Bump + Hijack
TL;DR: Rockwell razor razor blades are junk. The Rockwell safety razors are awesome.
Long:
So I purchased the Rockwell Razor last year and I enjoyed using it. I even gave away my electric razor. However, it always felt a little off based on anecdotes about safety razors.
Earlier this month, I decided I needed a disposable razor at work to touch up the facial hair on occasion due to serious 5 o clock shadow concerns and the occasional forgetting to shave before work. Disposables are damn expensive if purchased in single units, so I acquired an inexpensive Weishi safety razor for less than $20. The razor itself was very obviously cheaper and lighter than the Rockwell, but the QShave titanium blades that came with it were able to give me a pretty damn good shave even though the razor was of far inferior quality. A little research showed these blades were likely Personna Lab rebrand/clones. More research showed that since I had purchased my Rockwell, many others had noted the rockwell razor blades are exceptionally dull razor blades. I read Rockwell replaced their blades with better ones, but I'm going to go with a reputable blade instead.
I am replacing all my Rockwell blades with Astra blades which anecdotally compare favorably to the Astra. The Rockwell razor blades works well enough to chip/scrape away at caked on food on my induction stove though. I got 100 of them free for nabbing the kickstarter, so it's not a big loss.
After about half a year of using the safety razor, I will say I do like the safety razor better than anything I had used previously. I probably only spend about a minute to do two passes. I often just splash water on my face and begin shaving if I'm too lazy to use shaving cream. The only down side I can see for the safety razor is that I would not bother trying to risk taking razor blades in my carry on luggage if I go on a short trip.
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