Quest for a better shave

[GBerry]

20210915
Razor: Edwin Jagger 3ONE6 Knurled Handle
Blade: Shark Platinum (3)
Brush: Razorock Monster Synthetic Shaving Brush - 26mm
Pre-shave: Hot shower
Lather: StIrling Soap Co Naked & Smooth
Aftershave: Cold water rinse

No irritation: 5
No nicks or cuts: 5
Closeness: 5
Smoothness: 5

Rating: 10/10

Third blade third shave.

The combo produced a BBS shave result without incident. All my shaving goals were met on the third shave.

So far, this appears to be the best of the Sharks for this combo and my skin conditions.

More info on the tests can be found at the link below:

Quest for a better shave

YMMV

 

[GBerry]

20210916
Razor: Edwin Jagger 3ONE6 Knurled Handle
Blade: Silver Star Super Stainless (1)
Brush: Razorock Monster Synthetic Shaving Brush - 26mm
Pre-shave: Hot shower
Lather: StIrling Soap Co Naked & Smooth
Aftershave: Cold water rinse

No irritation: 5
No nicks or cuts: 5
Closeness: 5
Smoothness: 5

Rating: 10/10

Second blade first shave.

The combo produced a BBS shave result without incident. All my shaving goals were met on the first shave.

More info on the tests can be found at the link below:

Quest for a better shave

YMMV

 

[GBerry]

Testing Summary (a work in progress)

Derby Extra
1 blade 2 shaves
average score 0.975
Excellent first shave and then dulls fast

Shark Super Stainless
1 blade 2 shaves
Average score 0.95
Some nicks & cuts and closeness issue

Shark Super Chrome
3 blades 8 shaves
Average score 0.981
Some nicks & cuts and closeness issues

Shark Platinum
3 blades 8 shaves
Average score 1.000
IMO the best of the Sharks

YMMV

 

[GBerry]

20210917
Razor: Edwin Jagger 3ONE6 Knurled Handle
Blade: Silver Star Super Stainless (2)
Brush: Razorock Monster Synthetic Shaving Brush - 26mm
Pre-shave: Hot shower
Lather: StIrling Soap Co Naked & Smooth
Aftershave: Cold water rinse

No irritation: 5
No nicks or cuts: 5
Closeness: 5
Smoothness: 5

Rating: 10/10

Second blade second shave.

The combo produced a BBS shave result without incident. All my shaving goals were met on the second shave.

More info on the tests can be found at the link below:

Quest for a better shave

YMMV

 

[Cafebarian]

Testing Summary (a work in progress)

Derby Extra
1 blade 2 shaves
average score 0.975
Excellent first shave and then dulls fast

Shark Super Stainless
1 blade 2 shaves
Average score 0.95
Some nicks & cuts and closeness issue

Shark Super Chrome
3 blades 8 shaves
Average score 0.981
Some nicks & cuts and closeness issues

Shark Platinum
3 blades 8 shaves
Average score 1.000
IMO the best of the Sharks

YMMV

Excellent summery, agreed on the Platinum, Super Chrome, Super Stainless. paired with the right razors all three work great but the Platinum works in all.

 

[GBerry]

Excellent summery, agreed on the Platinum, Super Chrome, Super Stainless. paired with the right razors all three work great but the Platinum works in all.

Yes, that is right. A change of the razor could have a large influence on the efficiency of the combo.

I am also finding the EJ 3ONE6 is fairly well mannered with these less sharp blades.

thanks for the feedback...

 

[GBerry]

20210918
Razor: Edwin Jagger 3ONE6 Knurled Handle
Blade: Silver Star Super Stainless (3)
Brush: Razorock Monster Synthetic Shaving Brush - 26mm
Pre-shave: Hot shower
Lather: StIrling Soap Co Naked & Smooth
Aftershave: Cold water rinse

No irritation: 5
No nicks or cuts: 5
Closeness: 4.5
Smoothness: 5

Rating: 9.75/10

Second blade third shave.

The combo produced a DFS shave result without incident. All my shaving goals were almost met on the third shave. This blade was dulling fast. Additional pickups were done and stubble was found ATG on the chin.

More info on the tests can be found at the link below:

Quest for a better shave

YMMV

 

[Cafebarian]

Interesting results! Silver Star is performing like Shark Super Chrome and Shark Platinum is performing better!

 

[GBerry]

Testing Summary (a work in progress)

Derby Extra
1 blade 2 shaves
average score 0.975
Excellent first shave and then dulls fast

Derby Premium
1 blade 2 shaves
Average score 0.975
Excellent first shave then dulls out.
Second shave brought irritation and a DFS shave.

Parker Premium Platinum
1 blade 2 shaves
Average score: 0.950
Both shaves brought nicks and the result was not smooth.

Bolzano Superinox
1 blade 2 shaves
Average score: 1.000
Excellent shaves. Looking forward to resuming testing on the Bolzano.

Astra Superior Platinum
1 blade 2 shaves
Average score: 0.9875
Decent shaves. Looking forward to resuming tests on the Astra SP

Shark Super Stainless
1 blade 2 shaves
Average score 0.95
Some nicks & cuts and closeness issue

Shark Super Chrome
3 blades 8 shaves
Average score 0.981
Some nicks & cuts and closeness issues

Shark Platinum
3 blades 8 shaves
Average score 1.000
IMO the best of the Sharks

YMMV

 

[GBerry]

Interesting results! Silver Star is performing like Shark Super Chrome and Shark Platinum is performing better!

The Silver Star took a nose dive on sharpness. I looked at the shave logs on the Shark SC and one blade was just rough. More shaves is the way to address blades with close scores. I may do that before it’s over.

thanks for the feedback.

 

[GBerry]

20210919
Razor: Edwin Jagger 3ONE6 Knurled Handle
Blade: Silver Star Super Stainless (1)
Brush: Razorock Monster Synthetic Shaving Brush - 26mm
Pre-shave: Hot shower
Lather: StIrling Soap Co Naked & Smooth
Aftershave: Cold water rinse

No irritation: 5
No nicks or cuts: 5
Closeness: 5
Smoothness: 5

Rating: 10/10

Third blade first shave.

The combo produced a near BBS shave result without incident. All my shaving goals were met on the first shave.

More info on the tests can be found at the link below:

Quest for a better shave

YMMV

 

[GBerry]

20210920
Razor: Edwin Jagger 3ONE6 Knurled Handle
Blade: Silver Star Super Stainless (2)
Brush: Razorock Monster Synthetic Shaving Brush - 26mm
Pre-shave: Hot shower
Lather: StIrling Soap Co Naked & Smooth
Aftershave: Cold water rinse

No irritation: 5
No nicks or cuts: 5
Closeness: 5
Smoothness: 5

Rating: 10/10

Third blade second shave.

The combo produced a near BBS shave result without incident. All my shaving goals were met on the second shave.

More info on the tests can be found at the link below:

Quest for a better shave

YMMV

 

[GBerry]

20210921
Razor: Edwin Jagger 3ONE6 Knurled Handle
Blade: Silver Star Super Stainless (3)
Brush: Razorock Monster Synthetic Shaving Brush - 26mm
Pre-shave: Hot shower
Lather: StIrling Soap Co Naked & Smooth
Aftershave: Cold water rinse

No irritation: 5
No nicks or cuts: 5
Closeness: 5
Smoothness: 5

Rating: 10/10

Third blade third shave.

The combo produced a near BBS shave result without incident. All my shaving goals were met on the third shave.

More info on the tests can be found at the link below:

Quest for a better shave

YMMV

 

[GBerry]

Testing Summary (a work in progress)

Derby Extra
1 blade 2 shaves
average score 0.975
Excellent first shave and then dulls fast

Derby Premium
1 blade 2 shaves
Average score 0.975
Excellent first shave then dulls out.
Second shave brought irritation and a DFS shave.

Parker Premium Platinum
1 blade 2 shaves
Average score: 0.950
Both shaves brought nicks and the result was not smooth.

Bolzano Superinox
1 blade 2 shaves
Average score: 1.000
Excellent shaves. Looking forward to resuming testing on the Bolzano.

Astra Superior Platinum
1 blade 2 shaves
Average score: 0.9875
Decent shaves. Looking forward to resuming tests on the Astra SP

Shark Super Stainless
1 blade 2 shaves
Average score 0.95
Some nicks & cuts and closeness issue

Shark Super Chrome
3 blades 8 shaves
Average score 0.981
Some nicks & cuts and closeness issues

Shark Platinum
3 blades 8 shaves
Average score 1.000
IMO the best of the Sharks

Silver Star Super Stainless
3 blades 8 shaves
Average score 0.997
A very good blade that retains smoothness and sufficient sharpness through 3 shaves in the EJ 3ONE6.

YMMV

 

[GBerry]

20210922
Razor: Edwin Jagger 3ONE6 Knurled Handle
Blade: Bolzano Superinox (1)
Brush: Razorock Monster Synthetic Shaving Brush - 26mm
Pre-shave: Hot shower
Lather: StIrling Soap Co Naked & Smooth
Aftershave: Cold water rinse

No irritation: 5
No nicks or cuts: 4.5
Closeness: 5
Smoothness: 5

Rating: 9.75/10

Second blade first shave.

The combo produced a BBS shave result. A leaker was created due to technique. This blade is quite a bit sharper than others recently used.

More info on the tests can be found at the link below:

Quest for a better shave

YMMV

 

[Cafebarian]

Bolzano was my blade of choice in my Fatip razors, really worked well in those. These results are interesting to say the least as Lord blade fans absolutely love the Silver stars. Makes me wonder if they have tried the Shark Platinum's?

 

[GBerry]

Bolzano Superinox are currently made in Egypt. I am not sure when this change in manufacturing occurred. But, this could add confusion to what people know about the made in Germany blade vs the made in Egypt blade.

I plan to check out the Lord Platinums also. What came in was Lord Platinum Classic.

 

[Cafebarian]

Have only used the German made Bolzano. Still seems to be old stock at many vendors, Dedicated myself to Shark blades so that is all I am buying now.

 

[GBerry]

@Cafebarian One thing that maybe happening is whenever a change is taking place they may use thinner blade stock. I don’t have a set of calipers to check the thickness of the blade. High res optical inspection might reveal why blades are “rough”. Or it might confirm whether two blades have the same grind or not. Each factory may have different QC standards.

 

[GBerry]

Bolzano is now made in Egypt.