Try the Dorco Prime Platinum STP301 blades made in their state of th eart plant in Vietnam. You might be pleasantly surprised at how good they are. I know I was.
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Try the Dorco Prime Platinum STP301 blades made in their state of th eart plant in Vietnam. You might be pleasantly surprised at how good they are. I know I was.
Hundred percent correct description of these little metal things that by no means and any stretch of the word can be called "razor blades".....
Worst for me were the Bic Chromiums. Pulled something terrible.
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Derby and merkur
Welcome to the GFB, or blade from hell, club. You are brave to actually have made it to the second pass. I couldn't get past the second stroke on my cheek and it only removed the shave soap and maybe a couple whiskers at most.
I still rank these my #1 worst blade and right up there was some grocery store Personna labeled blade in a white dispenser. Those could give the GFB a run for its money. Personna reds were not very good either.
All Rapira blades, Voskhod and Derby.
I agree completely.....The ZAZA PLATS are terrible and the Astras don't agree with my skin!
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I don’t care for astras either. Though I see they get a lot of love.
Derby and Merkur blades were pretty terrible for me. Strangely, however, Gillette Silver Blues were by far the worst. Really bad irritation and a very poor shave. Yet I love all the other Gillette manufactured blades (Nacet and Astra SP are probably my all time faves). Might have had a duff batch(?).
Perhaps you did get a bad batch of GSB. I find the Nacets to be very sharp, the Astra SP to be at the bottom of the acceptable sharpness range for my tough beard and GSB somewhere between. Neither of these three are the smoothest of blades.
Merkur and Zorrik. Don’t think much of Feathers either
Same for me. I recall it tugging an awful lot.
If I had to pick one blade that I would never ever have to use again it would be Gillette silver blue.
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Derby. Got one blade, used it one time, didn’t get through one shave
Astras SP
Many like them but Voskhod Actually are painful for me to use. So bad that after the first one I had to open a second pack and try again because many like them. Nope they are terrible on my face. Get good shaves from Derby, OK shaves from Merkur. It is not just less sharp that is the problem. If fact these Voskhod are the only blades, of the 20 or so I have tried, that would would make me grow a beard. Can’t explain, but truly YMMV.
I see that Derby gets a lot of bad press. But consider that in Turkey, where they are made, most people seem to use them in shavettes. For that purpose they are more than sharp enough.
Blades must be considered in their proper context.
Which brings us to the Flying Eagle blades mentioned above, that pulled out the hairs with root and all. How long did not that BBS last?
Blades must be considered in their proper context.
Which brings us to the Flying Eagle blades mentioned above, that pulled out the hairs with root and all. How long did not that BBS last?
I see that Derby gets a lot of bad press. But consider that in Turkey, where they are made, most people seem to use them in shavettes. For that purpose they are more than sharp enough.
Blades must be considered in their proper context.
Which brings us to the Flying Eagle blades mentioned above, that pulled out the hairs with root and all. How long did not that BBS last?
I believe a lot of half-blades are sold by Derby to barbers for use in shavettes. The shave angle used by a shavette can be far more acute than that of a DE razor, so they may be more suitable in that application.
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