How many duds?

**blindmouse** · 06-28-2012, 09:15 AM

In a box of 100, how many bad blades do you generally find? I have a box of Astra SPs, and although I'm pretty new, there seems to be 1/5 that tugs more, even 3 shaves in.

**inspiringK** · 06-28-2012, 09:22 AM

I don't think I ever encountered a bad Astra, though as with any other blade I only use an Astra twice before dropping it in the blade bank.

**Go West Young Man** · 06-28-2012, 09:38 PM

In my whole DE shaving life, Zero.
I don't blame my tools

**5savages** · 06-30-2012, 08:33 AM

I've had one dud blade in 130 shaves. I've used many different kinds in that time so I can't give you any numbers on a particular brand. This one happened to be a Personna Super (lab).

A tool can indeed be to blame. If a particular brand of blade always works great for you, then you get one that tugs like crazy, then they go back to being great again, that one blade was a dud. Pretty simple.

**Hearse95** · 06-30-2012, 01:07 PM

i had a five pack of derbys that looked more like a comb than a razor blade.

**Ski-Patroller** · 07-01-2012, 02:45 PM

Duds = Merkur, Personna Barbers, Derby, etc.

I've had lots of them. They are very consistent.

**kosby** · 07-01-2012, 04:30 PM

Originally Posted by blindmouse

In a box of 100, how many bad blades do you generally find? I have a box of Astra SPs, and although I'm pretty new, there seems to be 1/5 that tugs more, even 3 shaves in.

That's the similar problem I encountered with Astras, I always seemed to get a blade that drags along with a rough shave. However, I began cleaning out a drawer of sample pack remains and currently have an Astra SP in my 37c and it does as well as any blade I've tried. Because I probably have 20-30 of them remaining, I'm going to continue using them until they are gone and if I continue to get good shaves I just might order a couple hundred of them to go alongside with the Derbys and Feathers which have always been consistent in my findings. Skipping subject, I also again tried Sharks, Sharps, & 7am's from this sample pack and they are complete trash imo and were disposed of. It doesn't take a week of bad shaves to realize a dud.