{POLL} Favorite Double Edge Razor Blade?
{POLL} Favorite Double Edge Razor Blade?
What is your favorite DE blade brand?
(Roughly based on sharpness, smoothness, price, and longevity)
(Roughly based on sharpness, smoothness, price, and longevity)
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Re: {POLL} Favorite Double Edge Razor Blade?
Karl, I tried to pick 3 brands, but the poll rule doesn't allow it. I voted for Gillette because 3 of my favorite blades are the same brand - Gilletes (Swede, Super Stainless - The Spoiler - and the other of the brand Gillette is the Brazilian Platinum Plus). In addition, the second and third brands that are my favorites are Kai and Personna hospital use.
Gary
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SOTD 99%: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, soaps & creams, synthetic / badger brushes, Colonial General razor, Kai & Schick blades, straight razors any time, Superior 70 aftershave splash + menthol + 444
Re: {POLL} Favorite Double Edge Razor Blade?
I voted "Gillette" and "Personna." (I'm assuming "Gillette" to include all P&G brands, which I believe includes Astra.)
My favorite "Gillette" blade is the Perma Sharp Super. I also like the Gillette Rubie and the old Super Iridium. I'm sure I would like a lot of others if I tried them, also.
My favorite "Personna" blade is the Med Prep/Hospital Use blade.
Honorable mention goes to the Treet Dura Sharp blade, made of PTFE-coated carbon steel.
- Murray
My favorite "Gillette" blade is the Perma Sharp Super. I also like the Gillette Rubie and the old Super Iridium. I'm sure I would like a lot of others if I tried them, also.
My favorite "Personna" blade is the Med Prep/Hospital Use blade.
Honorable mention goes to the Treet Dura Sharp blade, made of PTFE-coated carbon steel.
- Murray
Re: {POLL} Favorite Double Edge Razor Blade?
Other in my case is super iridium, second only to Feather in my rotation.
Rick
Re: {POLL} Favorite Double Edge Razor Blade?
We might need a definition of "Gillette" for the purposes of this poll. Under this heading, I include Perma Sharp Super, Super Iridium, Astra, Polsilver, etc, as do some vendors. These other name brands are all owned by Procter & Gamble, along with Gillette, and are made in the same St Petersburg plant in Russia.
- Murray
- Murray
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- Clive the Thumb
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Re: {POLL} Favorite Double Edge Razor Blade?
Rick, nice to see you out and about!!
Surprised to see feather topping the charts. I know a lot of gents love them, but most don't use them daily
clive
Surprised to see feather topping the charts. I know a lot of gents love them, but most don't use them daily
clive
de gustibus non est disputandum
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Re: {POLL} Favorite Double Edge Razor Blade?
p.s. my 'real' favourite is the wilkinson 'light brigade' but only because of the packaging
de gustibus non est disputandum
Re: {POLL} Favorite Double Edge Razor Blade?
Vintage Wilkinsons are my favorite. I find the new ones terrible.
Rick
Rick
Re: {POLL} Favorite Double Edge Razor Blade?
MY favorite blade of all time is the Personna 74. Most decent blades suit me fine, but this one really stands out from the rest.
- Murray
- Murray
Re: {POLL} Favorite Double Edge Razor Blade?
By favorite I put the ones I use the most - Feathers and Super Iridiums both of which I have a large stock. I also like Kais once in a while and Light Brigades. LBs are rather amazing - they last me for 25+ multipass shaves - almost a month of daily use. A Feather takes one shave to break in then is good for maybe 4-5 more days before it starts to pull. SI about the same. No wonder Wilkinson stopped making top quality blades - they couldn't have sold enough to make it profitable. Even at current ebay prices LB is not a bad deal on a per shave basis. Feathers probably win on a forum like this because they are sharp, reliable and predictable performers and readily available at a reasonable price.
Rick
Re: {POLL} Favorite Double Edge Razor Blade?
I still have three pillar packs of the last English production Wilkinson Sword blades that I bought some ten years ago. If memory serves me correctly, they were made in 2001. I used ten of them and moved on to other new blades that were becoming available. I should probably break out a fresh 10-pack of these and give them another try, these many years later.
- Murray
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Re: {POLL} Favorite Double Edge Razor Blade?
I posted "Other." My current favorite is the Polsilver Super Iridium.
Re: {POLL} Favorite Double Edge Razor Blade?
Rapira Swedish steel.