I have been using a merkur HD 34c for about 8 weeks now. While I appreciate my technique still has a lot of room for improvement I've made a conscious effort not to apply too much pressure while guiding the razor. Have watched all of Mantic59's videos on technique.
I got a sample pack of blades from connaught and have noticed big differences in the performance of some blades. So far I've used merkur, astra, gillette 7 oclock yellow, persona red, supermax super stainless and Israeli super platinum.
Some shaves have been good others have been poor. I only use a blade for 3 shaves maximum, but blades that have performed poorly were only used for 1 two pass shave. I only use cade soap.
I use light pressure to keep the razor to my face and always shave in the same direction 2 passess with the grain and 1 xgrain, however some blades seem to drag and bounce even when going with grain.
Is this other peoples experience with blades that don't suit them?
So far the 7 oclock blade is the only one that I've been satisfied with great performance for 3 shaves, the astra and Israeli super platinum were OK. The others were tried once then binned.
Any help would be much appreciated.
John