Sure can.
These blades was part of a sample pack, with Ladas and Swedish Supersteel.
Where did the sample pack come from, if you don't mind me asking?
Sure can.
These blades was part of a sample pack, with Ladas and Swedish Supersteel.
Where did the sample pack come from, if you don't mind me asking?
Same seller I bought mine from in the OP.
Funny, I ordered 2 of the same sampler packs from the same seller, A lot of good blades come from Russia, where the majority of men still use traditional wet shaving, also found a supplier of Russian shaving creams and balms as these are supposed to be great too.
Take it from me, in Russia only old stubborn people shave old school, nonetheless a big market. After the fall of the USSR the newer generation dropped the Ladas, Shigulis, Volgas and went to Mercedes, BMW and Audis. At the same time they lost their love for DE blades and embraced western multiblade cartridges. My russian girl and her niece laughed at me when they saw me with DE Rapira blades
In Russia unless you're a nationalist, you think what's russian is worse and what's western is superior quality.
Just ordered 100 off eBay, hope I like them
My 100 Voskhod blades arrived yesterday.
Rapira Swedes Vs Voshkods? How do they fare?
It is absolutely correct comment. I'm saying this as a Russian living in Moscow. There are no DE blades or DE razors in countless supermarkets in Moscow, but only the most modern cartridges from Gillette or Schick. The only exeption are Auchan hypermarkets, where "Gillette Rubie platinum plus" and "Rapira platinum Lux" are sold. In small hardware stores one can always buy "Gillette Rubie plus", "Sputnik", Rapira, Voskhod or Ladas. There are no Astras or any other brands from P&G factory in St. Petersburg. Other brands sold here are "Schick premium" (made in Solingen), Bic, Feather (not yellow), Korean Dorco and Elios (elios sold in online barber shops only). There is no problem to buy some of them online. Though you will never saw these blades on the shelves of big shops. I recently bought 50 Schicks (20 rubles for 5 blades) and 50 Feathers (40 rubles for 5 blades) in a small marketplace which usually are just rows of small kiosks with different specific goods: cosmetics, bread, fish and so on. These marketplaces are the most probable sites for hunting cheap DE blades at least in Moscow. But shaving creams are everywhere, from Nivea brand to local trademarks and Turkish Arco. It's a pity that shaving stick and soap is impossible to buy in Russia at all. My father told me about a shaving stick recently as if it was the most peculiar thing he could remember from his traditional shaving experience.
By the way, my first shave in 1990 or 1991 was done with a Bic's yellow disposable razor .
And I forget to mention what kind of gift my father got from me on New Years' Day. (Most people celebrate New Years' Day in former Soviet Russia but not Christmas. And it is the day when presents are made.) It was... Gillette Fusion Proglide.
And here is my picture of Восход:
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