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Nice, what did you go for?
Lord Chrome & Classic ... and some Cool, which I've not tried yet. Silver Stars, too, obviously.
I've yet to have another go with the Big Ben but it felt a lot like the ASCO; both, I do like by the way, but they don't stand out to me like the Classic. I might buy in some ASCO as I just like the pack, what with orange being my favourite colour. The Classic feels a lot like the Shark Super Stainless to me, a blade which is like driving an older car without power steering so you still have that exhilaration of feeling everything. Almost like a stainless blade pretending to be a carbon blade. The Lord Chrome is a very smooth and mellow blade, for me; moreso than the Shark Chrome, which doesn't feel anything like. I find it quite the polar opposite to the Lord Classic/Shark Super Stainless. The platinums just don't do it, for me, so much so I wonder if I just don't like platinum ... except my three highest rated blades are all platinum, so go figure: Treet 7 Days Platinum (11/10), Treet Platinum (10/10) and Rapira Platinum Lux (10/10). Compared, I put the Treet DuraSharp at 9/10, the Lord Chrome and the Lord Classic/Shark Super Stainless at 8/10 but still very much enjoyed as daily blades - I like no frills stainless (although these are PTFE coated) and I do like carbon. I'm generally not a fan of the Russian blades and rate those much lower, Rapira Platinum Lux (10/10) and the PermaSharp Super (9/10) being the exceptions.
Anyway, back to these Silver Stars ...
I'm rather hopeful in light of what I've read about audible feedback and what Andy @ajc347 put about then seemingly being thinner than, say, Big Ben that they are indeed a thinner blade. @Ferrum said in the opening post that he tried the blade in an aluminium razor. I don't have such a fine razor in my collection, but my daily driver is a middle-era Gillette Tech with an aluminium baseplate. I also very much like the Star (Tech Clone) which I have another daily driver under the PAL brand with an aluminium baseplate. These razors do seem to like (and tame) seethingly sharp blades that in some other razors might well cause weepers and leave some burn.
Furthermore, I'm hopeful that the Silver Stars might top the Lord charts for me since it is reported by many folks who like these blades that they like them best out of the Lord stable. Perhaps something to challenge the PermaSharp Super, but from the Lord stable? The Lord Chrome and Classics will still very much have their place, as do the Treet Platinum and DuraSharps when compared to the very excellent Treet 7 Days Platinum. They all have their place depending upon how I feel at the time of shaving.
Variety is, after all, the spice of life ...
Have you had any more shaves with these @Ferrum ?