Right. I've had that experience in the past, but these are BBSs - 3 pass & touch up, take no prisoners type shaves & they last just fine. PS. Is the 'Personna 74' a blade?
Ok guys dumb question, can you explain to me what is palm stropping and what are its benefits, thanks.
Check out the video. There are three schools of thought... A - I do it. I works. It gives me a more comfortable shave and extends the life of the blade by two to four shaves. 2 - I don't do it. It's a myth. It doesn't do a durn thing. III - I don't do it. Even if it does work it's not worth my time since blades are so cheap anyway. I'm in the A class.
Thanks for that Info, gonna give it a try, my favorite blades are SI and hope this makes them last a little longer.
Shaves 25 & 26 are done. Blade is starting to struggle a wee bit now. Wonder if I could return it for a refund?????????:happy102
Yeah, it's a blade that was made in the 70's I think that had Tungsten in it (the stuff they use in rockets) and blades were lasting 30-40 shaves. They still do. Today they're NOS and run about $2-3/blade. I've yet to try one. I understand it was too good of an idea and it went bankrupt. Kinda like Willy Wonka's everlasting gobstopper :happy102
Sorry if this is getting boring... Had shave #27 today (Super Iridium blade). Gave it a rub on the Goodrich hone I found yesterday plus some palm stropping. Maybe there's life in the old dog yet, so to speak....
Wow. Please keep posting your results. Also when you do switch it out, please post your impressions of the used blade to the new blade you put in.
Will do! I'm expecting the new blade will cut me up after shaving for so long with what is probably a blunt one.
Well, friends, the old Super Iridium has finally bitten the dust. In attempting shave #28 today, I had to concede that the blade was no longer doing what it should. Despite honing & stropping, I couldn't get through the shave. Had to put a new blade (a super max from my 'dog' pile) in for the last pass. Farewell SI...... I'll never forget you.......You've been a good old pal.:sad024
You just about doubled my best run with a blade. I have an SI loaded now and am not expecting any miracles.
That DE blade outlasted any injector that I've tried, including some Personna 74s (I'm wondering if there's something wrong with the pack I've got). I've got some Personna 74 DE blades too, which I'll get around to eventually. Anyway, the lesson seems to be to establish useful blade life for yourself, don't rely too much on other people's experience.
It was certainly an interesting experiment. I was shocked to find that a blade could last that long. It really was giving good shaves until the last 2 days. Now I'll be trying to figure out what role the other ingredients played in the longevity. The T&H Limes cream is really good. I switched to Trafalgar the last couple of days & that was definitely a step down in performance - strange that two T&H creams would perform differently, or is it? The palm stropping - frankly, I don't know if it was helping or not - I feel it probably was, so I think I'll continue with that practice. The Goodrich hone that I used on the last two days - I think it probably did more harm than good. Finally the blade itself - SI had always been my favorite in the first months of my DE shaving path. More recently, my preference had switched to Gillette 7 o'clock yellows. Now I'm curious to see if those will last as well. Anyway, many thanks to you all for your comments & input on my thread!