How many Days in a ROW, before you change Shave Gear?

chazt

chazt

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Bob65 said:
I change my razor, brush, and soap every day.
As for blades, I tend to use them about six times for DE blades and about ten times for SE blades.
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Roberto, like you I also change out my razor, brush and soap every day. Blades however have a slightly shorter serviceable lifespan with my wiry whiskers. DE blades, two, maybe three shaves, four at the most. Gem and injector blades I limit to six shaves. Any more than that and they begin to dull and tug.
 
Bob65

Bob65

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chazt said:
Roberto, like you I also change out my razor, brush and soap every day. Blades however have a slightly shorter serviceable lifespan with my wiry whiskers. DE blades, two, maybe three shaves, four at the most. Gem and injector blades I limit to six shaves. Any more than that and they begin to dull and tug.
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I'd like to know which DE blades you use.
I actually have a rather tough beard myself (I'm Italian with a dark complexion, and of Southern Italian origins), but blades like the Kai still give me satisfactory performance even after the sixth use.
It should also be noted that, except in rare cases, I always use three passes.
 
Holyzeus

Holyzeus

Trump is literally insane.
DE blades three uses. SE blades I don’t actually count, they don’t seem to have a definite number, maybe fifteen.
Brushes i don’t rotate that often, few months.
Only use one razor currently, the other two now and again.
 
chazt

chazt

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Bob65 said:
I'd like to know which DE blades you use.
I actually have a rather tough beard myself (I'm Italian with a dark complexion, and of Southern Italian origins), but blades like the Kai still give me satisfactory performance even after the sixth use.
It should also be noted that, except in rare cases, I always use three passes.
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There are others in my stash, but the blades I use most often are Israeli Personna Platinum Chrome, Russian Gillette Platinum and German Wilkinson Sword. Of these three varieties, Wilkies seem to be the most durable (3-4), while IPs are done after two shaves. Gillettes are the smoothest of the three and are serviceable for up to three shaves. I also occasionally use Kai, Gillette Minora, Personna Med Prep and Lab Blue blades.
 
Bob65

Bob65

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chazt said:
There are others in my stash, but the blades I use most often are Israeli Personna Platinum Chrome, Russian Gillette Platinum and German Wilkinson Sword. Of these three varieties, Wilkies seem to be the most durable (3-4), while IPs are done after two shaves. Gillettes are the smoothest of the three and are serviceable for up to three shaves. I also occasionally use Kai, Gillette Minora, Personna Med Prep and Lab Blue blades.
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I've never used the Wilkinson ones, but both the Personna and the Platinum ones last me 5/6 shaves from 3 passes without any problems...
 
Randy

Randy

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gile said:
I usually take new razor and blade combo on Mondays and use them for the week. Recently I'm using one soap until I finish it and generally don't like changing them on daily basis so I can dial in specific base properly. Changing brushes as I feel at the moment.
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- How many brushes do you have Gile?
- Yes
 
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