Are these Astra SP fake or very old?

[tejolot3]

Okay I've had a quick 1 pass shave. Comfort-wise it wasn't gliding like my 2022 Astra SPs at all (you call that harsher I assume?). Cutting-wise it cut OK.
Note that I'm a newbie shaver so I'm nowhere qualified enough to compare & contrast blades. Also it was a very quick shave so lather was insufficient my hair didn't get soft enough.
I have slight irritation.

Insufficient lather? That could very well be the reason your shave was harsh. Give them another try with properly built lather.

 

[ivan_101]

The blades in post #1 are fakes!

PPI used to make plastic dispensers of Astra SP for a short time. But those on the photo are fakes. I have both the real and the fake plastic dispensers of Astra SP.

 

[wanalipa]

I've just got another shave with the same blade (so 2nd shave).
Again for comparison I'll compare with the shave I got few days ago with a real Russia made Astra SP. That blade was at 2nd or 3rd use, too.
Used my no-name Qshave clone as the razor. This time my lather was better.

I used the real Astra on Qshave's 0.5 setting. It glided and cut very well. Got a blood on 2 spots, though.

Using the fake one today, I had to set razor to most aggressive setting (6). Even at 5 it had trouble cutting.
At setting 6 it cut ok, got a lot of leftovers so had to do 2 more passes (I normally do 1 pass + touchups).

But to my surprise, at the end, I got a CCS, no burn at all, no blood, either.

So I assume this blade is relatively blunt but may be a good pairing with an aggressive razor.