Personna Comfort Coated and Tatras
What Are Your Favorite Blades
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Very razor dependent but high on the list are Perma Sharp and Nacet, both of which I can usually count on to get a great shave across multiple razors. Also very high up are KAI blades, which really provide comfortable and efficient shaves in vintage razors such as the Slim and flare tip Super Speed. Never cared for the way Feather blades feel on the skin, though they will provide good shaves in some milder razors due to their unique sharpness.
Very, very razor-dependent and, as always, YMMV. But these are my favorites, best I can recall (alphabetical order):
1st tier
Feather
Gillette Silver Blue (but on pause like everything Russian)
KAI
Polsilver/Super Iridium/Wizamet
Tatara (not to be confused with Tatra)
2nd tier
Eddison (one of the Israeli-made Personnas)
Gillette Black (excellent but with occasional duds)
Personna Lab Blue
Wilkinson Classic
1st tier
Feather
Gillette Silver Blue (but on pause like everything Russian)
KAI
Polsilver/Super Iridium/Wizamet
Tatara (not to be confused with Tatra)
2nd tier
Eddison (one of the Israeli-made Personnas)
Gillette Black (excellent but with occasional duds)
Personna Lab Blue
Wilkinson Classic
Slight differences in the Gillette blades, Personna's are priced very well... Usually grab whatever is on top.
The Platinums might last an extra shave or two.
The Platinums might last an extra shave or two.
Gillette Platinum
On me these blades work well with all razors, in order GSB, Gillette Wilkinson Sword, Sharp stainless, Sharp 7 AM
PolSilver SI or Wizamet
Anything Lord
Sharks!
Shark Super Chrome
Shark Platinum
Shark Super Stainless
Other great blades are:
Ladas
Rapira (all versions, Lux being my favorite)
Voskhod
Shark Super Chrome
Shark Platinum
Shark Super Stainless
Other great blades are:
Ladas
Rapira (all versions, Lux being my favorite)
Voskhod
BIC chromium, BIC Astor.
Kai and trying to finish some GSB and Astra SP. so far they work in all my razors
Kai and trying to finish some GSB and Astra SP. so far they work in all my razors
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doctordial
my brain goes "thonk"
Do you know the Gillette Minora performs in the Mekur slant? I've been using it lately and haven't been getting nicked up like I used to. I'm not quite sure if it's technique or blades. I've been enjoying using razor lately.
I have no idea, I have never used Mekur.
However, let me clarify. Since there are several varieties of Gillette Minora, the ones I like are Gillette Minora - Golden Shave. I have also tried the ones in the yellow packaging, but they are different, not as smooth as the "Golden Shave"
Timor
Bought a bunch of samplers when I first started DE shaving. I keep coming back to personna blues and gilette platinum. Both seem to just work for my face.
The Minora Stainless is a smooth favorite of mine but the Golden Shave - Chance to Win Gold is nothing more than a Gillete advertising campaign with no bearing on the blades themselves, other than 5 vs 10 tucks.
This has been covered as long as four years ago by @ivan_101 and others. The campaign also includes Nacet, 7 O'clock Super Stainless, 7 O'clock SharpEdge and Super Thin Platinums.
Golden Shave
Win the Gold
1) Gillette King C Gillette
2) Polsilver
3) Gillette Rubie
4) 7 O'Clock Super Platinum (Blacks)
5) Wilkinson Sword Classic (Ru)
2) Polsilver
3) Gillette Rubie
4) 7 O'Clock Super Platinum (Blacks)
5) Wilkinson Sword Classic (Ru)
Matt from Razor Emporium used to use Polsilver as his standard. He said once that when they stopped making them he switched to Perma-Sharp as they performed near identically. So all Rex Razors were designed around the Polsilver then Perma-Sharp blade to standardize performance. Of course now he no longer uses Perma-Sharp and has his own line of blades Rex Platinum which I suspect are very similar to the above
I have no idea how anyone describes it, that's their right, but Golden Shave is definitely a different, better blade than the Minara in the yellow packaging. Plus, I managed to get a huge quantity for $7.50 for 200 pieces. So I'm completely satisfied.
Currently something like this:
Personna Comfort Coated
Wilkinson Sword Classic
Feather
Giesen and Forsthoff
Wilkinson Sword Chromium
Astra SP
Gillette Platinum
Gillette Silver Blue
Perma-Sharp
Voskhod
Ladas
Rapira Chrome
Rapira Platinum Lux
King C Gillette
FlyDear SP
Wizamet SI
Treet Platinum
Bic CP
Nacet
Minora
Gillette 7 O'Clock Green, Yellow, Black
Cloud Bruce Lee
Personna Comfort Coated
Wilkinson Sword Classic
Feather
Giesen and Forsthoff
Wilkinson Sword Chromium
Astra SP
Gillette Platinum
Gillette Silver Blue
Perma-Sharp
Voskhod
Ladas
Rapira Chrome
Rapira Platinum Lux
King C Gillette
FlyDear SP
Wizamet SI
Treet Platinum
Bic CP
Nacet
Minora
Gillette 7 O'Clock Green, Yellow, Black
Cloud Bruce Lee
Rex Platinum are private label Czech Blades. They are not even in the ballpark of those classic PPI blades, and can be had as OEM Tatras for a fraction of the price.
Not that it matters much. Other than the handle on the Envoy, there isn't much I like about Rex razors, anyway. I recently sold my Konsul XL, and the other three might be going too at some point.
