Thread: Had a great shave today!

Originally Posted by jbtusa

I get the Wilkenson's cheap at Walmart: $1.50/10 blades. They work fine for me; just a little harsh.

My Target no name DE blades -- about the same price have been
giving me rather nice shaves. A good shave soap helps.
The nice thing is that the dispenser has room for about twice
maybe three times more used blades then it comes with.
Tag team it is....

Blades are definitely YMMV. I find Feather's way to sharp. Astra's are my favorite blade: sharp, smooth, and long-lasting. I can usually get 10+ shaves from an Astra. Derby blades are good, but I can only get 5-7 shaves out of them and they are not near as sharp as Astras. Sharks are in-between the two for me.

I think, if I tried every DE blade out there by the time I finished I wouldn't remember which worked the best. I've come to the conclusion among the ones I've tried (probably 10 or so) feathers are the sharpest and the best and if I alter my shave technique a bit from razor to razor with those blades I have the best of all worlds. Of course I don't have that many razors just the EJ Chatsworth, the feather,the fatboy and a Muhle open comb.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

I think, if I tried every DE blade out there by the time I finished I wouldn't remember which worked the best.

Actually, to combat that very issue I started a spreadsheet, ranking various aspects of razor/blade combos on a scale of 1-10. Silly, I suppose, but effective. Similar to a honing journal, perhaps.