Lord Super Stainless & Classic razor blades – a review

The Lord Super Stainless is a very nice blade. Even taking it out of its wrapper it felt like an unusually thin, light blade. The first shave with the Lord was smooth and nearly effortless, although I did pay special attention to my technique. The Lord is very sharp and I’m sure it could make you pay for any lack of attention. My second shave was also very good and I was thinking that the Lord may have more than the usual (for me and this test) 3 shaves in it. Unfortunately, the third shave with the Lord began to pull and drag. I finished with a good shave but I retired the blade with no misgivings. Nevertheless, the Lord is a top-notch blade that gave me two of the best shaves I’ve had to date.

I received a package of Lord Classic blades recently.  I was looking forward to using them since I had previously had a good experience with the Lord Super Stainless blades.  My disappointment was pronounced as I found the Classics to be harsh to my skin and they pulled and dragged throughout the shave.

The Lord Classics look exactly like the Supers out of their packaging, even down to their being printed with the term Super Stainless on the blade.  I can only surmise that the difference between them is the lack of some coating.