fake iridiums
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If you can shave with these, keep them. If they are unusable, to the trash they shall go.
If you didn't know they were fakes, how would say they shaved in comparison to other blades? Maybe they're not SI quality, but maybe they are better than some of the other "B-list" blades. In that case, I'd suggest either keeping them or offering to PIF them. I for one wouldn't mind trying out a couple to see how these compare to my stash of the 'real thing.'
I'm not sure why anyone would want to counterfeit razor blades ... are the blades themselves another brand, and only the packaging has been faked? Or did someone actually set up a factory to make blades from scratch with the SI logo?
It seems more trouble than its worth, but its hard to say what lengths someone would go to in pursuit of the almighty dollar / euro / rupee / yuan .
But as raisindot said, go ahead and give them a try. If you like the way they shave, that's all that counts. And be sure to give feedback to whatever source you got them from.
It seems more trouble than its worth, but its hard to say what lengths someone would go to in pursuit of the almighty dollar / euro / rupee / yuan .
But as raisindot said, go ahead and give them a try. If you like the way they shave, that's all that counts. And be sure to give feedback to whatever source you got them from.
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There are other threads that discuss the faked iridiums, recognized by the label misspellings.
I have so many other blades that when I learned these were fake I just packed them away. I never got any real Iridiums so I wouldn't know how these compare. I really wasn't sure of the safety of using these suspected fakes.
If anybody wants some, just pm your address.
I have so many other blades that when I learned these were fake I just packed them away. I never got any real Iridiums so I wouldn't know how these compare. I really wasn't sure of the safety of using these suspected fakes.
If anybody wants some, just pm your address.
I've got about 50 of them, and IMHO they suck. I'm not sure where they came from, because I bought SIs from several places and did not know about the fakes until I had mixed them up. I tried selling some on ebay as a collectable, but no one was interested. I am still amazed that someone thought it would be worthwhile to counterfeit them, but I guess they sold quite a few at $0.40 - $0.50/blade.
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for the price the price real SI are sold, it sure is worth to counterfeit them. Not that I approuve but it is much logical then counterfeit Derby XD
