- Joined
- Thursday August 8, 2013
- Location
- Silly Suffolk
As I have done for years with vintage razor models, I'm using the Personna Gem blades in my stainless Rocnel and Blackland Sabre modern gem SE razors.
I don't seem to get as much use out of these blades in the new razors as I did with them in the vintages; at best half-a-dozen sessions, and they feel pretty worn out at the end of that. I also note in the Sabre, which I've just unloaded, that there is quite a lot of corrosion on the aluminium blade spine. This shows up as a gritty-feeling surface, where once it was smooth, covered in the usual corrosion product. I never noticed this in the old-style razors.
Because of the closure methods, I don't remove the blades from either the Sabre or Rocnel after every use, but they do get a thorough rinse in fresh running water, followed by a pat-down to dry and storage in a draining position. I've used many different soaps with both, so can't pin anything down to one in particular (if that may be a factor).
I'd be interested to know from other modern Gem razor users roughly how many days use they get from the blades in their razors, and whether anyone else has encountered the spine corrosion.
I don't seem to get as much use out of these blades in the new razors as I did with them in the vintages; at best half-a-dozen sessions, and they feel pretty worn out at the end of that. I also note in the Sabre, which I've just unloaded, that there is quite a lot of corrosion on the aluminium blade spine. This shows up as a gritty-feeling surface, where once it was smooth, covered in the usual corrosion product. I never noticed this in the old-style razors.
Because of the closure methods, I don't remove the blades from either the Sabre or Rocnel after every use, but they do get a thorough rinse in fresh running water, followed by a pat-down to dry and storage in a draining position. I've used many different soaps with both, so can't pin anything down to one in particular (if that may be a factor).
I'd be interested to know from other modern Gem razor users roughly how many days use they get from the blades in their razors, and whether anyone else has encountered the spine corrosion.