That's what I think I will end up getting to be honest, I obviously haven't tried enough blades yetI got a sample pack of Gillette blades from Connought Shaving
Working my through them, 30 blades in total.....
That's what I think I will end up getting to be honest, I obviously haven't tried enough blades yetI got a sample pack of Gillette blades from Connought Shaving
Working my through them, 30 blades in total.....
Wow, the Gillette Platinum scored so low for closeness! To me they feel on par with Feathers and much sharper than Astra SP. When I got tons of weepers (and a BBS) from the Gillette Platinums with a mild razor I went to check online for reviews and found this sharpness scale done by Razor Emporium.
I pay zero attention to subjective tests of blades. Note that RE rates Astra SS as one of the least sharp where the scientific tests done by refinedshave dot com find it's one of the sharpest. I go with objective tests. Especially when you know the guy offering subjecive ratings wears a beard....(I'm too old for an LOL here but if I were younger..)I'm really surprised to see Gillette 7 o'clock Yellows get a 2/5 sharpness rating there. I've read many instances of people saying they are almost as sharp as Feathers only not as rough. They're still too rough for me though and leave my face feeling sore afterwards even sometimes after applying a balm
Kais get tricky because of their additional width the marginal increase in exposure may be perceived as sharpness whereas objectively it's not actually that sharp out of the box.Looking at that objective razor sharpness test site, Kai are listed less sharp than Derby greens. I thought Kai was on par with Feather.
7 o'clock yellows are ranked least sharp of all 7 o'clocks, less sharp than Gillette Platinum or Silver Blues.
Interesting...