How many shaves do you average per blade?

2 shaves and its binned.

 

DE blades, 3 and out.

 

Seven one or two pass shaves

 

I can get 4 excellent shaves with any of my blades. I can get 5 0r 6 with several. I can get 7 with Med Preps, 7 O'Clock Blue SP, Gillette "Spoiler" Super Stainless.

NOTE: I have to go through MANY blades to end up with my rotation.

 

Are we supposed to use blades? No wonder I have been getting less than BBS.

Greg W.

 

Yeah, I am a 2-3 shave guy. Still way cheaper than cartridge shaving.

 

4-6

 

Three or four for DE...the Mongoose blades last so long I lose count.

 

I have very sensitive skin, and with the blades I have currently tried anything more than 2 or 3 kills my face. I love the feeling of a fresh blade too much anyways lol. And they are recyclable so I don't feel bad about throwing em out

 

Seven two-pass shaves. I use a new one every Monday morning and throw it away after the morning shave on Sunday.

 

I am probably not the right person to add to this thread, as part of my shaving hobby is maintaining sharp blades and re-sharpening my blades. I get literally unlimited use from a blade by spending about 10 seconds every couple of shaves to maintain the edge with some vintage blade sharpeners. When I note a blade is starting to dull, I'll strop it with leather, and when that stops working, I'll re-sharpen it in a variety of vintage devices I use and then start all over again with a blade as sharp as new.
I have some blades with over 150 shaves on them and they are just as sharp as they were on the first shave. I don't do this for financial reasons as blades are inexpensive, but more for the challenge and fun of it. The only blades I have difficulty with are injector blades which are the most difficult to sharpen.
One of the fun aspects of this is to be able to sharpen proprietary and odd blades. If I buy a razor that takes a proprietary blade, I only need two blades; one to experiment with, and one to apply what I learned and re-sharpen the second blade as new.
Obviously this is not for everyone, but I do enjoy doing it. The only problem is that I haven't discarded a blade (unless it's damaged) in years, and my stock of new blades is now sufficient to provide shaves for several generations to come.

 

Generally three.

 

I currently have 186 shaves on a Crystal DE blade. Like DonMac I use a vintage PDQ 10 second blade sharpener after each shave to maintain the edge.

 

Two and out. To confusing since I have 7 razors in my rotation and use different blades for different razors.

 

Same here, but change on Sunday.

 

Generally I get 10 passes to a blade, plus or minus 1. If that' 5 shaves, or 3, is another matter.

 

I've pushed my blades to 5 or 6 completes shaves. But as I see it, DE blades are so cheap that every 1 to 2 shave I throw a new one in. No point in having a bad shave.
Fresh blade in = Great shave out

 

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