Estate Sale score.sort of

[accunlmtd]

We were at an estate sale yesterday, and I saw a bag of vintage blades. A princely sum of 10 bucks (minus 50%). So for 5 bucks, I grabbed them.

58 packages of 5 plus some loosies. A little research showed that these are from the 40's-50's. Surgical steel with a gold overtone.

I tried one this morning in a Fatboy. Pass one started a bit rough in my normal setting of 7, so I dialed it back to 3 and it gave decently comfortable shave. I have had worse with some of the modern blades. Pass two and three were very comfortable on a setting of 5.

I am anxious to see how day two is, as I normally have my most comfortable shaves on day 2 & 3 with any blade.

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[man00ver]

I've seen those on eBay, but haven't put my hands on any yet. Glad to know they work well for you!

 

[rxonmymind]

Cool.

 

[Cynomys]

If those are from the 1940s and 1950s, that would mean they are not stainless steel, right? If so, just be sure to store them properly.

 

[accunlmtd]

Had my 2nd shave this morning, a very nice shave. 1st pass pulled a bit, but #'s 2 & 3 were spot on and yielded one of the closest shaves I have had in a long time. Worth the 5 bucks...yup. What i may do is go to a 2 razor shave. Use something else for pass 1 and this blade for the other two.
Cool, something new to try.

We have uberlathers containing more than one component, so why stop there, uber-razor shaves.

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