’t get pulled into the “Personna parade”.