I've used Feather blades for years but wanted to save a few bucks so I tried Treet. What a great blade for the price. Love them.

Great video as always I really enjoyed it. Thank you again for your time and videos.

Wow, super informative Mark. Thank you for sharing your thoughts on these razors. As a new wet shaver I trust your suggestions since I too prefer a milder shaving experience. Cheers sir!

lots of good nicely priced blades!

Love the Treet Platinum blade in my Edwin Jagger DE89. Smooth and sharp.

Thank you for your info for blade.I'm just started wet shaving so helpful your video. Stay safe. Mitch

I first got hooked on Derby, especially Derby Extra, quite nice balance between sharpness and affordability. These days I'm more of an Astra Green fan though, they really have that magic Goldilocks zone - sharp as can be but somehow still feel very smooth and comfortable. It's like a Feather blade but not as violently aggressive against your skin.

Hi Mark- Nice overview of your favorite razor blades; thank you! That’s a great list! My current list of top five blades from #1 working down would be: Kai, Gillette Nacet, Feather, Personna Med Prep, and Pol Silver. I would like to try Shaver Boy and the Zircon blades, as well. I hope your week gets off to a great start and all the best!

Nice video! My personal favorites blades are Lord Super Chrome, Shark Super Stainless, and the Dorco Primes. It seems like we have similar tastes in blades! I enjoy all these blades and keep them in rotation but my "daily shave blade" is defiantly the Lord Super Chrome. It's sharp but not too sharp where the slightest mistake cuts me up, but still gives amazing results. I do have about 60 Derby blades lying around that worked well in a razor that was previously my favorite but it doesn't match well with current daily shave razor (West Coast Shaving Midnight collection 77B). l'll slowly work thru them; but I might give the Derby Premium blades a try! Please stay active on here and stay uploading!

I agree on Derby. I use feather primarily but tried them and turned out to be a great blade. I'll definitely try the others you've mentioned.

I just got 100 Derby Extra blades and they're great.

Personna blues are my faves. :) Thanks for the links, think I'll try something new.

Great video Mark! I tried many blades since I started and I only use Derby Premium currently! Love ‘em!

thanks to your analisis , this time I will buy pack of 100 blades of star , and another of street , since you mention they are very smooth , regards robert

I use treet blades too they are just awesome thanks for the infos mate keep it up

Dorco prime's are my go to !! I've also been testing out SHAPU blades.

Being fairly new to Traditional WetShaving {9 mo}, I still know a lot and watch tons of informational videos and here are the blades I’ve tried so far... Feather Gillette silver blue PolSilver Muhle, And Derby Professional for my Shavette.. Not bad choices eh? 💈😁✌️💈

Hey Mark, I just got 100 Rainbow de blades and I used it in my Americano razor and I must say it was a smooth and close shave. Topped it off with Clubman after shave. Virtually no sting at all. Great blades. They cost me $8.00 off eBay.

Prime Platinum is one of my go to’s

Got some Dorco (Vietnamese) blades at a discount store last week, and have 4 good shaves on the first one. I will try for five of six shaves just for fun. Thanks for the info. Lots of blades are made in Russia, so it’s good to know that good blades are still made elsewhere…

I also started with a DE razor a million years ago and then strayed into cartridges... Been back to DE for a couple of years now (trying many of the blades that you featured) and I find that the Gillette Nacet blade provides me with the ideal level of sharpness and comfort. Give ‘em a try!

I bought me a sample pack and I will try the Astra when I shave. People talk about this a lot on KZfaq

In my R41 I mostly use the Treet "black beauties", my Fatip OC gets Treet Platinum, my R89 gets Treet Dura Sharp. The BIC and Feather blades go in my Mühle Companion and Rockwell 6S. Treet are pretty good. The Black Beauties are very mild, the Dura Sharps seem just a little below the BIC and Feathers for sharpness, the Platinum are good mid-range sharpness blade.

I love personna blades my favorite

Good selection of blades mark. Blades are very subjective and the fun part is trying the different brands. Btw, I picked up a second hand chieftain and am eager to try it out. It's an older model.

Derby has been my go to blade for last 5 years. Probably because I was given 200 of them early in my wet shaving journey and have never felt the need to try another blade because they work great. Consistently get 3-4 great irritation free shaves from a blade. Recently got a pack of Astra platinum so will given them a try.

I am still loving my green Derby Extras for face shaving. For my baldy head i use the American Personna blades. The Derby greens are very compatible to every razor. I had no good experience with the Astra blades. Don't know why but they don't fit to my skin. I will test the Israeli Personna Platinum.

Great video. You listed a lot of my favorites Dorcos, Derbys. I didn't know about the more premium varieties of these. You know, people say, no blade is too sharp. Well, a Japanese company developed ceramic shaving blades -- no metal at all. They tested them and guess what? Everyone who tried them got nicks and cuts galore. Just too darn sharp.

Great video.

I am new to DE shaving. I bought 100 Derby Extras for £8. Using a Muhle R89 Grande. A very smooth a forgiving shave. At that price you can just ditch the blades after 1 or 2 shaves. Meaning you get ultra close sharp shaves every time for pennies. It's amazing blades of these quality are so cheap. Yet miles sharper and better than well known cartridge brands. When I'm a bit more proficient would like to try Feathers as heard great things about them. Hope they are not too viscous! Another great review, tempted by the Derby premiums now as well ...

Thanks for the video :) I really have to try some different blades, as I'm stuck with just the gillette ones. Which are good for other applications (scarping debree of cooking fields and stuff) but not so much for shaving, at least for me.

Great video as usual! My top 3 are Derby (green), TREET and Astra!

My favorites so far are the Astra green and the persona platinum's. Either use a Merkur 34c or a 1973 Gillette adjustable. Made the mistake of using a vintage Gillette red tip with a feather. Bad Idea!!. lol Thanks for sharing. I am glad that some of your favorite blades are some of mine.

Those Derby's are deceptively smooth. I got reckless and overconfident ended up cutting myself had to bust out the septic stick.

now that I have so many different blades , I do understand that there are really no bad blades taking into account the price , cheap blades only last for one shave , more expensive blades for 2 or more , feather etc more then 5 shaves , also it is very important to use the blades with different rasors , I have blades who are not doing the job very well in one rasor and when I change the same blade in another one , the shave is fine, also depends on the beard of each person , greetings robert

Derby serves me well... I'm pretty loyal to those blades...

I went with Derby Extra. Maybe I can use my 87r without cuts and irritation. Great video.

I have used many brands: Gellitte 7o'clock ( the green not the yellow ), Gillette blue platinum, Gillette Nacet, Feather, Merkur, SuperMax, and Astra, I think the smoothest and best of them is Astra Platinum blades and I am getting a minimum of 7 shaves with a single blade, I am shaving every other day and changing the blade every two weeks. I believe it is the best value compared to the number of shaves per blade. I am enjoying your videos, keep it up, Mr.Mark.

My overall favorite has to be Rapira Swedish Super Steel. Other favorites include Astra Superior Stainless, Rapira Supersteel, and Derby Extra. I just got a 100 of Gillette Wilkinson Sword off ebay for under $7, and they're surprisingly very good. I didn't know what to expect with them, but I'm pleasantly surprised.

Hey Mark! I didn't go for the Vikings blade and feather blades due to their high price, I remember you recommend me those for my medium to coarse hair and sensitive skin. Now I use derby Premiums along with my parker variant with a high medium to high number setting and I find them to do a good job. Yes sharper is better for medium to coarse hair but when you have sensitive skin it is a little challenging to get both a bbs shave while not nicking your skin at the same time. I still haven't tried my remaining sharks blades I have in my parker variant but for what I can remember shark wasn't as close as the derbys. In the past I had a Parker 99r razor and I think I used my money wisely to get a Parker variant instead of buying several other razors for someone who honestly cannot afford all of that at that moment. I plan on sticking on stuff that works for me for wetshaving without going overboard and spending a lot of money on.

I'm new to wet shaving and have been trying a lot of different blades. Many of these you mentioned. For my face, my beard and my skill level the Derby is my choice. Consistently close shaves. No nicks or cuts. 4 to 5 shaves per blade. Happy face!

There should always be a fine balance between a sharp blade and a smooth cut. This is why with our DE 5 Razor, we designed it for sensitive skins and for course hair. Would love to hear your thoughts on it.

Astra blades cut me up like crazy. So far the best blades ive tried are Personna Chrome platinums. They feel like they have the safety of a derby blade and slightly less sharp than a feather.

shark is surprizingly nice blade for me. very cheap but quite sharp and smooth :)

So many blades. I've bought and tried several. So far I love feather and voskhod. Dorco's were too mild for my hair but gave zero irritation, just took forever to shave with. I liked astra blue, but hated astra green, every green blade I used gave me terrible razor burn. Waiting in line for me are derby extra and premium, shark stainless and chrome, and Bic super chrome I think there called. I have pretty coarse hair, with sensitive skin. I think that's why feathers are my favorite, they get the hair quicker and easier than anything else, which means fewer strokes. It should be known that I go for bbs every time. My last bit of opinion, voskhod has given me the smoothest shave by far, the first time It didn't even feel like it was cutting, but it did a great job.

I hope you have an inheritance plan for your shaving gear, there is probably more than enough there to out live you

My blades are gillette platinum, feather, astra, derby and lord

I just used the Derby Extra blades and they were incredibly smooth, and like everyone says not very sharp. Virtually no irritation, a minor little nick on the chin, but it was a great shave. That's the thing I like about wet shaving is trying new blades and new razors. Derby Extras will definitely be in my rotation, I'll have to try the premiums in the future.

Mark, I am a 70 yo that just got into wet shaving. I started with the Parker 92R which included 5 Parker razor blades. I also got the Van Der Hagen Scented Luxury shave pucks. My first shave was extremely close and at first very comfortable. I have somewhat sensitive skin especially to some shaving soaps. Barbasol absolutely irritates me to heck. As a result, I have come to use Noxzema as buffer between my face and most canned shaving soaps. Recently I have been using Cremo shave creams. Extremely slick, no irritation, and it eliminates the need for Noxzema. After my first DE razor shave, even thought the initial feel of the shave was close, BBS and comfortable, note I did use a post shave shave balm, I begin feeling an irritation after about an hour. I trying to decipher which one of the following might be the root cause; 1. Soap Irritation or 2. Razor Irritation. My next shave will be with the Cremo shave cream to eliminate the Van Der Hagen as the root cause. I was just wandering if you had any similar issues when you got into wet shaving. Thanks for your great videos. In my family we have Penn State and Maryland fans :)

Just a couple of comments.... Great video. I really enjoyed it. First about the Derby Extra, I love them as well. But there are 2 versions. One is great. The other is terrible. If the Derby logo runs vertically it is a "new" Derby Extra. They are smooth, sharp and wonderful. If the Derby logo does not run the length of the tuck, they are the "old" Derby blades which are not good at all! Derby is now making an even better blade called Derby UMTS. They are just starting to be marketed and are even better than Derby extras. Derby also makes Bluebird which are harder to come by and not discontinued as many have said. They are being targeted more at the professional market. They are simply the second best blade ever! I believe Viking's Blade blades are made in Isreal by Personna. Great blade. Too gentle for me. But a great blade none the less. Now about Dorco....... Dorco Korea purchased new equipment which can make very thin blades. Their old machinery went to their plant in Vietnam. The Dorco St-301 out of Vietnam is exactly the same as it was before. So St-301 blades and the new St-300 Super Platinum blades are made on the old machinery in the new plant. The Primes and another new blade the Dorco Titan are much thinner and sharper than the ones that come out of Vietnam. But, the new blades are so thin that it is so easy to get cut. I find that they work best in 3-piece razors. Take a Dorco Prime and a Merkur 23C and it cannot be beat. Shaver Boy is the best Chinese blades you can get. I recommend them to almost everyone. In fact, I think I recommended them to you! They are also the thickest blade that is commercially available, that I have ever found. They are sharp. They are smooth. They are cheap. Astra SPs are generally respected, but the Astra SS (which is not coated,) are even sharper and nearly as smooth. I urge you to try one. Finally about Shark. They actually make 2 blades. The Shark SS (which you have featured in this video....) and the Shark Chrome which is even a BETTER blade than the SS. For the record an uncoated blade is usually sharper than a coated one. A good stainless, uncoated blade can also be smoother, but grinding it to the tolerences necessary is difficult. So many of this type of blade are not very good. The best would be the Rapira Super Stainless and the Astra Super Stainless which are made in the same plant and on the very same equipment! As a manufacturer I have tried so many blades. There are only 4 that we will carry. The Dorco St-301 (which is sort of the "Chevy" of razor blades. Shaverboy - which is the Datsun 510 (an economy model, but a great economy model. The Rapira Super Steel (think Saab.....) and the Zircon Platinum which are the best blades that I have ever shaved with and we now have in stock and will be selling as of Tuesday. They will be sold by the blade and will cost $0.18 each. Loved the video. Really. Sheldon

Derby Extra are my everyday, that being said, Euromax has been a great try.

The Israeli Reds are top shelf. I LOVE THESE BLADES.

Derby and Dorco are good blades. Honestly, modern blades are all quite good, just different.

I bought the Treet Black Beauty 100 pack specifically because I read a review that rated them 0/5. Great that we have a hobby so cheap. For me it was 3/5. Great in Merkur Futur for 1st 2 shaves, not for third, but moved it to the Feather Popular razor and still had a great 3rd shave out of it. What other hobby do you buy something only because someone says it was their worst and they hated it?

Are the derby premiums good for a new baber for shaving and line ups?

Many people trash Derby Extras but I like 'em and got 200 of them for about $9.00 shipped. Although I like to try many different blades (I bought a bunch...lol) my go to is Voskhod.

Wow Mark, loved this video on the various blades, I like the Astra blades, but based on your review I bought Personna blades to try out too:)

Just ordered 200 shark blades for 11.99 on eBay I like them there in my rotation

Astra green my beloved. They're expensive now so I had to leave them and now I'm searching for options

Treet are best and cheaper too.... love them

What kind of blades would you suggest for someone who doesn’t grow much facial hair. I do shave every other day, but it isn’t much and the blades last me a while. I bought a sample pack like a year ago and I’m barely running out of blades.

Cool video video

You got blades for life! lol.

Do derby extras give at least a smoother shave than a gillette fusion cartridge razor?

One more comment on the video. You mentioned the cutting quality of mild or aggressive on only one blade. Were all the blades you mentioned mild? I'm a mild guy and that information would be helpful in considering new blades. Thanks.

Nice collection man. I am watching this video while heading to work. Will watch it again later. To write down some blades too where talking about to try them out. Just one thing. Need you to talk a little loud. But besides that. Great video. 👍🏻👍🏻

Shark blades are my go to currently, only 7 bucks for $100

I been using Rapira for 2 months

i only have experience with the derby extra's, i like them usually but find them very inconsistent. Often i get a great blade and if they were all like that i would never use anything else, but once in a while i get a terrible blade that pulls like crazy and i can't even finish a single shave with... Since the serby premiums are the same price for me i might get a pack of those, other available option would probably be astra. Not sure which way i'll go yet

Great information for me I usually use Gillette silver blue or Wilkerson sword astra works pretty good for me also 👍

Hello again Mr Szorady, would you be so kind to tell me what blades should I buy if I have a sensitive skin? I heard Shark is good but I'm not sure and don't want to waste money and get my skin irritated. Sorry to bother with so many questions, but you seem like a very experienced man in the shaving world and I appreciate your opinion :)

I experienced that if you use shaving cream without the use of a shaving brush, the blade slides easier and having a better and closer shave without cuts and bruises, but you have to massage your skin properly first.

I use ASTRA Razors every time I shave

Hello Mark, my beard is medium coarse and I shave every 3 days. The Persona Blue is amazing, but also the Bic Chrome, and the Treet (carbon coated.) I found that Derby and Astra are not for me. Also the Treet Platinum was horriblenfor the nicks. Thanks for sharing your razor blades.

Hi Mark do the Dorco Prime blades have glue on the blades?

My favourite blades are certainly the shark super chrome blades

Been using Shaverboy for almost a year. Adore them! They’re quite inexpensive and I get 3-4 shaves per blade. I use a Edwin Jagger de89 , Merkur 23c and 34c also a 1964 Gillett super speed. I also like the a Gillette silver blue. Nice vid btw🤙🏻.

Would you recommend to buy on amazon? Because sometimes i can read in ratings that there are fakes.

I'm new to wet shaving and the only blades i tried are the astra with the green package, i would like to try rapira (рапира) blades, any opinion on those?

So I guess in 2017ish derby redesigned their derby extra blades same time they retooled for the premium blades. They made them thinner, sharper and smoother All my Derby's are pre 2017 so I got another pack to try. I never liked them before. If you ever get your hands on the older ones (writing going left to right on the short side instead of the long side of the pack like yours) you'll know why many don't like Derby's.

Watching this in 2024; I wonder if all the blades he showed are used up by now? I shave mon-wed-friday, changing the blade monday,. A 100 pack will last me about 2 years then.

Let's go Michigan!!!!! Lol had to say that

And can you tell me which better blade with open com razor and close com razor

hi looking for a nice smooth mild blade what would u suggest .i dont like astra greens lol ..thank u

Thanks, can you make update☺️

hi mark, the dorco HQ red and dorco HQ blue premium are great , the dorco prime platinum are better, with the blue derby extra, a little disappointed ,they last only for 2 shaves, the blue Lord super are doing very well for 3 shaves , I have also lobo blades but suppose they are only in Mexico , greetings , very nice your analisis

oh shark is from lord co, I have lord , very nice blades.

ive come to love the astras after trying at least 10 different. I'm surprised to hear you speak so highly about Derby, for me they are a very inconsistent blade, and I don't find them that smooth or sharp.. and for me no more than 2 shaves... I am interested in trying Treet... interested your thoughts in those compared to the Astra SP's.... Also.. add a VOSKHOD to your list..got them cheap and came with some cool russian stamps on the envelope ;)

Had me in the first half but Derby extra leave nicks everywhere!

where do you buy them in olean ,ny

In my opinion, green astra, personna, treet platinum can't be' missing absolutely. I suggest also the treet carbon as well.

Hey man maby u should do some cartoon/ sketch drawing “how tos” I’d like to see ur stuff

So do you have to clean and dry the razer blade after every time use it

If you have a Dollar General store near by you, try to get their blades under their store name. They are pretty sharp, but I don't know who makes them. They are a dollar for a pack of 5 and they surprised me how sharp they are.

I was going to ask about the difference between the Derby Extra and the Derby Premium seeing that they cost the same, but reading through the comments I found a comment about Derby USTA blades, with tax they were $9.19/hundred. That same comment also mentioned Derby Bluebird blades but said they were hard to find. But I found hundred packs from Sweden ($20.94) with free shipping. So...now I have 100 of each on their way to me. FYI, Viking Blades also come in 'Cayenne Hot' if the 'mild' is too mild. I haven't tried either because at over $28 per 50 blades that approaches Merkur blade prices which is twice the price of Feathers.

Where do u buy your blades?

Will the derby extra (green box) fit the new King C. Gillette razor? Also, which blade is best or most preferred the derby extra (green box) or the derby premium (black box)???

For well priced, easy on the face and sharp without going crazy, voskhod.

When you say Mild it’s not aggressive?

The astra greens are now being made in India.