Keeping track of number of shaves per blade

[Shoegazer]

Has anyone devised a good, simple, convenient way to count the number of shaves per blade?

Ideally, as I load a new blade I could set a device to 1. Each time that I pull the razor out to shave I could increment the count.

When the blade is exhausted, I could record the blade brand, type, and number of shaves.

Sounds like a phone or tablet app, doesn't it?

But barring that, how does the B&B brethern keep track?

 

[Multum in parvo]

A paper journal and a magnet to keep blades not loaded in a razor. It got tricky when I was trying out many blades but nowadays I have a maximum of 2 DE blades in usage. I try to shave with every razor 3 times in a row and keep the blade loaded in that one razor.

My journal simply reads:

Date Razor Soap/Cream Blade (usage) Result

07/21 Fatip Open Comb Slant, Lea Menthol, Personna Platinum (2), DFS

 

[HoosierTrooper]

Here are some previous threads, perhaps you can get a couple ideas from them.

Keeping track of uses on a blade?

With multiple GEM and Schick injectors what suggestions do you have for keeping track of the times a razor/blade has been used? With the GEM blades a Texta/Sharpie dot after each use on the blade could work but often that isn't practical with a Schick injector in the razor. I don't like to waste...

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Keeping Track of Blade Use

It used to be easy to keep track of how many times I had shaved with a given blade; I shave every day, and every Sunday I would put a new blade in my razor. Seven shaves per blade seemed to work well for most blades in my DE razor. And I only used one razor. Now, like many folks here, I use...

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Counting shaves per blades

I’ve been maintaining an Excel file for a while now where I record everything(razor, blade, soap, Aftershave, etc.) for the last few years I’ve been using a product (soap) until it’s done. I’ve used my spreadsheet to keep track of my blades (razor vs blade,how many shaves, average, etc) I will...

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Need a good way to keep track of number of shaves on a blade

I am relatively new to wet shaving, so I bought a variety pack to test out various brands of blades. Noticing that some brands are good for only 3-4 shaves on my whiskers, while others can last a whole week. What is a good way to keep count of how many shaves I have used a blade, so I can change...

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Keeping track of how many shaves a blade has on it

How do you keep track of how many day you have used a blade? It seems so simple, but I often forget until I gets started, and when I start scraping my face it occurs to me it's one day too many on a blade. What do you do?

www.badgerandblade.com

Tracking Number of Shaves/Blade

Pretty much a newby here. Seeing that many of you have a number of razors in rotation, I have been amazed how you can keep track of the shaves-per-blade ratio. Shoot, I can barely find the way to my shave den if I get up too early, much less track blades with a spread sheet first thing in the...

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Anybody NOT keep track of how many shaves on a blade?

I always used to keep track of the number of shaves per blade. I found that I would expect it to get dull by a certain time so I may have thrown them out early, or vice versa, using one too long expecting it to still be good. Nowadays I throw one in and pitch it when I don't get the expected...

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How do you keep track of blade usage?

So I started a poll @ http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/332827-Blade-curiosity and found that 70% of the DE folks were using a blade 4 or fewer times. up until now I have basically just changed my blade when I felt like it but today I had the bright idea to use a dice, with my use...

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How do you keep track of blade usage

I've been trying out several different blades from different sample packs and I've lost count of how many times I have used a blade. I just started to use a Perma sharp blade and I think I have 4 shaves with it but I've been trying it out on different razors. I don't like to take the blade...

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How do you count your shaves on blades, soaps, etc...

Im always trying to remember how many shaves I've done with a blade or how many shaves I would do with a soap and just decided to search an app that would do it. Found a free app without ads to do it. Problem solved. It's for Android devices so you can find it on the playstore. It's called...

www.badgerandblade.com

 

[HoosierTrooper]

A few more:

Razor Rotation: How do you keep track of your blade usage?

Hey Gents, Well after a few months here on B&B I found myself getting a serious case of the RAD. Its funny how I managed to shave with a Futur for over a year, and then bam, after surfing B&B the Futur is long gone and I now have 4 Gillette TTOs and a few old OCs sitting in my Den now. So as I...

www.badgerandblade.com

No Dice! — On Contentment And Tracking Shaves

It had been a while since I’d used my more aggressive razor (a Col. Conk Major); it was a gift which I have learned to use ever so gently and infrequently. I also have a Parker semi-slant which I haven’t used much (but I really like). My daily driver is a Merkur 38C. I most always get a good...

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How do you keep track of Razor blade changes?

Greetings, How do you keep track of razor blade changes when you have three DE's in a rotation? I do not really use them in any specific order, just a the mood hits me. So it seems that I don't remember when I put in a new blade. Thanks

www.badgerandblade.com

 

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[Multum in parvo]

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4 digits? Then they are for @LJBraaten

 

[brucered]

When it starts to tugg or feel uncomfortable....I toss it and grab a new one.

The number of shaves anyone gets is irrelevant to anyone else, as there are too many variables to everyone's shaves. I see no benefit to keep track and know the exact number for each blade used for myself. I have a general number in my head for the two blade types I use.

 

[Multum in parvo]

When it starts to tugg or feel uncomfortable....I toss it and grab a new one.

The number of shaves is irrelevant to anyone as there are too many variables to everyone's shaves.

I like to catch the blade before it tugs so having evidence that an Astra Superior Stainless is spent at latest at shave 4 - for me - but a Wizamet doesn’t struggle at 8 shaves helps me a lot.

 

[SharpieB]

I use a Sharpie marker to draw a little line or dot on the blade. Works for me.

 

[Multum in parvo]

I use a Sharpie marker to draw a little line or dot on the blade. Works for me.

SharpieB(lademarker)?

 

[JimmyJoeMeeker]

Keep the wrapper. Put a small tear in it with each use.

 

[Henry Green]

I use a pair of dice. Sits next to the razor

 

[Shoegazer]

Very interesting.

‎My Shave Den

‎Meet your new digital shaving companion. Trying to remember which razor and blade combination gave you that BBS shave? Or which bowl gave your soap a perfectly peaked lather? Have you forgotten about some of your old favorites that have fallen out of the standard rotation? My Shave Den is the...

apps.apple.com

Looks like for Apple, only, now I'll check for Android.

 

[SharpieB]

SharpieB(lademarker)?

Yup. I own the company and invented using a Sharpie to mark a blade.

 

[timetofly]

When it starts to tugg or feel uncomfortable....I toss it and grab a new one.

The number of shaves anyone gets is irrelevant to anyone else, as there are too many variables to everyone's shaves. I see no benefit to keep track and know the exact number for each blade used for myself. I have a general number in my head for the two blade types I use.

^^110% this^^

 

[timetofly]

I use a pair of dice. Sits next to the razor

And I'm in paradise with every new blade

 

[Chef455]

When it starts to tugg or feel uncomfortable....I toss it and grab a new one.

The number of shaves anyone gets is irrelevant to anyone else, as there are too many variables to everyone's shaves. I see no benefit to keep track and know the exact number for each blade used for myself. I have a general number in my head for the two blade types I use.

Hold up. Are you going so far as to say you'd actually change a blade mid shave. How in the world ?

 

[brucered]

Hold up. Are you going so far as to say you'd actually change a blade mid shave. How in the world ?

Yes sir.

I'm crazy that way.

 

[LJBraaten]

4 digits? Then they are for @LJBraaten

Too high tech for me! I use chicken scratches on my (low tech) desk calendar. You know, the bundle of five marks!

 

[Jayson74]

I just use the note pad function on my phone. Update every shave to copy for my journal entries.
Cause apparently I am one of those crazys that posts details of there shaves to the internet! (shrug emoji here if I knew how)
But really I use blades 3 or 4 times and toss em pretty easy to keep track. Different razor = new blade.
Be well
Jay