11-30-2020, 01:15 PM
I'm late to this party, but I figured I'd weigh-in anyway. I find the first couple of shaves with the GEM Stainless Steel PTFE-coated blades to be harsh feeling, but the remaining 10 or so shaves feel great. The Treet carbons are smooth right out of the gate, but I only get about 5 shaves from them -- and that's after treating them like royalty: rinsing, wiping dry, coating with mineral oil -- sometimes frog lube, keeping them in a dry place on a special purple pillow (okay, there's no pillow). No matter what I do with the Treets, the body of the blade (not the edge) always seems to get some patina (which is fine), and the blade's longevity won't go past 5 or so shaves for me (which I don't love...because I'm cheap....and lazy). So that's my two-cents.