Testing how long GEM Blades last?

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I'll be cheering you on from the sidelines but I learned a long time ago that I can't go a whole month just using one item. I primarily use carbon steel Gem Blue Star blades, which aren't known for their longevity, with the occasional  SS blade thrown in, but you should be able to get through most of the month with just one blade.

I wanted to do this test while shaving every day but I thought about it and decided that I really do not need to. But if a blade gives me 30+ shaves then I am sure I could use it every day for a month. I could do shaving every day because strangely enough for the half of last month I was shaving every day just to see if I could. In terms of the blade I have heard that the SS blades start harsh but I have not had that experience probably because I have never used a Carbon Steel blade to compare.

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 If I can get 30+ shaves out of a GEM blade I would save so much money in a year. 12 blades a year is cheap.<snip> Do you want to join me in a GEM 1912, Williams, Aqua Velva Ice Blue month?

I actually grew bored using one blade for so long and I changed it out of that boredom. I figured less than $.01 cent per shave blade cost was really inexpensive. If, like me when I don't have beard, you shave every few days, that can turn a handful of blades for a full year. But those shave were with a SS ptfe coated blade. I don't think you'll get that number with a CS blade. Too, as the blade lost it's edge I would put it into the most aggressive razors. The shave were still comfortable and the razor allowed longer use of it. Today  I start it in a less aggressive razor for the first few shaves, then just put in in my ClogPruf, get my 20ish shaves and then can it. 

I'm going to pass. I exclusively use my products today, plus I now have a beard due to these ridiculous covid masks. A beard gives me much less back pressure when I exhale. Along with a nose fitted mask my glasses don't fog. That works even when exercising and breathing heavily.
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Alright! How long have you had the beard so far?