for my every day blades, Astra SP and Ladas, 3 three pass shaves. Personna 74*'s I get 20. Blades are cheap and as others have said, comfort over being frugal....even at 3 shaves per blade I only spend 1 buck a month on blades....
After reading some of the posts, not so worried I only get a couple of shaves out of my Feathers! I started feeling a little tugging after two shaves. Like the man above said, one of the great things about DE shaving is the comfort.