A message from the shave gods?

[armykunin]

So last night I was cleaning my razor up so I could shave with it tomorrow. For some reason, I polished it and then put a new Gilette 7 O' clock blade as part of a sample pack of blades I got from SirWhiskers (thanks again!) and I ended up cutting myself on the blade. Generally I would never clean my razor and then polish it with a blade in there.

Well I went to use the blade today and it was the worst shave of my life. I know a lot of people like this blade but I just found it to be horrible...the blade just felt dull and was tearing out hairs left and right. I actually ended up switching out the blade because I was tired of my hairs getting pulled out rather than cut as they should have been. I'm taking this as a message from the shaving gods to never use this blade again. What do u guys think??

[luvmysuper]

So last night I was cleaning my razor up so I could shave with it tomorrow. For some reason, I polished it and then put a new Gilette 7 O' clock blade as part of a sample pack of blades I got from SirWhiskers (thanks again!) and I ended up cutting myself on the blade. Generally I would never clean my razor and then polish it with a blade in there.

Well I went to use the blade today and it was the worst shave of my life. I know a lot of people like this blade but I just found it to be horrible...the blade just felt dull and was tearing out hairs left and right. I actually ended up switching out the blade because I was tired of my hairs getting pulled out rather than cut as they should have been. I'm taking this as a message from the shaving gods to never use this blade again. What do u guys think??

Which ones were they, Black Green or Yellow?
Russian or Indian?

[armykunin]

I believe they were green but I'll have to run back home to check after work today.

[joglander]

Once a blade has tasted blood, I get rid of it. They only crave more and more.

[luvmysuper]

I believe they were green but I'll have to run back home to check after work today.

I get great results from the Green from India, I just bought a hundred of them and a hundred of the Black.

I've never tried the Yellow or the Green from Russia so I can't speak to those, but I am informed by others that the Greens from Russia are identical to the Indian ones.

Razor Blades are a real YMMV thing, what is heaven to one guy is anathema to another. It can also vary greatly depending on the razor you use, so a blade may not feel right in one razor, but work well in another.

In any case, sorry to hear you had some problems with them.

[Omnichron]

message to armykunin from the Shaving Gods: move to SE shaving...:thumbup:

[htownmmm]

Once a blade has tasted blood, I get rid of it. They only crave more and more.

:thumbup1:


marty

[ouch]

Once a blade has tasted blood, I get rid of it. They only crave more and more.

Post of the week. :thumbup:

[Omnichron]

Once a blade has tasted blood, I get rid of it. They only crave more and more.
true true... I cast them back from whatever hellish blade hell they sprang forth from.:thumbup:

[armykunin]

message to armykunin from the Shaving Gods: move to SE shaving...:thumbup:

That is why SE shaving scares me. If I can cut myself this easily with a DE blade, I'm sure I'd accidently kill myself with a SE blade.

[media]

I had a similar experience with the green pack. Terrible shave and the blade actually rusted inside my razor after one use. never went back again.

[armykunin]

Glad its not only me. I have heard so many good things about these blades and they were just horrible for me. I guess this is just another thing regarding what blades work with what razor, face type, water type in your area, etc.

[doublediamond]

What razor were you using? I'm curious because I'm currently really liking the yellows.