How Many Shaves Will I Get Out Of A Personna Blade?

HBK42581 · Post by **HBK42581** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 10:16 am

Any one know? I'm coming up on my fourth.

notthesharpest · Post by **notthesharpest** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 10:29 am

Common question.

Answer: It depends. No one knows but you.

More than two, obviously.

Big Swifty · Post by **Big Swifty** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 10:55 am

I agree with NTS,
Heartbreak kid, everyone gets different mileage from the same blades. Some of the factors might be your skin type, beard coarseness, water quality, technique, lather quality and so on. So do some experimenting to see how many you get. Also some blades from the same pack might not be as nice as your previous blade so you might not get the same amount of shaves every time. Also I would suggest some blade sampler packs so you can use many different blades to find your favourite.

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jvan · Post by **jvan** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 1:01 pm

I use Personnas and get four great shaves out of them. I don't even bother trying for number five as they are cheap to begin with.

drumana · Post by **drumana** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 8:04 am

. . . different for everybody - I get 3 or 4 from Personnas.

jrgroucho · Post by **jrgroucho** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 8:34 am

You can get as many as you want. Whether they will be comfortable or not is another question. With American Personna blades I wouldn't push it past three or four.

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Jeremy

scaryshoes · Post by **scaryshoes** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 8:54 am

I like to use American Personnas along with German Wilks. I usually get four nice shaves out of a Personna. Tried to get a fifth out of my last blade but that was a mistake. However, YMMV.....

Steve · Post by **Steve** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 9:07 am

Buy Personna's at greatrazors.com and they will last 3-4 times longer.

Steve