Voskhod dude.... And Feather. My two go to blades. Other than that, Rapira Swedish Supersteel, Personna Lab Blue, Polsilver Super Iridium But my vote is for Voskhod
I have decided to use this thread as my own personal blade log. Post 1 will be updated as work through my many blade types. Ive also decided to use random.org to choose my next blade. Hope you all follow along with the adventure! Currently I am using the Rapira Platinum Lux and have got 4 great shaves out of the blade and it is still going strong. Will it hold up to the GSB at 6 shaves ? you'll just have to wait and see!
Very Andrew. I'm a GSB fan myself..recently shaved with a Rapira Lux also and I too found it to be a good blade. I tried it in a R41.
The Rapira Platinum Lux has finally given up the ghost at 5 great shaves. It almost performed as well as the GSB and considering it can be had for half the price its a winner in my book! Before I get started with my next blade I'm going to take my flare tip SS for a spin on Sunday with as Astra SP in it. Then I will move on to the next blade : #12 The Gillette platinum
All in all I wasn't overly impressed with the Gillette Platinum, while plenty smooth it left me wanting in the sharpness department. I'm trying to decide if I will bin it or give it another go. Im leaning toward moving on, as @Robyflexx says, if it sucked once it will suck again. Although it didn't "suck" really it was no where near the sharpness of the blades that I enjoy using.
No sense in suffering through an unenjoyable shave with so many other blades that you prefer at your disposal Andrew. You're correct if it sucked ounce it will suck twice as much doing it again.
Remember later that I predicted this: You will stop testing as soon as you use Nacet. You will buy them by the hundreds, and never buy again, until you stumble across Polsilver SI. You will PIF every other blade you own, and spend the rest your life dealing with the inner turmoil caused by trying to decide which of the two blades to use.
Well time to move on, up next: Gillette 7 O'Clock Super Platinum(Black India) 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After learning that cold water shaves stiften up my whiskers too much I had 4 addition great shaves from the Super Platinum, definitely a keeper! But now its time to move on to the next contestant. I have also re-added the Gillette Platinum to the list because the only shave I had with it was a cold water shave and had too much pulling for my taste, so I will try it again with the warm water. SO up next is : #4, the Crystal But before I start this test I am going to take one of my Kronas for a spin this weekend!
Both Astra's are favorites of mine, but lately I've been partial to Lord Stainless and Lord Platinums. But then again there are days when I prefer a Feather or a Derby. There are a lot of blades out there. I would have a difficult time if I only ever had a couple choices to choose from.
Well the Sharp Durablade failed me hard on its third shave which was kinda surprising because the first two shaves were pretty darn good. So I guess its time to try something new. So here we go: #20 Sputnik
Those are interesting ones. I had one shave with one a while back. It started out really nice and halfway through my first pass turned into a nightmare. Maybe I had a dud or maybe they are as bad as people say they are...not in a hurry to find out! Fare better my friend!
I may have had a bad blade, i don't see how a blade could just dull out in the middle of a shave. I think they may be worth revisiting. So far all the other blades from my Russian sampler have been great.
+1 on the Nacet's. Those are my most used blades. I am enjoying reading about your experiences with these various blades, @Linuxguile .
