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So, it looks like the Portuguese razor with Japonese names likes Japonese blades best. Go figure...
What blade do you use in your Muramasa?
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I also do like Kai blades. But the problem at least for me is their stratospheric price. Feathers, which are not exactly cheap to say the least, are 35 euros/100 blades whereas Kai blades hover around 50 euros/100 blades. And I get Feathers on Black friday deals with 30%+ discounts meaning i get them in bulk at around 22 euros/100 blades. Combine that with Kai blades scarcity in europe (my main webshop has not had it in stock in the last 2 years) which results in me treating myself with one tuck of 5 Kai blades a year.
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Kai blades are $35/100 on Amazon in the US. Expensive, but doable. Given that one spends about $.50 to $.75 per shave for good soap/preshave/shave soap/aftershave, $.08/shave for the blade seems...ok. And if you amortize the cost of a dozen premium razors and a dozen brushes across twenty years, that's another $.50/day. Can wet shaving save a person money? Absolutely. Is it saving me money? Yeahhhh...No.
I have SV, Ariana and Evans, Grooming Dept., Simpsons, Shavemac, Blackland, Henson, Oneblade and Gillette/P&G on direct deposit.
With all that, my daily shave is still only 20% of the cost of a Starbucks latte, and much more enjoyable.
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What setting do you use for Perma-Sharps - same as for Feathers...3.5 to 4?
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They are in EU, very cheap shipping and Kai blades always in stock
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Razor Blade Club is who sells them in the US for $35/100 on AmazonKai Stainless Steel Razor Blades - Razor Blades Club
Kai Stainless Steel double edge razor blades offered in different sizes and for a great price. Visit our store and find your favourite razor blade
They are in EU, very cheap shipping and Kai blades always in stock
The name is no surprise for a company that says “Like the Japanese katanas, our products are made with extreme dedication and attention to detail. Combining this with the obsessive precision of modern engineering.”
For once, I do not consider that claim hype as I still have to come across a safety razor that is better designed, built, and more precisely machined than my four Tataras.
B.
Perhaps Tatara SE razor which we are still waiting for..
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Agreed. I have (and love) the Genesis. I get three remarkable shaves from that razor with the autostop blade. Been looking at the Vector and LaFaulx for something in AC, but I'm sure Tatara would do a great one.
I have WR4 and La Faulx is coming in next couple days (already shipped). Tatara SE has very tough work to be better or at same level, but I hope at least
Perma-sharp on setting 3.5 works really well for me.
The Nacet blade was too flexible, but works really well in my Masamune.
I also liked the Wizamet blade in the Muramasa, but it needs one shave to settle in, or some palm stropping before the first use.
Palm stropping is underrated in my opinion.
The Nacet blade was too flexible, but works really well in my Masamune.
I also liked the Wizamet blade in the Muramasa, but it needs one shave to settle in, or some palm stropping before the first use.
Palm stropping is underrated in my opinion.
I sold mine years ago but I generally liked BIC Chrome, Gillette Nacet and Platinums (Russia), and Personna Platinums made in Germany.
Now I would try the Tatara blade in it.
Now I would try the Tatara blade in it.
Tatara blade works good with Tatara razors so far for me. Not sharpest but very smooth
I use the 7 o'clock (blue package) super platinum, no longer made in St. Petersburg, because it's the only blade I have. I use the Muramasa most of the time. I love the blade, and for me it works just fine in that razor.
After trying all kinds of other blades, I bought a lifetime supply years ago, during what I perceived to be a looming shaveapocalypse. Not my only phobia, but for this one at least I'm prepared.
After trying all kinds of other blades, I bought a lifetime supply years ago, during what I perceived to be a looming shaveapocalypse. Not my only phobia, but for this one at least I'm prepared.
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Just wrapping up testing with the Kai. Dialed in for a great shave at between 3.5 and 4. I'm doing a blade test for some London Bridge blades. May try them in the Muramasa
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Just ordered a Lafaulx + and a Hawk with the 3 base plates. Should keep my face busy for a while...
Coming in late on this, but I found this thread super helpful. I love Tatara and really wanted to make my Muramasa work, but struggled to find a setting that worked as well as my Masamune with Nodachi topcap.
No surprise, turned out I needed to try more blades. I’d been using Personna Blues as my standard for “good” in my Masamune and Blackbird but they didn’t work as well (for me) for the Muramasa. I switched over to Kai based on this info and it’s a whole new razor! Smooth easy shaves at levels 1-5. I’ve been using mostly 4 WTG (dialing down to 3 on a couple parts of my neck) and 3 XTG (stepping down to 2). Works like a charm
