I was so used to using cartridge razors ever since I started shaving. I`ve seen some things about safety razors before, but I never cared about looking into them more. Their design is what drew me in mostly. Once I read the benefits of what they can do, I decided to buy one myself. I was scared of using them at first because of the sharpness of one blade but I went with it. I had to figure out the angle but once I did, I saw a huge difference on my face in a couple of days. It looked way smoother and little to no irritation. Personally, I like taking my time with it. With cartridges, I could go faster but they get dull quick. The safety blades could last a bit longer for me anyway. One of my favorites about them is the dual-sided blade. So, I could use one side for like a week, then the next week I use the other side before replacing just the blade. After using them, going back to cartridge razors feels cheap and not as effective. So worth getting them.
So where the Hybrid had the Genesis head with a different handle, the Element has different material for the head? I’m sure similar in design and execution but not identical because of the material type and production method. I previously tried the Core and could not use it. The Element is better. Would love to see a OneBlade GEM. Feather blades are expensive and honestly just aren’t that great. This will continue to be an area the keeps people from using a OneBlade razor is that you are locked into one blade type and one blade brand, unless you want to fiddle with removing the spine of a GEM blade and shimming it with a blunted FHS blade.
With the singular exception of this 'one blade', I have found Feather blades to be fairly uniformly the sharpest blades on the market. I use their DE blades and SE Artist Club blades almost exclusively. I have tried using a de-spined Gem blade backed by a blunted FHS-10 blade (as recommended by Subie Shaves on RU-vid), and the result was that it bowed the Gem blade sufficiently as to render it ineffective.
@@draebeard I wonder what it is with this specific platform (OneBlade) that Feather blades don’t seem to meet expectations when compared to Feather’s DE/SE/AC blades? They are sharp, that’s true, but running the same blade in the OneBlade platform for a second shave and I can tell the blade has dulled and needs changed. That could get spendy. Sucks that the shimming on the OneBlade didn’t work for you. I really like this Element razor so hoping the GEM modification works for me.
@@thatryenguy I think it's the angle of the grind. The FHS-10 has a shorter narrower bevel than the Gem. To my knowledge the only other razor that uses that blade is Auto-Strop from the 1920s - 30s. Which begs the question why they even continue to produce them.
Hi, would you mind connecting with us via info@onebladeshave.com ? Would love to get some more of this feedback. These types of comments are huge for us as we look for what our customers' needs are, and we'd love to talk more. Thanks so much! @thatryenguy
The OneBlade is a well designed razor built around the most frail and expensive razor blade on the market. The blades cost $1 a piece and are good for only one shave, if that. If you have a particularly coarse beard (as I do), you can feel the blade degrade before the first pass of your shave is done. The first 4000 of the original OneBlade could be used with a de-spined Gem blade, but they "fixed" that "problem" in all their later models. Gem blades are robust, inexpensive, and readily available; for 25¢ you can shave for a week. Compare that to 1 shave for $1, from a proprietary blade that you can only buy from (you guessed it) OneBlade. One more thing worth mentioning here: The OneBlade Genesis and Hybrid are made from 316L stainless steel, but the Element is made from chrome plated pot metal. If you drop it, it will break. So if you have a peach fuzz beard and lots of money, go ahead and buy one. But if you want a close shave at a reasonable price, the OneBlade Razor is probably not for you. Toodles.
working on that blade issue you point out! top priority for 2024. As far as the Element material, we're trying to make our unique design available at different price points that reflect the cost of manufacturing and materials used. All OneBlade razors -- Genesis, Hybrid, Core, Element and Dawn -- are backed by a lifetime warranty that includes drops and breaks due to normal everyday use. In our opinion it's a good investment! :)
Christmas... that one guy is like starting his shave from his forehead... :P maybe he needs a cartridge razor if the idea is to shave with your eyes closed and not cut yourself... lol. Yikes! :D
As one old joke about multi-blade cartridge razors goes, the first blade in the cartridge cuts off the top of your hair... and the tenth blade polishes the surface of your teeth.
You missed some basic things. You have less irritation when you use one blade at a time, that is, the DE razors, because you have 1 blade - 1 stroke. When you have 5 blades, it is 5 blades - 5 strokes in one. Of course, you torture your skin 5 times more. And when you have a single blade, a DE blade, it MUST be sharp, or you will notice that is not. When you have 5 blades, they can be all pretty dull, and try to perform their role using their number, not the sharpness. Generally, the multiple blade razors are not as sharp as the double edge blade. It is so logical, they don't need to be, because there are 5 blades, instead of 1. The manufacturer reaches his goal: he offers you 5-7 blades (and you are thrilled, the more the better?) for a big price for each blade cartridge, and he doesn't need to use any super materials for the blades or to make it especially sharp.
i hate you can only use one type of blades in this razor waste of my money i´m not even going to sell mine i will throw it in the trash where it belongs
unfortunately i bought this piece of shit proprietary blade using i hate that damn expensive blade!!!!! when i´m done with the pack i bought extra it goes into the trash
I have a variation of this razor , it is a safety razor and as a guy who used to get alot of irritation and ingrown hairs these things are a game changer . Not touching for any brands just safety razors in general. I've tried different creams and for awhile I was even using a women's cream on my face nothing worked. Safety razors any guys out there that experience the same ...game changer
Safety razors changed my life for the better. My dad taught me to shave with cartridge razor, but I couldn’t shave more than once a week because I learned the hard way that I have sensitive skin. But once I tried a safety razor, I dumped my cartridge razor and never looked back.
i would like to add that there is a common saying that shavinng AGAINST the grain couses ingrown hairs i do shave both against and same way as the grain so i can get a perfect shave ( not always it takes too long ) i have never had a ingrown hair
@@nathancruz9172yep, travelling is the only time when I'm still using cartrigde razors, because they don't allow classic razors in the baggage on airplanes.
I was just shown an add for a razor from this company that costs $350!!! I'd rather spend the money on many visits to a real barber for a straight razor shave.
If they could drop that blade price and the amount of glue that comes on the blade/wrap (completely unnecessary use of glue), then I could support. What they should do is sell razors, but they want to much residual income on the proprietary blades. Subie Shaves Gem hack is a good one using less expensive and higher quality Gem blades imo
Not true. My cartridges are brand new (ive tried fusion 5 blade and mach3 3 blade), and even shower first and use hot room and hot water, gel, etc. If you have thick hair the multiple blades grab too much area at once. The amount of pressure you use to cut through feels like you’re gonna rip your hair out. You clearly don’t have thick hair, or just press like a beast and not worried about skin damage
If the first blade in a cartridge razor doesn't cut the hair in a single pass then why should we believe a single razor would? By your logic I'd have to drag a single blade razor over my face again and again to cut all the hairs
Sort of.. a good single edge shave, regardless of the razor, should incorporate three passes.. with the grain, across the grain, then against the grain. The issue with multiblades is that the blades are so close to each other that they cut as the hair is being pulled up.
Make it fit any de-razor snapped in half, and i will buy a couple of them. Right now its really not worth it. All im reading on forums is that people dont want to buy the oneblade because of this proprietary blade problem. “Pay premium, to be stuck with a blade that does not fit the face of everybody.” Not even worth paying high price to need to disassemble a GEM blade to make it fit in your $400 oneblade.
Definitely hear you! Don't rule it out in the future. In the meantime, we provide a single-edge option that doesn't require snapping blades in half, and one that was a very straight-forward blade loading and shaving experience as compared to the DE systems out there and the learning curve involved. From an economic stance... the average cartridge user is spending around $0.30-0.60/shave. At $0.25/shave with our refill pricing we're still more economic. It's true that you can get DE shaves for cheaper, but at the end of the day we're offering a razor that is much easier to pick up and start shaving with on Day 1 for the average cartridge user. Stay tuned though!
