Gillette 7 o'clock Super Platinum (Blacks).
Best Blade For Maximum Performance with only 1 Pass WTG (With The Grain) shave
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Nacet 
Feather, assuming the goal is to take off as much hair as quickly as possible. I find them to be plenty comfortable too. If I had to shave for my job, I'd do one pass and clean up with a Feather in my Ikon Tech.
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I find the German Wilkinson's to be a great all round blade.
I agree with this, greatest way to get a 1-pass DFS, IMO.
For a one pass shave? Treet Durasharp Carbon Steel - Almost as sharp as Feather, very smooth, and so cheap that I already toss them after just one shave.
A Feather in my Old Type would do a decent job and I imagine a Feather in a Fatip would do it even more efficiently but a Feather in a Tech would not be up to the task.
Are you going to try this?
Do you want to challenge us to try a one pass shave?
Or a whole month of them? No more than one pass vember
Are you going to try this?
Do you want to challenge us to try a one pass shave?
Or a whole month of them? No more than one pass vember
Feather or Sputnik
Feather sir.
I just tried the Personna Platinum Chrome (Israeli ones I guess) and holy smokes. This beats the Gillette Blacks for me. I think I found my blade. It completely mowed down my 5 day beard (thick and dense!) in the first pass! My vote goes for these over the Blacks now. And I was actually using a mild razor (the Bevel like razor from Bombay Shaving Company in India). Can't wait to try the Personnas on the much more aggressive Rapira Platinum Lux razor head and on the R41!
I tried a one pass shave this evening and while the results are a DFS I think I could get better with practice. Used an Old Type and a Feather (3) to do the deed 
^this combo for me, but the 2013 model.
Merkur Futur would also be a viable option.
Out of blades I've used more than one of, Feather, although I can't use Feathers for too many days in a row or the irritation adds up and I have to switch back to something milder like Astra. Out of blades I've only used one of so far, Kai, Polsilver, and lab blue Personna seem promising. My shaves are almost always only one formal pass downward, with some sideways and/or diagonally-sideways touch-up strokes added in without relathering unless the lather has gotten dry.
Gillette Platinum, super sharp and smooth
Been testing this with Gillette 7 O'Clock SharpEdge (Russian Yellows) and they're working great for one pass.
Feather or kai
Feather
For me, it would just be the absolute sharpest blades on the market. I've gotten very acceptable results with only one pass after using a Feather, yellow 7 O'Clock SharpEdge, and Nacet. Since I have to pick just one, I guess I'd go with Feather.
Some people's skin, like mine, can't handle more than one pass WTG.
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