GOing through the blades on my West Coast Shaving sampler, I've noticed that I like the 2nd-4th shave on most blades better than the first. Am I alone? On a related note, I hope I like Derby, which was not included in my sampler, because I just bought 100 of them for $8 shipped from Amazon! I guess at 8 cents a blade I'll learn to love them. Currently have a beard (grew it for Christmas, but everyone says I look better with it, which should tell you something about my looks ) and so I only shave my neck, so I get an easy week out of a blade and probably could stretch it to two weeks if I wanted (just haven't felt the need, unlike how I used to keep Mach 4's around forever because they're so damn expensive). Needless to say, I'll be a Derby man for the next 2 years probably! Not bad for $8.