Razor Blades Club Astra-Derby-Shark-Voskhod Double Edge Sampler (40 8 different brands)

Great way to try out blades to see which you prefer. All of these worked very well for me, making it difficult to decide which I liked best.

I've only used 2 of the blades and so far so good. Great deal when you want to try different blades for different razors.

So far I've tried the Astra SP, Derby Extra, Derby Prem. The Astra SP were the smoothest. The Derby Extra gave me the better overall shave. For someone who just recent switched from cartridge to wet shave DE and Leaf razor I found that the Astra SP were too smooth. The feedback I'm used to from a cartridge I was not getting. Although the razor was cutting wonderfully being a beginner I was just uncomfortable not receiving that feedback from my razor. I can see these with a little more experience will be a stable in my shave drawer. The Derby Extra wasn't as smooth but cut with ease and gave me the feed back I was looking for on my head. The Derby Premium was the milder of the blades and was a pretty balanced shave. The sharpness on all the blades tested seemed to be good. I'm a daily driver so it shouldn't have many problems. I intend to try the Prema-sharp LOI and Astra Stainless in the coming shaves. Can't speak to durability as I am narrowing blades and only giving 2 shaves per blade Update 6/24/24 Prema-sharp! This blade was the best out of the pack so far. Smooth with just the right amount of feed back. And only needed a 2pass shave to BBS shave. I found the Prema to be the most forgiving blade in the bunch, yet was extremely sharp. Even less irritation and nicks compared to the previous 3 mentioned. As stated above, new to wet shave so could be improved technique. I end to do a round 2 with all the blades mentioned

Great mix of blades to try out for a newbie. I found my two favorite blades... The Astra and Derby

This was my first blade purchase when I started wet shaving. I want to reccomend to use 2 of every blade to start with (which will take months) and then revisit each blade. I reccomend this because as a beginner wet shaver I didnt know what a good blade was supposed to be like. At first I loved the Derbys and liked some better than others (I didnt care for Shark). Then I got much better at the DE razor, and fell in love with the Astra Platinums. You may have a different prefrence so just order a pack and try them out. Happy shaving!