If we keep this up, we'll be the ones who drive up the prices!
I tried a few blades from these Clouds, only the ones in the red and white package, they often came to me shipped with the razors.
I have a Knight Helmet and a Top Aggressive slant that I need to tone down. I generally prefer medium high sharpness in blades.I tried a few blades from these Clouds, only the ones in the red and white package, they often came to me shipped with the razors.
The ones I had tried are not bad but nothing outstanding to me to justify ordering a whole carton of a hundred blades.
The same for the Baili blades,IMHO.
Ordered 300 Nacets from a Jordanian eBay seller yesterday.
Assuming they arrive here without much fuss, this concludes my journey to stock up on different blades that I like, and which are in danger of disappearing or moving production elsewhere and drastically changing.
About the only blade that I really like but don’t keep in stock is Bic Chrome Platinum, but I may fix that glaring error at some point…
And not made by the near monopoly Gillette. Plus it is indeed the best a man can get.BiC Chrome Platinum. Getting back into DE for a quick mid-week shave. Cheaper and smoother than Feather. Not made in Russia.
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I just cut my finger good taking off the wax from a Nacet with a micro cloth.... I think I'm being careful... but sometimes, I'm not... the wax on the Nacets is something else.. two huge globs in the middle of the blade.. it gets on both sides. It is annoying but I do love using the blades or I wouldn't put up with it. <eg>The 2018 and 2023 blade felt equal to me.
With only half of a shave each it’s not very thorough but I’m usually pretty good at feeling differences. I’ll continue to test the other couple dates in the next week. I shave every other day with the 84p for testing.
I will note the newer 2023 had a nasty slick/waxy runoff as I ran it under hot water. I’m not sure if it was the wax or an oil residue imbedded in the wax but it’s the first time I’ve ever had that with any blade. My Astra SP wax comes off slowly under hot water but this Nacet felt like slick lube after it got hot. It wasn’t a problem while shaving and I don’t see much of an issue with it. Just thought it was interesting.
It IS annoying. I wish they'd get rid of that whole wax thing.I just cut my finger good taking off the wax from a Nacet with a micro cloth.... I think I'm being careful... but sometimes, I'm not... the wax on the Nacets is something else.. two huge globs in the middle of the blade.. it gets on both sides. It is annoying but I do love using the blades or I wouldn't put up with it. <eg>
I saw that myself and I'm so tempted.The Perma-Sharps are on sale at AMZ, Kim, if you feel like hoarding even more.
No need. I deleted my message because I noticed they just went back up in price. Oh well.I saw that myself and I'm so tempted.