alexface said:
Chris, that's consistently my experience with Feathers: Good, Great, Bad, and Ugly. However, in your case, it can't be a Feather, because your pack is loaded with only Derby, Merkur, Mexican Swords, and something I picked up on the cheap in Bangladesh. Sorry.
ROTFLOL
Updating my list:
Blade 00: Gillette Silver Blue ;-) (bet I get that one right!)
Blade 01: Derby or similar blade known for being rather dull but smooth
Blade 02: Astra SP or other blade I will stay far, far away from in the future
Blade 03: Feather or something I've never tried that is sharp, like VgermannameIcan'tremember
Blade 04: Lord or what I have heard about Merkur
Blade 05: Great blade that dropped off a bit day 3. Personna Med Prep?
Blade 06: Gillette 7 o'clock yellow
Blade 07: Derby or maybe Personna Red? Just average.
Blade 08: Astra SP. Meh first day, good second day, performance dropped off cliff day 3
Blade 09: Not sure. Gillette Black maybe? Excellent blade.
Blade 10: Another blade I'm not sure about. Kinda harsh.
Blade 11: I think this is my Gillette Silver Blue. If it's not, I'm looking forward to knowing what it is
Blade 12: Not quite as good as blade 11. No idea what it could be. Time to stop guessing, the trial is over!
My ranking so far: 11, 09, 12, 05, 06, (07, 01), 10, 03, 08, 02, every other blade in the world, 04
I initially thought blade 6 might be the GSB, but it didn't hold up like a GSB does and that reminded me of the 7 o'clock yellows. So I edited the post. I added blade 7 which is just average and feels similar to 1 with slightly better results.
It will be funny to see how far off I am. As I said before, I haven't tried twelve different modern blades, so it's impossible for me to know what they all are.
Joel