A few days ago, Master P, a member of this board, was kind enought to send me some Gillette Platinums that he had bought from Dridiot, in Singapore.
Considering that I am a huge fan of the now discontinued Gillette Platinums known as "Swedes" to us, I was very pleased to try these out.
I planned to do three or four side by side comparisons but after the first two I think I have a fairly good idea of where they stand, at least in my humble estimation.
I compared them to an old stock "Swede"( Oslo-Stockholm-Surrey distribution) and against a currently made Gillette 7:00 Yellow. I chose the 7:00 Yellow because after the the first comparison, I felt that shave was close to that of a Yellow.
So here are my notes:
7/18/2009
Side by Side shaving comparison
P&G Surrey UK Swedes vs Singapore Gillette Platinums
1940's Gillette Aristocrat razor
T&H Trafalgar shave cream, normal shower and shave.
Swede:
Shaved the left half of my face with the Swede. As expected the shave was excellent. Close and smooth. Three passes left by face BBS. This is the standard shaving experience by which I rate the others.
Plat:
Shaved the right side of my face with the Singapore Plat. Noticabley more drag and roughness than with the Swede. It did shave fairly close. But, after three passes my face is not as close to the BBS as left by the Swede. The shave was not nearly as smooth .
My initial impression is that the Singapore Plat is sort of like the Gillette 7:00 yellow.
7/19/2009
Same prep as above.
Gillette 7:00 Sharp Edge yellow vs Singapore Gillette Platinum
Note: For this comparison I am using a new 7:00 blade against the Plat I used yesterday. I did take the Plat out of the razor after yesterdays shave, rinsed it with Iproh alcocol and patted dry. This morning I hand stropped it before use.
Plat: Shaved the right side of my face. Noticed some drag and roughness right away. It still gave a fairly close shave, but with a little more burn and irritation than I would like.
After 3 passes I had a pretty close shave but no too comfortable.
Gillette 7:00 yellow: Shaved the left side of my face. My initial impression was that of a normal Gillette yellow shave. Sharp and close but not all that smooth. A little drag and pulling, but not as much as with the Plat
I would say that the 7:00 shaved a little closer than the Plat and a little smoother.
After 3 passes I had a very good shave but a little more irritation than I would like.
So, I am thinking that I will stick with my Super Iridums as my blade of choice.
Although the Shark blades from Melyus are pretty darned nice too.
Thanks again to Master P for sending me these blades to try out.
Best Regards,
Mike
Considering that I am a huge fan of the now discontinued Gillette Platinums known as "Swedes" to us, I was very pleased to try these out.
I planned to do three or four side by side comparisons but after the first two I think I have a fairly good idea of where they stand, at least in my humble estimation.
I compared them to an old stock "Swede"( Oslo-Stockholm-Surrey distribution) and against a currently made Gillette 7:00 Yellow. I chose the 7:00 Yellow because after the the first comparison, I felt that shave was close to that of a Yellow.
So here are my notes:
7/18/2009
Side by Side shaving comparison
P&G Surrey UK Swedes vs Singapore Gillette Platinums
1940's Gillette Aristocrat razor
T&H Trafalgar shave cream, normal shower and shave.
Swede:
Shaved the left half of my face with the Swede. As expected the shave was excellent. Close and smooth. Three passes left by face BBS. This is the standard shaving experience by which I rate the others.
Plat:
Shaved the right side of my face with the Singapore Plat. Noticabley more drag and roughness than with the Swede. It did shave fairly close. But, after three passes my face is not as close to the BBS as left by the Swede. The shave was not nearly as smooth .
My initial impression is that the Singapore Plat is sort of like the Gillette 7:00 yellow.
7/19/2009
Same prep as above.
Gillette 7:00 Sharp Edge yellow vs Singapore Gillette Platinum
Note: For this comparison I am using a new 7:00 blade against the Plat I used yesterday. I did take the Plat out of the razor after yesterdays shave, rinsed it with Iproh alcocol and patted dry. This morning I hand stropped it before use.
Plat: Shaved the right side of my face. Noticed some drag and roughness right away. It still gave a fairly close shave, but with a little more burn and irritation than I would like.
After 3 passes I had a pretty close shave but no too comfortable.
Gillette 7:00 yellow: Shaved the left side of my face. My initial impression was that of a normal Gillette yellow shave. Sharp and close but not all that smooth. A little drag and pulling, but not as much as with the Plat
I would say that the 7:00 shaved a little closer than the Plat and a little smoother.
After 3 passes I had a very good shave but a little more irritation than I would like.
So, I am thinking that I will stick with my Super Iridums as my blade of choice.
Although the Shark blades from Melyus are pretty darned nice too.
Thanks again to Master P for sending me these blades to try out.
Best Regards,
Mike
