Item Description
Out of Japan comes a DE blade not a Feather.
I received these as part of a sampler pack from poster dridiot (Jason).
The packaging, as can be seen, is minimal on marketing. The blades themselves come wrapped in plain paper and the blade has no marking at all.
From my research on this company, Kai (or this division) makes surgical blades. One of their areas is 'blade prep', for which they offer disposable razors. This leads me to believe the company either offers these blades for surgical prep with a DE, or they supply these blades to other companies and don't really put a marketing effort behind them for themselves.
Price: about 40 cents per blade. Does one get what one pays for?
Quality: in my opinion, yes. These are top-notch sharp, smooth blades.
Sharpness: Very sharp, up there with Feathers or Swedes.
Longevity: I haven't pushed these past four shaves; I don't want to risk irritation to find out how long they'd last. But at the end of the fourth shave they are still cutting, not pulling.
Smoothness of shave: can't beat it. I use them in a Slant 39C. No pulling, no weepers, just BBS in three to four passes with no irritation whatsoever.
Packaging: While not long on flash, they have no glue on the paper and I find that a plus. The box is cardboard with no disposal capability.
While these are in the pricing tier with Swedes and Feathers, they are not marketed for mass consumption. They will probably not be anyone's daily blade for this reason; they're clearly harder to come by. I urge those who swear by the above to try these in a comparison test with the top end 'sharpies' and see what you think.
In my opinion, you would not find them lacking vs. the most highly regarded DE blades available.
Discussion thread here
I received these as part of a sampler pack from poster dridiot (Jason).
The packaging, as can be seen, is minimal on marketing. The blades themselves come wrapped in plain paper and the blade has no marking at all.
From my research on this company, Kai (or this division) makes surgical blades. One of their areas is 'blade prep', for which they offer disposable razors. This leads me to believe the company either offers these blades for surgical prep with a DE, or they supply these blades to other companies and don't really put a marketing effort behind them for themselves.
Price: about 40 cents per blade. Does one get what one pays for?
Quality: in my opinion, yes. These are top-notch sharp, smooth blades.
Sharpness: Very sharp, up there with Feathers or Swedes.
Longevity: I haven't pushed these past four shaves; I don't want to risk irritation to find out how long they'd last. But at the end of the fourth shave they are still cutting, not pulling.
Smoothness of shave: can't beat it. I use them in a Slant 39C. No pulling, no weepers, just BBS in three to four passes with no irritation whatsoever.
Packaging: While not long on flash, they have no glue on the paper and I find that a plus. The box is cardboard with no disposal capability.
While these are in the pricing tier with Swedes and Feathers, they are not marketed for mass consumption. They will probably not be anyone's daily blade for this reason; they're clearly harder to come by. I urge those who swear by the above to try these in a comparison test with the top end 'sharpies' and see what you think.
In my opinion, you would not find them lacking vs. the most highly regarded DE blades available.
Discussion thread here
