Thread: Was looking at blade sample packs...

Think I will avoid these......

R.R.P £5.99 Our Price £4.39 Limited Time OnlyTotal 15 individually warped blades ( NOT 15 PACKS )

Couldn't resist sharing...lol

Anybody have suggestions on sample packs?

I bought 10 Merkur Super Platinum w/razor and have had no issues but have read many have (Must be my outstanding prep skills). I also have nothing to compare them with and only have a couple left so its time to test...

Individually warped blades sound more interesting than most. I started with a sample pack - can't recall from where, it was a long time ago. I remember many cuts and lousy shaves before I learned to buy Feathers. Feel free to learn from my experience and just get some Feather blades.

I always got good shaves from the merkur blades. I too had heard a lot of folks didn't like them. I grabbed a bunch of samples from maggards and srd an found feathers are my blade hands down. Won't know till you try, but I would for sure give the feathers a go.

I started looking into the pick 5 and said heck with it, I can buy 50 blades for less than $20 and that is a years blades for me. From posts and comments online, odds are good I will like the feathers.

I am going to get some and if I don't like them I can send them to one of you guys for postage.

I have some serious strop research to do....

Strop......Kangaroo!!!!

So I got the feather blades and got a closer shave. Still have a little problem under the jaw which I now know is my technique for sure....

Lee's razors and WestCoastShaving offer samplers too. I think all vendors do. I don't think any other factor in wet-shaving has the YMMV disclaimer more than blade selection.

Give Buy Individual Razor Blades for Double Edge, Single Edge and Shavettes a look. Pick your own sampler blades.

Originally Posted by lz6

Give Buy Individual Razor Blades for Double Edge, Single Edge and Shavettes a look. Pick your own sampler blades.

Great site! Sample Feather Blades for those trying out the Feather system or Cobra, Mongoose etc.

I like the sites that allow you to choose the blades in the sample, makes much more sense if the shaver knows the blades they want to try out. The problem is that the typical Sampler Pack customer hasn't a clue (not in a bad way, they are just noobs) so how would they intelligently choose? While I want on some level to appreciate the Sampler Pack option, to me it wasn't worth it. My first and only sampler, early 2009 was comprised of Derbies, Merkurs, Sharks, and some Personna's, likely Israelis. Of those only some Sharks remain, Feathers are the best for me but they are absent from many samplers.

As a reborn DE shaver, I tried the samples out, while at the same time learning (not re-learning, I never had it right in the sixties) blade angle, prep, lather making, et alia. Guess what? I was mixing so many variables it's a wonder I didn't regress to carts.

Rather than a one size fits all sampler (where the individual blade price is 10 X'ed usually) I'd first determine beard type, experience and then try two or three blades that target the individual, or maybe bracket is a better word. No Derbies for a Bogart beard, no need to spend on Feathers for peach fuzz. Try a couple and see, setting up a ten blade comparison for a new shaver is a path to frustration.