Top 5 Essential Blades.

Polsilver SI
7 o clock blues

1. Gillette 7 o'clock black
2. Gillette Silver Blue
3. Bic Chrome Platinum
4. Personna Red
5. Lord Platinum

Honorable mention but hard to find.....Rotbart Extra Dunn

For me:

1. Gillette 7 O'Clock Black (Indian made) - by far my favourite blade.
2. Personna Med Prep
3. Polsilver SI
4. Feather
5. Gillette Silver Blue or Wilkinson Sword (german) or Personna Red /Crystal (Israeli)

Here are my Top 7. I would probably eliminate Feather and Treet to get to my Top 5.

Super Iridium (original)
Gillette 7 O'Clock Yellow
Personna Med Prep
Lord Super Chrome

Polsilver SI, Gillette Silver Blue, Voskhod, Gillette Black, Personna Red.

Good project!

My caveat -- this is after 5 months of wet shaving and trying 10 brands:

1. Astra SP
2. Feather
3. Wilkinson Sword
4. Polsilver Super Iridium

Gillette Silver Blue
Voshkod
Astra SP
Bic Chrome Platinum
Israeli Personna (Crystal)

But I really only shave with the first 3 with any sort of regularity. The Bic Chrome used to be my go to blade and the only blade I shave with for over a year. I need to go back and try them. I only have 3 left.

At the moment my favourites are:
1. Feather
2. Personna Lab Blue
3. Personna Platinum Chrome (Reds)
4. Gillette 7 O'Clock Indian Black
5. Shark Super Chrome

I have yet to try:
Supermax Platinum
Bic Chrome platinum
Gillette Super Thin Platinum
Gillette 7 O'Clock Green
Polsilver SI
Trig Silver Edge

1.Gillette Blacks (aka 7 0'Clock Super Platinums from India)
2.Gillette Silver Blues
3.Polsilver SIs
4.Personna Med Preps
5.Personna Platinum-Chromes (aka Personna Reds)

It's really hard, on so many levels...
But I'll try.

1) Personna Red - For the greatest combination between unbelievable mildness and efficiency.
2) Super Iridium - For the great combination between unbelievable efficiency and mildness.
3) Souplex/Timor/Personna Med Prep/KAI - For the nice ratio between mildness and efficiency.

Robbit said:

Good project!

My caveat -- this is after 5 months of wet shaving and trying 10 brands:

1. Astra SP
2. Feather
3. Wilkinson Sword
4. Polsilver Super Iridium

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Btw, Personna Meds:
where can I get a few to try without buying 100???

1. Feather
2. Kai
3. Gilette Blue Silver

Robbit said:

Btw, Personna Meds:
where can I get a few to try without buying 100???

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Have you looked at the Blade Exchange? I think they usually have a few around.

1. Bic Chrome Platinum
2. Bolzano Superinox
3. Treet Platinum
4. Trig Silver
5. Treet DuraSharp

Polsilver
Gillette Blacks
Gillette Blues
Perma Sharp Super

Ok, I'm in. In order...

1. Polsilver (brown pkg)
2. Supermax Super Platinum
3. Crystal aka "Super +"
4. Gillette Silver Blue

1. Astra SP
2. Gillette 7 O'Clock Green (Russia)
3. Crystal
4. Shark SC
5. Personna Red

1. Gillette Silver Blue
2. Gillette Platinum
3. Gillette Spoiler,Gillette Bleue Extra etc. (NOS stuff)
4. Feather
5. Astra SP

No particular order:

1. Astra SP
2. Personna Super (Blue, Lab, Prep or whatever you want to call them)
3. Gillette 7OC black
4. Polsiver Super Iridium
5. Personna Red Israeli

I hope this master list of "Essential Blades" gets saved or posted somewhere.