Best blade for me, and I'm a BIG RUSSIAN fan, I've got tons and tons of different blades. Rapira Lux was my favorite but these blew them out of water, blew every blade out of water
Yes, genuine. Had the cellophane wrapper...
The pack I have had the cellophane wrapping. But, it was a single pack included with a Rubie razor. So perhaps packaged differently for sale with the razor?
...using cella soap over noxzema...
That's a lot of gunk for a blade to slice through. Skip the Noxema next time and concentrate on technique.
I just got 200 Rubie Platinum Plus blades off Ebay (what, doesn't everyone sample blades in 200 quantity?). My first shave was this morning in my Merkur slant, and if they stay like this, I've found a new favorite blade!
Easily the smoothest shave I've had on a first shave. I like other Russian blades, but I'm really impressed with this one. I'll have to see how the longevity goes.
200? Are you kidding.
I get 1000 at a time.
I can see you were eager to revive this very old thread. But what is on the photo is not a made in Russia Rubie Platinum Plus (currently renamed to just Rubie) but a different blade - Rubie made in Shanghai for the Philippines.Necrobump, but visual proof that there are fake Rubies out and about:
https://www.reddit.com/r/wicked_edge/comments/16c9lb9