your favorite blades in muhle r41/101 ?

Hello everyone... As a newbie, while browsing this and other forums, I noticed that people sometimes qualify their opinion of the blades based on the razor used, i.e. the same person may say that a blade X is only average (or worse) in razor Y but very good in razor Z.

While I understand that the other part of the equation - one's own face - is unique to everyone and that any blade question therefore invariably ends with a YMMV quote, I would appreciate if those who use the new Muhle open combs would list their favorite blades for these razors.

It would also be interesting to know if there are any blades which you generally like but do not find quite as effective in the Muhle OC, just to see if there is some sort of a pattern, however general it may be...


Thank you in advance.

The one and only Feather.

For the time being KAI Stainless and Personna Med Prep.

Shark SS and Dorco ST-301 both work like a dream for me.

Honestly, you could probably use the responses from questions like this as entropy for a reasonably good random number generator . I don't think you'll find any pattern. Myself, any blade that I like at all (and that's most blades), I like in the R41. I don't see any difference between a blade in one razor vs the same blade in another razor. That's just my experience, of course...

Red IP. Though the Red IP is my favorite blade in all razors.

So far this razor combo has been great with any blade I throw in it. So far I've tried Astra sp's, shark ss, racer, and polsilvers si's with the later giving me the closest shave, but by not much.

Gillette Silver Blues.

Shark SS. Very smooth, very long-lasting, very cheap, very cool packaging, no annoying dots of glue to rub off the razor.
Winner in my 2013 R41 with MdC, Arko stick, Proraso Green tub, Biotique Palmyra or Palmolive stick.

Astra, silver blue, polsilver have all worked wonders. i have mixed feelings on the crystal/personna line. still have not tried feather yet...

I'm loving Wilkinson Swords in my R41.

Coincidentally, I am currently evaluating blades in a R41 2011. Of the six brands I have tried so far, Gillette Black Platinum is the winner closely followed by Permasharps. Voshods generally work very well for me in other razors, but poor in the R41.

If you are interested, you can go over my daily shave journal I started about a week ago: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...ge6-ADqmhsbJ6zG1Plg/edit?pli=1#gid=1903592161

I defer to jamesspro on that one; I haven't found a blade that doesn't work well. Given that, Feather is simply a sharper, longer lasting blade.

Lord Classic SS