First the almost annual rumor about PolSilver SI blades being discontinued (which may now be true?).
Then I try a purchase 100 Gillette Premium blades. $40? $46?
Why?
Then I try a purchase 100 Gillette Premium blades. $40? $46?
Why?
The usual greed of the distributors combined with forum fueled cultish, ill informed demand for particular blades. Plenty of other blades at $7-s15/100 still not hard to procure.First the almost annual rumor about PolSilver SI blades being discontinued (which may now be true?).
Then I try a purchase 100 Gillette Premium blades. $40? $46?
Why?
I find Gillette’s generally cost more than everything else.
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Hardly. 7'Oclock Yellows $11 delivered on Amazon. I just paid $12 for Green SS. Nacet are $12 from IB.
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Very good site. I’ve ordered from em a few times. No issues whatsoever.Gillette Platinum $16.95 US here shipping included:
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Agreed on this site, $11 - 100pack Nacet - $9 - 100pack Voskhods, price includes shipping on both..Very good site. I’ve ordered from em a few times. No issues whatsoever.
@Raven Koenes Thanks for the Razor Blades Club link!
Great seller, but anticipate customs delays with COVID . My last order in late March was shipped the day after I ordered, but took a month to get to the US from Frankfort, Germany. I have over 700 blades, so I was in no hurry to get them and never bothered to alert the seller. Not his fault. I wouldn't hesitate to order from him again.
I haven’t used a Kai in some time. The first time I used one I thought to myself that it was just sharp and nothing else, just sharp on top of sharp. Kinda felt dangerous. Now I want to dig one up and load that sucker.RazorBladeClub is a good seller. Especially for picking up Platinums.
imho blades are very cheap right now compared to 5 or 10 years ago. GSBs for $13, Nacets for $9, it's crazy. Some of these blades used to be $30-40 or higher.
Polsilvers have always been weird. Probably 99 % due to mob-like panic buying ginned up right here on B&B $100 for Pols is just dumb. I love Polsilvers but there are a half dozen other Gillette blades that provide a ballpark similar shave, starting with the very similar GSB that most people probably couldn't tell from a Polsilver in a blind test, with GSB's now being 1/7th the cost of Polsilver. I mean c'mon on ...
The only blade I would pay more than $15/100 for is KAI. Even those are down from their lofty perch of a few years ago to a relatively sane $35/100 now.
I think Polsilver is not a good data point for blade prices because it's really the outlier in the overall trend downward.
Plenty of other blades out there at competitive prices. Supply chains have been disrupted and some vendors have been raising online prices through greed. Astra SP or 7 O'Clock SharpEdge are worth considering but Polsilver SI are at ridiculous prices.Then I try a purchase 100 Gillette Premium blades. $40? $46?