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If I remember rightly a certain other forum does/did a thing where you had to shave with the same blade for (iirc) a month. One single blade.

So if you went in for this, which blade would you rely on?
 
That's quite an interesting question - although I'd never want to stretch a blade out for a month. My weapon of choice would be either a Polsilver Stainless, Super Iridium or a Personna Med Prep.
 
7 o'clock yellow in my EJ or maybe a Gillette Platinum. I have gone about 4 decent shaves with both of those blades.
I might try a month out of curiousity and see what happens, would it make any difference to flip the blade over and swop it round?? Does anyone know?
 
Walkers said:
7 o'clock yellow in my EJ or maybe a Gillette Platinum. I have gone about 4 decent shaves with both of those blades.
I might try a month out of curiousity and see what happens, would it make any difference to flip the blade over and swop it round?? Does anyone know?
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Palm stropping between shaves may help by realigning the edges. As for blade choice, I've not tried vintage Wilkies, but I'd concur with Father Ted's second mention - NOS Bleue Extras are superb.
 
It would be a NOS Personna 74 for me. Got 8 near BBS shaves out of it and could have gone for more but it was a bit harsh on my skin so I would jut do a gentle DFS each day (that would also help prolong the blade) so I reckon if I was careful and di one pass shaves I could manage a month.
Not going to bother trying though
 
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