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7th Annual February "One Blade" Challenge!

Thank you @Majorrich and @Spider for validating my habits!

Day 4 with the Treet Black Beauty and it continues to perform well. Haven’t tried the alcohol rinse trick yet, but a palm stropping might be in order shortly.
 
I'm doing the B&B challenge but this thread coincides wonderfully so I thought I'd pop in.

Wednesday 2/4 Shave
17th ANNUAL ONE BLADE IN FEBRUARY CHALLENGE 2026

DAY 4 – tried a lot of shorter strokes today
Closest to an actual BBS shave I’ve gotten this week
Edge is holding up fine – will strop a bit today
Overall a really close & comfortable DFS+/BBS result

Razor: DOVO Runde Sache – Red Scales - 5/8
Blade: JNat Refresh – Translucent ARK Refresh (4X)
Lather: PAA Clown Fruit 2025
Brush: Omega Ash Wood Handle Inverted BOAR
Post Shave: Citrus Musk Splash Mix
Post Shave: L T Piver Reve d’ Or Lotion

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EMG06 said:
Am I alone in this? I typically will leave a blade in the razor. No loose blades in the bathroom (safer in my opinion) and I loosen the cap to rinse and let it dry out between shaves, so keeping it clean, is not doing a full fingers on blade out of the razor removal every day (again seems like a safety point for me). What do others say, do I stand alone?
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Majorrich said:
I too just “let it ride” I rinse after the shave and may or may not loosen it up. Consequently, I end up with several loaded razors in the drawer that I don’t know how many shaves are on the blades.
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Spider said:
I probably have at least 20-30 razors loaded at any given time of unknown usage.
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Savages.
 
On day 11 with the Treet. It’s holding up fine. I’m making a conscious effort to rotate the edge I’m shaving with, using the QC numbers printed on the blade to guide me. So far each edge is holding up well.

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Haven’t done any palm stropping or alcohol/oil baths yet.

How’s everyone else faring?
 
Shave 9. The diamond glide is holding up great. After I reported the last nick/weeper, I haven't had any more issues. Just very smooth shaves.
 
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Shave 10 today.

Is everyone still on their 1st blade?
 
After 16 shaves the edge is feeling less than fresh. Will try to palm strop tomorrow morning to see if that makes a difference
 
13 Shaves. Going to have to take an unexpected break for a work trip. Last time I took a "One-Blade" with me on a plane, it got confiscated and I had to end my challenge early (at shave 114).
 
Spider said:
13 Shaves. Going to have to take an unexpected break for a work trip. Last time I took a "One-Blade" with me on a plane, it got confiscated and I had to end my challenge early (at shave 114).
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I remember that. TSA agent totally didn’t care about the Cadre challenge. How rude!
 
EMG06 said:
I remember that. TSA agent totally didn’t care about the Cadre challenge. How rude!
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Right? And I was 1 shave away from beating my old record with the blade, at the time, too!

Shave 14 today. Going on a work trip for a few days, but taking the Williams with me. Who knows, might get even do a video or two!
 
This might be the rarest advertising piece in my collection. Can’t imagine many of these survived. I remember having a red one of these fish as a kid, but I don’t think it had any printing on it.
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