Feather razor blades: a cheap way to shave

Japanese Feather blades and my German MÜHLE safety razor. My 2022 purchase worked out at about 32p per blade.

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I recommend Feather Hi-Stainless double-edge razor blades. They’re made in Japan, and mine are the ones in the yellow pack labelled New Hi-Stainless: ten platinum-coated blades in a little white dispenser.

Feather New Hi-Stainless dispenser with its yellow label and ten-blade count

My Amazon invoice from 4 June 2022 records £15.99 for 50 blades, including VAT, with free delivery. That works out at about 32p per blade, at 2022 prices.

The appeal is simple: keep the razor and replace the blade. Once you have the handle, the blades are a cheap way to keep shaving.

My razor is a German MÜHLE, pictured here with the individually wrapped Feather blades:

My metal MÜHLE safety razor beside an open dispenser of wrapped Feather blades

One useful detail on the dispenser: there’s a slot on the back marked For used blades. The same little box has somewhere to put the old blades as you work through the new ones.

Back of the Feather dispenser showing the slot marked For used blades