Made In USA (And Others) Razor Test, Part One

And yes, there's an overwhelmingly clear winner

the first cut is the weakest

This obsessive little journey started just fifteen days ago — and I’m still waiting on several different kinds of blades to arrive from different suppliers, but I figured we would kick off Part One anyway.

Today we’re going to do baseline sharpness testing on a PT50B tester, The manufacturer provides this scale for reference:

Here are the contenders:

There are two special guests: my new Chris Reeve Sebenza 31, bought used but mint-in-box on the secondary market, and my original “ACTIFED” cutting tool from 1989. Like the old Car and Driver tests, we will start with last place.