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Chad Uses BAD blades!

I take it this means the next blade is one you are dreading and procrastinating on using? 😜

Some cool birds though.
 
Cvargo said:
Alright so I have been wetshaving with DEs, SEs, and Straights for almost 5 years! In the beginning I bought a lot of blades in 5 packs and some singles etc. Alot or them I blamed for providing bad shaves. But now 5 years later my 100 packs that I bought of Astra SP, Personna Lab Blue, Rapira SS, and Gillette Yellows are beginning to run low. Meaning I need to buy new blades soon. But I still have all these "bad" blades! But as my technique has improved are these blades really bad?

I have said recently that I believe the blade is not really the culprit of a bad shave so that is where some testing comes in!

So in my not so scientific approach I am going to use bad blades and see how they perform. My soap and my brush will change but these will be soaps I am familiar with so I know they'll be good. My razor well I'll be using my Timeless! So a darn good razor!

I promise at least two shaves per blade!

Here's what I have in deck to use that I deemed bad blades and some I never bothered to try due to reviews.

(Pic from the beginning, look below for full list)


I'll post updates here and also record some along the way. Am I missing any bad blades?

RATING SYSTEM
TRASH: Can't get a good shave. This blade is horrible. Never use again.
BAD: A bad blade but technically still got a serviceable shave, but have no desire to use the blade again.
GOOD: It was good enough that if I have another blade I wouldn't hesitate to use it.
100PACK: This blade was good enough to warrant stocking up!

Here are the updated lists and rankings:

** Blades Used **

  1. Muhle = Bad
  2. Van Der Hagen = Good
  3. Graham Field = Trash
  4. Super Homex = Bad
  5. Shark Super Chrome = Bad
  6. Shark Stainless Steel = 100 PACK
  7. Sputnik = 100 PACK
  8. Rockwell = Bad
  9. Parker = 100 PACK
  10. Bic Platinum = Trash
  11. Timor = Good
  12. MEM Super Silver Platinum = Trash
  13. Blue Bird = Good
  14. Gillette 7 O'clock Black = Good
  15. Royal Super Stainless = Bad
  16. Topaz Platinum = Bad
  17. ^Dorco 300 = Good
  18. Dorco 301 = Good
  19. Dorco Prime = Good
  20. Dorco Titan = Good
  21. Qball Platinum Plus = Good
  22. Treet King = Bad
  23. Derby Premium = 100 Pack
  24. Derby Extra = Bad
  25. Assured $1 = Trash
  26. Vincent VT300b = Trash
  27. ^ Gillette Super Thin = Good
  28. Lord Super Stainless = Good
  29. Lord Platinum = Good
  30. Lord Chrome = Good
  31. ^Lord Captain = Good
  32. Topaz Stainless = Bad
  33. Gillette Platinum = 100 Pack
  34. Zorrik Talvar = Good
  35. Kai Stainless = Bad
  36. Trig Silver = 100 Pack
  37. Perma Sharp Super = Good
  38. Croma Diamant = Bad
  39. Baili Blue = Trash
  40. Treet Silver = Bad
  41. Asco Orange = Good
  42. Asco Red = Bad
  43. Asco Red/Blue = Bad
  44. Shaver Boy = Good
  45. Cloud Shanghai = Bad
  46. Tiger Carbon = Trash
  47. Sharp Chromium = Good
  48. 7AM Platinum = Good
  49. Vijay Stainless = Trash
  50. Zorrik Platinum = 100 Pack
  51. Racer Stainless = Good
  52. Racer Platinum = Good
  53. Polsilver Super Iridium = 100 pack
  54. Feather Hi Stainless = Good
  55. Bolzano = 100 Pack
  56. Tomy Super Stainless = Good
  57. Astra SS = Good
  58. Astra SP = 100 Pack
  59. Big Ben = Bad
  60. Merkur Super = Good
^ - Discontinued

100 Pack Ranking
  1. Polsilver Super Iridium
  2. Parker Premium
  3. Bolzano
  4. Sputnik
  5. Trig Silver
  6. Gillette Platinum
  7. Zorrik Platinum
  8. Astra SP
  9. Derby Premium
  10. Shark Stainless Steel
Good Ranking
  1. Astra SS
  2. Feather Hi-Stainless
  3. Perma Sharp Super
  4. Merkur Super
  5. Sharp Chromium
  6. 7AM Platinum
  7. Zorrik Talvar
  8. Qball Platinum Plus
  9. Ladas
  10. ShaverBoy
  11. Lord Chrome
  12. Personna Lab Blue
  13. Tomy Super Stainless
  14. Asco Orange
  15. Lord Captain
  16. Blue Bird Stainless
  17. Dorco Prime
  18. Gillette 7 O'Clock Black
  19. Racer Platinum
  20. Gillette Super Thin
  21. Racer Stainless
  22. Dorco Titan
  23. Dorco 300/301
  24. Timor
  25. Lord Platinum
  26. Lord Super Stainless
  27. Van Der Hagen
Bad Ranking
  1. Derby Extra
  2. Asco Red
  3. Croma Diamant
  4. Kai Stainless
  5. Treet Dura Sharp
  6. Topaz Platinum
  7. Topaz Stainless
  8. Asco Red/Blue
  9. Big Ben Stainless
  10. Muhle
  11. Treet King
  12. Royal Super Stainless
  13. Super Homex
  14. Treet Silver
  15. Cloud Shanghai
  16. Shark Chrome
  17. Rockwell
Trash Ranking
  1. Bic Platinum
  2. Vijay Stainless
  3. MEM Super Silver
  4. Vincent VT300b
  5. Baili Blue
  6. Assured $1
  7. Graham Field
  8. Tiger Carbon
* On Deck*
Balaka Carbon Steel
Battle Brothers
Bic Astor
Centwin Super Platinum
Concord
Crown Stainless?
Dollar Platinum
Eddison
Elios Inoxidable
Gentle Man Platinum
Gillette 365
Gillette 7 O'Clock Green Permasharp
Gillette 7 O'clock Green SS
Gillette 7 O'Clock Yellow
Gillette Nacet
Gillette Rubie
Gillette Silver Blue
Gillette Thin Blade
Gillette Wilkinson Sword German
Gillette Wilkinson Sword Indian
Ladas Stainless
Laser Super Platinum
Laser Ultra
Ming Shi Super White Blades
Patrix
Personna Med Prep
Personna Platinum (Israeli Red)
QShave Titanium
Rainbow Super Stainless
Rapira Chrome
Rapira Lux
Rapira Stainless
Rapira Swedish
Red Royal Platinum
Rise Classic
Rise Platinum
Sharp Star
Silver Star
Super Iridium
Super Max Super Stainless Blue Plus
Super Max Titanium
Treet 7 Days Platinum
Treet Carbon Steel
Treet Classic
Treet Falcon
Treet New Edge
V12 Super Platinum
Viking Sword
Voskhod
Wizamet Super Iridium
Yingjili
Zae Blades
Zaza Super Stainless



YouTube Series
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Chad's Bad Blade Series - YouTube

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.Hi Chad,You are spot on to the bad blades you picked ...you read my mind on your list.Everyone you chose I thru out too....remarkable!
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Chad, if you're still taking requests.... I'm curious about the Wizamet. A couple guys swear by them. I tried one and was not impressed. Want to see how you grade them.
 
Chad needs to get back on this. I have found another couple of eBay suppliers that have some brands not yet on the list... :devilish::devilish::devilish:

The only problem I have with this situation is that I may have to send some of them to Chad as 100 packs...😁😁😁
 
dkeester said:
Chad needs to get back on this. I have found another couple of eBay suppliers that have some brands not yet on the list... :devilish::devilish::devilish:

The only problem I have with this situation is that I may have to send some of them to Chad as 100 packs...😁😁😁
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Doug showing the Evil side more than the Engineer side :LOL:
 
Volume 129 Rise Platinum Use 1

Yes it is back and hopefully for a more consistent pace! Up on deck today is the Rise Platinum.

These blades are made by Super Max which is part of Vidyut Metallics Limited a company that makes a lot of blades that come out of India. These blades are platinum coated.

They performed just okay, not quite as sharp as I would like nor as smooth. Hoping shave two goes better.

You can find these on eBay for $12.99 for a 100 pack so about 13 cents per blade. Here take a watch.

 
Awesome stuff. I really love this series. I am glad that I could contribute to it, and that Chad has been such a good sport about it. When he is done with this he will be able to say that he has shaved with just about every blade in existence.

Maybe I should start picking up some vintage blades for him...
 
dkeester said:
Awesome stuff. I really love this series. I am glad that I could contribute to it, and that Chad has been such a good sport about it. When he is done with this he will be able to say that he has shaved with just about every blade in existence.

Maybe I should start picking up some vintage blades for him...
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I was thinking he should hold the Title of most de blades tested. Perhaps a Guinness World Record ??
 
Volume 130 Rise Platinum Use 2

Well today's shave was utterly disappointing! I only did one pass then tossed the blade. I then grabbed another razor my Vector and who knows what shave on that blade it is, but I ensured I had good shave for my birthday.

The Rise blade is just not sharp and tugs a lot! Today I even tried it in the Game Changer and it was the same story.

I did have a nice Stetson theme shave though!

I haven't updated my on deck list with the new blades from @dkeester yet but I will soon.

This blade gets a rating of trash!
RATING SYSTEM
TRASH: Can't get a good shave. This blade is horrible. Never use again.
BAD: A bad blade but technically still got a serviceable shave, but have no desire to use the blade again.
GOOD: It was good enough that if I have another blade I wouldn't hesitate to use it.
100PACK: This blade was good enough to warrant stocking up!

Here are the updated lists and rankings:

** Blades Used **

  1. Muhle = Bad
  2. Van Der Hagen = Good
  3. Graham Field = Trash
  4. Super Homex = Bad
  5. Shark Super Chrome = Bad
  6. Shark Stainless Steel = 100 PACK
  7. Sputnik = 100 PACK
  8. Rockwell = Bad
  9. Parker = 100 PACK
  10. Bic Platinum = Trash
  11. Timor = Good
  12. MEM Super Silver Platinum = Trash
  13. Blue Bird = Good
  14. Gillette 7 O'clock Black = Good
  15. Royal Super Stainless = Bad
  16. Topaz Platinum = Bad
  17. ^Dorco 300 = Good
  18. Dorco 301 = Good
  19. Dorco Prime = Good
  20. Dorco Titan = Good
  21. Qball Platinum Plus = Good
  22. Treet King = Bad
  23. Derby Premium = 100 Pack
  24. Derby Extra = Bad
  25. Assured $1 = Trash
  26. Vincent VT300b = Trash
  27. ^ Gillette Super Thin = Good
  28. Lord Super Stainless = Good
  29. Lord Platinum = Good
  30. Lord Chrome = Good
  31. ^Lord Captain = Good
  32. Topaz Stainless = Bad
  33. Gillette Platinum = 100 Pack
  34. Zorrik Talvar = Good
  35. Kai Stainless = Bad
  36. Trig Silver = 100 Pack
  37. Perma Sharp Super = Good
  38. Croma Diamant = Bad
  39. Baili Blue = Trash
  40. Treet Silver = Bad
  41. Asco Orange = Good
  42. Asco Red = Bad
  43. Asco Red/Blue = Bad
  44. Shaver Boy = Good
  45. Cloud Shanghai = Bad
  46. Tiger Carbon = Trash
  47. Sharp Chromium = Good
  48. 7AM Platinum = Good
  49. Vijay Stainless = Trash
  50. Zorrik Platinum = 100 Pack
  51. Racer Stainless = Good
  52. Racer Platinum = Good
  53. Polsilver Super Iridium = 100 pack
  54. Feather Hi Stainless = Good
  55. Bolzano = 100 Pack
  56. Tomy Super Stainless = Good
  57. Astra SS = Good
  58. Astra SP = 100 Pack
  59. Big Ben = Bad
  60. Merkur Super = Good
  61. Rise Platinum = Trash
^ - Discontinued

100 Pack Ranking
  1. Polsilver Super Iridium
  2. Parker Premium
  3. Bolzano
  4. Sputnik
  5. Trig Silver
  6. Gillette Platinum
  7. Zorrik Platinum
  8. Astra SP
  9. Derby Premium
  10. Shark Stainless Steel
Good Ranking
  1. Astra SS
  2. Feather Hi-Stainless
  3. Perma Sharp Super
  4. Merkur Super
  5. Sharp Chromium
  6. 7AM Platinum
  7. Zorrik Talvar
  8. Qball Platinum Plus
  9. Ladas
  10. ShaverBoy
  11. Lord Chrome
  12. Personna Lab Blue
  13. Tomy Super Stainless
  14. Asco Orange
  15. Lord Captain
  16. Blue Bird Stainless
  17. Dorco Prime
  18. Gillette 7 O'Clock Black
  19. Racer Platinum
  20. Gillette Super Thin
  21. Racer Stainless
  22. Dorco Titan
  23. Dorco 300/301
  24. Timor
  25. Lord Platinum
  26. Lord Super Stainless
  27. Van Der Hagen
Bad Ranking
  1. Derby Extra
  2. Asco Red
  3. Croma Diamant
  4. Kai Stainless
  5. Treet Dura Sharp
  6. Topaz Platinum
  7. Topaz Stainless
  8. Asco Red/Blue
  9. Big Ben Stainless
  10. Muhle
  11. Treet King
  12. Royal Super Stainless
  13. Super Homex
  14. Treet Silver
  15. Cloud Shanghai
  16. Shark Chrome
  17. Rockwell
Trash Ranking
  1. Rise Platinum
  2. Bic Platinum
  3. Vijay Stainless
  4. MEM Super Silver
  5. Vincent VT300b
  6. Baili Blue
  7. Assured $1
  8. Graham Field
  9. Tiger Carbon
 
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