Your top 5 DE blades

[Bayman]

My top 5 for the moment:
Super max-blue diam titanium India
Personna - Israel
Silver star - Egypt
Super max-super stainless India
Shark Stainless-Egypt

 

[AnimalCatcher]

Personna Red
Astra SP
Astra SS
Silver Star
Feather

 

[Beantin]

So far, but still have a load more blades to try. I think the top 2 may stop in the top five. But the next 3 could easily slip out.

1. Astra SP
2. Gillette Nacet
3. Voskhod
4. Parker Premium
5. Lord platinum class

Wilkinson sword Germany, Derby extra and Merkur blades were not great for me.

After trying some more blades. I have added a few more and knocked off the list.

1. Rapira Platinum Lux
2. Astra SS
3. 7 o'clock yellow
4. Astra SP
5. Nacet

Will stick with these for a while, before trying any more blades.

 

[South Dakota Guy]

I still have a lot to try but right now
Personna Israeli Red easily #1
Polsilver
Bic Chrome Platinum
Rapira Platinum Lux
Feather

 

[SgtCrppls]

Polsilver
Voskhod
Personna Israeli Red
Nacet
Feather

 

[aldomarino]

Personna Med Prep
Personna Blues
Supermax Blue Diamond
Supermas Platinum
Treet Classic

 

[iShave415]

It's usually these 5:

Nacet
Personna Med
GSB
Bic Chrome Platinum
Dorco Prime Platinum STP-301

 

[Sinnbad11]

My top 5 are:
Gillette nacet
Gillette silver blue
Gillette permasharps
Personna lab blue

I don't have a 5th, not yet anyhow.

 

[gmtshave]

Posilver, Personna Lab Blue, Feathers. Perfect triptych of sharp and smooth.

 

[TexOkie Shaver]

I’m down to one top five blade now.

Feather

If I ever run out of Feather blades, I’ll consider BIC, but no others.

 

[ukobke]

BiC Chrome Platinum
Nacet
Crystal+
Personna Lab Blue
Feather

 

[Tirvine]

Crystal is my all around favorite, followed closely by
PIRs.
Feathers are great in a Feather razor.
Those three are about it for me.

 

[WerewolfC]

1. Gillette Wilkinson Sword
2. Nacet
3. Sputnik
4. Gillette 7 oclock green
5. Voskhod

 

[Balthier]

for right now and not necessarily in any order
1. Personna Red
2. Vikings Sword
3. Gillette 7 o' clock yellow
4. Bic Chrome Platinum
5. Lord Cool

 

[Zipp]

1. Personna Med Prep
2. Polsilver Super iridium
3. Personna Platinum Chrome
4. Wilkinson Sword
5. Father

 

[TDKBeloushi]

1- Feather
2- Nacet
3- Astra SS
4- Rapira Platinum Lux
5- Personna Israeli Red/Crystal

 

[Mouser]

To rehash: what I use now and far and away the best I've ever used
1. Persona 74 in all it's renditions and Wilkinson Sword Light Brigades aka Chromium Edge

2. Gillette Platinum Plus, Persona Super Stainless USA & GB versions,

3. Gillette Super Stainless aka Spoilers, Schick Super Stainless, Wilkinson Sword Super Sword

3.. Schick Stainless

4. Gillette Stainless

Vintage Carbon blades ( very few that have been strictly cared for over the years)

1. Schick Deluxe with Krona Edge

2. Gillette Super Blue, Schick Thins

3. Gillette Thins

 

[FloppyJoe]

1) Gillette Platinum (New "Swede")
2) Iridium
3) 7 O'Clock Yellow Box
4) Gillette Platinum (Original "Swede")
5) Vokshod

The main reason why I ranked the original swedes as low as I did is that I can't buy them anymore for a reasonable price, so I hate to use the stock I have. Purely based on shave, I rank them the same as the new swedes.

 

[Kent Kimmons]

I posted this in 2016 and again a little less than a year ago. My opinions remain unchanged, updates in italics.

I do not rank blades anymore, I just have a list of what I will and will not shave with. I will shave with VDH blades. I find they take 3 passes to get the same shave I can get with other blades in only 2 but the end result is a very good shave. My lists:

Will buy and use

• Astra
• Feather
• Gillette 7 O'clock (green, black and yellow)
• Vikings Sword (Israeli) <-- I am finding these the ones I turn to most.
• Wilkinson Sword (German)
• VDH (German)

Will not buy but will use:

• Rockwell
• Lord Big Ben (B402) (Egypt)

Will not buy or use

• Merkur
• Shark
• Dorco (made in Hell if you ask me)
• Derby (made in Heck, just outside of Hell IMO)
• Treet

 

[Ivo4u2]

Not in particular order since it differs from razor to razor

Gillette Silver blue
Gillette Platinum
Derby Premium
Bic Chromium
Kai