whats your blade stock count?

[Copierguy]

With some of you folks having a lifetime supply of blades sitting around ... is there any special storage advice? Like in a closed plastic container air tight sealed with some dry pouch in it? Out in the open, well ventilated at controlled temperature. Do some even have a special wine fridge modified to circulate a dash of Balistol every now and then over the blades, just kiddin'.

I have maybe 150 blades, mostly Feather , Astra SP and Personna Red, and a few left overs from an early stage sampler pack. I do feel the sudden urge to stock up, really. You never know how much snow we will get this year, if any... and then you can't get any delivery for weeks .

Foamy greetings
Icebear

In a plastic bag in a bedroom closet in an air conditioned house.

 

[bobusa]

air conditioned house.

This is not a requirement I believe

 

[johnnyxxl]

Bout 30 or so asst

Swords, astras, zoriks, sharks and a few i can't recall at work, not at home grrr

 

[noodles hovar]

Let's see..

3 Feathers
4 7 O'clock yellows
2 blue Personnas
2 Astra SP

..coming in the mail:
5 7 O'clock blues
5 7 O'clock blacks

I'm running down my very first rotation and getting ready for a 100 order. So far it's 7 O'clock yellows, but it depends on what I find the blues & blacks to be like.

 

[carlosmg1991]

100 feather in mail
30 Astra SP
7 Merkurs (left over from when I bought my razor)
18 Gilette 7. 0 clock.

Feather is the blade I have decided to use.

 

[VerbaVolant]

600 Feather
600 Astra
180 Timor
Gillette Platinum 100
Gillette Stainless 100
Bolzano 100
Derby 100
Dorco 50
50 Blade samples

 

[celestino]

350 Gillette 7 o'clock yellow
100 Wilkinson Sword
100 Treet
100 IP Blue
10 Feather
10 Bolzano
i just realized i have way too many blades!

 

[thIs6Nly]

Feather:
60 on hand
200 on order

 

[Sunflake]

4) 7 o'clock yellows
4) 7 o'clock blue
5) black ninja
Wow I really need to get some more blades

 

[coyotewhisper]

250+

 

[Doc226]

220 Feathers on hand

 

[Reckoner]

200 Astra SP
50 Feather

I thought I had quite the pile of blades, but now I feel like I'm running low!

 

[MajorMoran]

125 Feathers
300 Astra greens
125 7'oclock blues

 

[Doctor Love]

Astra SP ~ 500
Feather ~ 200
Personna Med Prep ~ 300
Super-Max Super Stainless ~ 400
Timor ~ 200
Various blades to try, 3 or 4 different gillettes, some red personnas, wilkies both uk and german, derbys, etc. (5 to 10 blades per pack)

I just bought an additional 1000 Astra SP's so the tally has changed to:

Astra SP ~ 1500
Feather ~ 200
Personna Med Prep ~ 300
Super-Max Super Stainless ~ 400
Timor ~ 200

Anywhere from 5 to 20 of the following:

Derby Extra
Gillette 7 o'clock Super Platinum - black
Gillette 7 o'clock Super Stainless - green
Gillette 7 o'clock SharpEdge - yellow
Gillette Silver Blue
Gillette Bleue Extra
Ladas Super Stainless
Rapira Swedish Supersteel
Rapira Platinum Lux
Red Personna Israeli
Shark Super Stainless
Voskhods
Wilkinson - UK mfg
Wilkinson - German mfg

Astra SP's are exquisitely smooth for me so when I had the chance to stock up for short money it was an easy decision.

 

[dreadpirate]

30 Gillette 7 O'Clock Sharp Edge (+ 60 ordered)
75 Feathers

total 165 blades.

 

[Arcadies]

98 Voskhod
184 Astra SP
80 -90ish Gem SE PTFE aka "Ted Pella's" they're loose in a little plastic tub, not counting them all so that's an estimate.

Various common blades from samplers (Feather, Derby, Personna, etc.) each ranging from 2-20 in quantity.

 

[MajorMoran]

130 7 O'C blues
225 Astra green
25 Sharks
10 Lord Super
130 Feathers
5 Wilkinson
5Bluebirds

 

[BrookR1]

200 Crown Super Stainless
100 Treet Platinums
100 Astra SPs
50 Gillette 7 O'Clock Greens
40 Feathers
40 Assorted

 

[SteveWY]

I've been following this thread on blade stock count. 500-3,000 blades! Really? What is up with that? I added up some of the totals and some guys will NEVER need more blades in their lifetime and likely will have to will their stash. Is this just a BAD? Preparing for the Apocalypse when blades may not be available and blades will be used as currency? Or we just need to try another brand and when we find one we like we go in search of a bulk discount?

Maybe I need to get addicted to "be counted"! I'm still working through a sample pack and trying to discover a couple everyday go-to blades. I think I only have 35-40 blades total now. I better get a bulk order put together in a couple months lest I risk being in a blade famine!

 

[BrookR1]

I was only going to buy 50 of each, but it was only $2-$3 more for an even 100. Maybe I just like round numbers?