# How many blades on your razor? (Answers from both men + women, please))

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 1, 2014, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-blades-on-your-razor-answers-from-both-men-women-please/682631 "2014-03-01T21:13:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2014, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-blades-on-your-razor-answers-from-both-men-women-please/682631/2 "2014-03-01T21:22:21Z")

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If you can’t get a good shave (smooth, comfortable, lasting) shave from a single-blade safety razor, the problem is likely that you never learned to shave properly. The only faint advantage 2-5 blade razors have is that they accommodate sloppy, amateurish technique a little better, at many, many times the cost. It’s like living on McD’s food because you never learned to boil water.

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