Poll: Do you remove you blade after every shave?
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#161

Vintage Shaver
Seattle, WA
Lots of convincing arguments on both sides. I don't have to think about it, because I change to a different razor with each shave, so the blade gets dried and moved.

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#162
Remove them and toss them.  At $0.25 each, not worth the effort to keep track.

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#163
(12-02-2022, 08:03 AM)jcmgt Wrote: Remove them and toss them.  At $0.25 each, not worth the effort to keep track.

That's close to a hundred bucks a year you could spend on other shaving stuff! And most blades give a better shave after two or three shaves, you're cheating yourself.

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Boar brushes, brass razors, and hard pucks ARE traditional wet shaving. Everything else is modern day fluff for the girly men.

It's like the blues, the best stuff comes from dead guys.
#164
(12-02-2022, 06:33 AM)churchilllafemme Wrote: Lots of convincing arguments on both sides. I don't have to think about it, because I change to a different razor with each shave, so the blade gets dried and moved.
When I try switching to different razors with the same blade I have observed a drop in efficiency of the blade.Not sure if anyone else has felt the same way.
Cutting angle of one razor is different from another razor and may be is impacting the blade edge. I only use a blade for max 3-4 shaves.

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#165
(12-02-2022, 03:56 PM)jags009 Wrote:
(12-02-2022, 06:33 AM)churchilllafemme Wrote: Lots of convincing arguments on both sides. I don't have to think about it, because I change to a different razor with each shave, so the blade gets dried and moved.
When I try switching to different razors with the same blade I have observed a drop in efficiency of the blade.Not sure if anyone else has felt the same way.
Cutting angle of one razor is different from another razor and may be is impacting the blade edge. I only use a blade for max 3-4 shaves.

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Never had a drop in efficiency putting the blade in the next razor, but I don't wipe the blade, just rinse under running water.

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Boar brushes, brass razors, and hard pucks ARE traditional wet shaving. Everything else is modern day fluff for the girly men.

It's like the blues, the best stuff comes from dead guys.
#166

Posting Freak
(12-02-2022, 03:59 PM)TobyC Wrote:
(12-02-2022, 03:56 PM)jags009 Wrote:
(12-02-2022, 06:33 AM)churchilllafemme Wrote: Lots of convincing arguments on both sides. I don't have to think about it, because I change to a different razor with each shave, so the blade gets dried and moved.
When I try switching to different razors with the same blade I have observed a drop in efficiency of the blade.Not sure if anyone else has felt the same way.
Cutting angle of one razor is different from another razor and may be is impacting the blade edge. I only use a blade for max 3-4 shaves.

Sent from my V2040 using Tapatalk

Never had a drop in efficiency putting the blade in the next razor, but I don't wipe the blade, just rinse under running water.

I’ve noticed the opposite. After 5 or 6 shaves on a feather in the Drakkant it’s starting to feel less sharp but then I put it in the Rockwell 6s on 4 it’s sharp and good for three or four more. I haven’t tried it with other razors but I do agree about different razors having different geometry

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#167

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(12-02-2022, 04:43 PM)Marko Wrote:
(12-02-2022, 03:59 PM)TobyC Wrote:
(12-02-2022, 03:56 PM)jags009 Wrote: When I try switching to different razors with the same blade I have observed a drop in efficiency of the blade.Not sure if anyone else has felt the same way.
Cutting angle of one razor is different from another razor and may be is impacting the blade edge. I only use a blade for max 3-4 shaves.

Sent from my V2040 using Tapatalk

Never had a drop in efficiency putting the blade in the next razor, but I don't wipe the blade, just rinse under running water.

I’ve noticed the opposite. After 5 or 6 shaves on a feather in the Drakkant it’s starting to feel less sharp but then I put it in the Rockwell 6s on 4 it’s sharp and good for three or four more. I haven’t tried it with other razors but I do agree about different razors having different geometry
I've noticed Marko's presupposition. In fact, I start my Feathers in a feather razor, and walk them up the razor aggression ladder as the blade dulls, different angles take advantage of that process. I get about 4 shaves out of one blade with no tugging.

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#168
(12-02-2022, 05:10 PM)TommyCarioca Wrote:
(12-02-2022, 04:43 PM)Marko Wrote:
(12-02-2022, 03:59 PM)TobyC Wrote: Never had a drop in efficiency putting the blade in the next razor, but I don't wipe the blade, just rinse under running water.

I’ve noticed the opposite. After 5 or 6 shaves on a feather in the Drakkant it’s starting to feel less sharp but then I put it in the Rockwell 6s on 4 it’s sharp and good for three or four more. I haven’t tried it with other razors but I do agree about different razors having different geometry
I've noticed Marko's presupposition. In fact, I start my Feathers in a feather razor, and walk them up the razor aggression ladder as the blade dulls, different angles take advantage of that process. I get about 4 shaves out of one blade with no tugging.

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I get ten to fifteen out of a feather and then it feels like it has teeth!

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Boar brushes, brass razors, and hard pucks ARE traditional wet shaving. Everything else is modern day fluff for the girly men.

It's like the blues, the best stuff comes from dead guys.
#169
About $30 for me, don't shave every day.  The prices was for feathers. go with Astra's and it's about 10.  Everyone is different - just not a complication I want to add to my life at this point.

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#170
Changing blades is a complication I avoid!

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Boar brushes, brass razors, and hard pucks ARE traditional wet shaving. Everything else is modern day fluff for the girly men.

It's like the blues, the best stuff comes from dead guys.


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