A OneBlade retrospective. 3 years later....

Respectfully, I have to disagree, mostly in a way that agrees with you all.

The Genesis is a beautiful razor, but the Feather blade is terribly short-lived and wildly inconsistent. The first shave is sharp and good, the next is pretty dull and passable, and I could not get a third shave at all. For $1 a blade that costs a lot more than the cartridges I was previously using (Dorco Pace3). If one likes spending that much, go for it, but I strongly recommend against the OneBlade.

Respectfully, I have to disagree, mostly in a way that agrees with you all. 

The Genesis is a beautiful razor, but the Feather blade is terribly short-lived and wildly inconsistent.  The first shave is sharp and good, the next is pretty dull and passable, and I could not get a third shave at all.  For $1 a blade that costs a lot more than the cartridges I was previously using (Dorco Pace3).  If one likes spending that much, go for it, but I strongly recommend against the OneBlade.

I wholly agree that the Feather FHS10 blade sucks.  However the de-spined Gem blade doesn't.  And you can use a de-spined Gem blade in your OneBlade razor.  It works in the original OneBlade razor (or V1 Genesis) and it works in the Core.  It also works in the V2 Genesis, however it requires a shim to secure it (a dulled injector blade works great).  

The FHS10 blade is frail costly and proprietary, whereas the Gem blade is robust reasonably priced and readily available.  As I said before, the inventors of the OneBlade razor planned to make a lot of money selling you short-lived proprietary blades at $1 per shave.  Using de-spined Gem blades obviates their plan, cuts their profits, and improves your shave.

I referred to the OneBlade as the Citroën DS of safety razors.  For those old enough to remember the Citroën DS (the most excellently innovative automobile ever made), the first of them (1955-67) used brake fluid as a hydraulic medium, which sprung external leaks and rusted everything it touched.  However in their 2nd iteration (1968-75) they switched to a mineral based hydraulic medium, which solved their rust problem.

Similarly, the de-spined Gem blade solves the problem of OneBlade's short-lived high-priced proprietary blades.

Respectfully, I have to disagree, mostly in a way that agrees with you all. 

The Genesis is a beautiful razor, but the Feather blade is terribly short-lived and wildly inconsistent.  The first shave is sharp and good, the next is pretty dull and passable, and I could not get a third shave at all.  For $1 a blade that costs a lot more than the cartridges I was previously using (Dorco Pace3).  If one likes spending that much, go for it, but I strongly recommend against the OneBlade.

I wholly agree that the Feather FHS10 blade sucks.  However the de-spined Gem blade doesn't.  And you can use a de-spined Gem blade in your OneBlade razor.  It works in the original OneBlade razor (or V1 Genesis) and it works in the Core.  It also works in the V2 Genesis, however it requires a shim to secure it (a dulled injector blade works great).  

The FHS10 blade is frail costly and proprietary, whereas the Gem blade is robust reasonably priced and readily available.  As I said before, the inventors of the OneBlade razor planned to make a lot of money selling you short-lived proprietary blades at $1 per shave.  Using de-spined Gem blades obviates their plan, cuts their profits, and improves your shave.

I referred to the OneBlade as the Citroën DS of safety razors.  For those old enough to remember the Citroën DS (the most excellently innovative automobile ever made), the first of them (1955-67) used brake fluid as a hydraulic medium, which sprung external leaks and rusted everything it touched.  However in their 2nd iteration (1968-75) they switched to a mineral based hydraulic medium, which solved their rust problem.

Similarly, the de-spined Gem blade solves the problem of OneBlade's short-lived high-priced proprietary blades.

This is the first I've heard that shimming with a dulled injector will work in the V2 in lieu of nibbling the "ears" of the despined blade.  Despining a GEM is quick and easy,  So is dulling an injector, and a dulled injector figures to last a very long time.

Thank you draebeard.   I'm glad we had this chat. 

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/coWvcRJf1-A

This guy gives out very good information, but his ebulliently manic persona makes me cringe.  
There's something about a grown man who squeals that makes me want to leave the room.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/coWvcRJf1-A

Thanks draebeard .  This video is on point and useful, showing how to shim with an FHS-10 in lieu of an injector.  I suppose the FHS-10 is easier to handle than an injector, which should be an advantage.  I did not hear any mention of dulling the shim either, although I would dull any shim unless I was going for a twin-blade effect.  At any rate, after reading your post #12, I found some threads about shimming a GEM in the OneBlade, and I am still reading through them.  It sounds like there are tested and proven simple ways to get great OneBlade shaves with shimmed GEM blades.

If I may be permitted a personal aside (in other words, feel free to skip this) ...  I liked the content and brevity of this particular video, but the format of the video, which does not show a progress bar, WORKS TERRIBLY for me.  I could not make out all the parts of it, nor could I figure out how to isolate and replay the small section(s) where I could not understand what was being said.  After initially liking the video followed by multiple replays, I removed my like - a trivial act perhaps, but an important one to me.  I'm not getting any younger, and my ears are not getting any better.