Well, I did it again. I innocently went to an online shaving store and inexplicably wound up buying 7 things. Fortunately, this time the total was still under $15. @Raven Koenes mentioned in recent thread that one of his favorite blades is Silver Star, which he gets at razorbladesclub.com. I know Mr. Koenes to be a man of impeccable taste, uncompromising standards, and a peculiar propensity to purchase the same razor ad infinitum. It was intriguing to hear that one of his favorite blades was so obscure I hadn't even heard of it, let alone shaved with it.
I headed to the site and I was impressed by the selection. They had quite a few blades I'd never seen before, including the mysterious Silver Star and the equally intriguing Gillette Minora. I've never met a Russian Gillette I didn't like, so I picked up a tuck. I also spotted a 10pack of Zaza's, which I felt obligated to buy because I don't have a single blade in the den that starts with "Z".
Surprisingly, I got an email after checkout from Deutsche Post; apparently these blades were coming to New York all the way from Frankfurt Germany. Impressive for just $3.00 shipping. It sounds like it'll take 7 days for the blades to arrive, but when they do, I'm excited to pit them head to head, each in a RR Teck II's for a 50/50 split face shave-off.
The contenders:
I headed to the site and I was impressed by the selection. They had quite a few blades I'd never seen before, including the mysterious Silver Star and the equally intriguing Gillette Minora. I've never met a Russian Gillette I didn't like, so I picked up a tuck. I also spotted a 10pack of Zaza's, which I felt obligated to buy because I don't have a single blade in the den that starts with "Z".
Surprisingly, I got an email after checkout from Deutsche Post; apparently these blades were coming to New York all the way from Frankfurt Germany. Impressive for just $3.00 shipping. It sounds like it'll take 7 days for the blades to arrive, but when they do, I'm excited to pit them head to head, each in a RR Teck II's for a 50/50 split face shave-off.
The contenders:
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