Personna Red. For me, the smoothest, irritation-free shave results from using these blades in a blue-tip Suoerspeed. I had quite a few perfect shaves with Feathers, but I frequntly got weepers. Astra SPs are second to the Personna Reds for me.
Personna Red. For me, the smoothest, irritation-free shave results from using these blades in a blue-tip Suoerspeed. I had quite a few perfect shaves with Feathers, but I frequntly got weepers. Astra SPs are second to the Personna Reds for me.
- Allan
Gillette Black
Astra SP
Gillette Green
-= Boris =- The man thinks, the horse thinks, the badger thinks, the boar thinks. The fish doesn't think, the fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything.
Feather and Astra SP....Feathers are sharper...Less weepers with Astra..![]()
I use a different brand of blade and different razor every day.
My favorite is what ever I am using today![]()
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+1 Feather and Personna Reds
"Yes, m'am. That's my razor, m'am!"
Shark Super Chrome, Astra Super Platinum, Bluebird.
All relatively cheap so I toss them after one use and use a fresh blade every time.
Greg - The Vintage Razor Shop
...my take on 'Shaving with the Sharks'?
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Although I have used many, many blades over many, many years, Shark Super Chrome's are perfect for me (my one & only 'holy-grail go-to' blade), with no pulling or tugging, moderately sharp, very, very smooth, (albeit a 'weeper' now & then..but zero 'nicks'), very little to no irratation and no touch of razor burn that %99.9 of the time results in CCS's in 3 passes (WTG, CTG & ATG), with 2 great shaves per week (Saturdays are my shaving 'day off'),...and are very compatible with both of my Merkur 23C & 38C razors.
“A razor [blade] can’t be sharpened on a piece of velvet”. Author Unknown
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Christopher ~ The Marquis of Quotes ~ Member of the Order of Pinaud, Face Latherers Club United, Alliance of Merkur, League of Extraordinary Mild Shavers and the Voskhod
Comrades Club.
Astra SP
"We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them." -- Albert Einstein
I'm torn with this post - After my 'love for Derby' posts, I think I'm going to make my call and say that the Derby's are my current favorites. I'm really enjoying how forgiving they are for me as a novice wetshaver.
I dove right into DE shaving and bought a box of 100 Personna Med Preps. Nice blades, but I should have sampled first. Turns out that Feathers are my go-to blade. They result in much less blood-loss for me.
Astra SP and Voskhod
if you haven't tried voskhod i highly suggest it.
Iridiums
"I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it through not dying" .... Woody Allen
Proud member of the Great Eagle Group Buy 2010
Astra SP
Polsilvers!
Med Prep. 6-7 shaves.
Schick Plus Platinum, or the Gillette 7 O'Clock Black Super Platinum, which is a modern simulacrum of the Schick.
Mark
Astra Superior Platinum. After all it is "Superior" AND "Platinum".![]()
WTB--EJ DE89L
Personna Lab Blue
I like Feathers like many do. Unfortunately they are too expensive to be practical. So the next best I can find is the Rapira brand. Nearly as sharp as the Feathers but affordable for the cost sensitive user like myself.
DD
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