How?

[Biffo]

On reading good reports on here I bought some of the Gillette Bleue blades and some of the Gillette Platinum (Swedes?) blades, BUT how in hell do you get the blades out of the packs? I had to resort to taking one of the plastic carts apart with a screwdriver to get at the blades and then I found they were all stuck together with glue or dried oil?

Help an old noob please with suggestions or advice

 

[redbike]

You have to push the blades out of the slot in the end of the case. Use your thumb and make sure your other hand isn't near the slot as the blade exits.

 

[Biffo]

thanks but see above, the blades were stuck together in a solid mass

 

[valmara1971]

are these rusted vintage blades possibly?

 

[Biffo]

nope, NOS I presume, still all sealed in plastic on a cardboard back, not rust but looks like dried oil holding the blades together

 

[valmara1971]

I would suggest if you have to use any thing else than just light pressure of a thumb to get the blade out there is something very wrong with what you bought. Can you get a refund?

 

[Biffo]

nope, ebay, so buyer beware? but once the blades are unstuck the Swedes give a great shave, the Bleues a good shave so I will persevere

 

[Galius]

Rinse the whole thing in some mineral spirits, it should dissolve the gummy oil without affecting the blades...

 

[Biffo]

might be time consuming seeing as they are all in plastic boxes, but I'll take a "clump" out of a fresh box and try that

 

[luvmysuper]

Sometimes the older blades get stuck together with the packaging oil, not common but not unheard of.
Not much you can do with NOS packs that are stuck except what you did.

Maybe a thorough spritzing with WD40, then an alcohol rinse before use?

Personally, I think I'd rather take the pack apart than shave with WD40, LOL

 

[Biffo]

The Bleues are OK, only have a couple of packs so may just bin them, the Swedes are all that they are cracked up to be so yes even if it means taking 10 packs apart and separating the 10 blades in each pack its worth the buggeration factor for the small amount of cash they cost me versus the great shave they give

 

[haiti222]

I use an implement like a flat head screwdriver to put some sideways pressure on the top blade (in the center area of the blade). I have found that after a couple of blades are out, the dispenser will then work normally.......

 

[Biffo]

thanks, I'll certainly try that

 

[sandmountainslim]

I had the same problem with some NOS Gillette Super Stainless from the 90's that I bought. I had to take a flathead screwdriver and PRY the blades out of the box.
Wp

 

[Rufust445]

I had the same problem with some NOS Gillette Super Stainless from the 90's that I bought. I had to take a flathead screwdriver and PRY the blades out of the box.
Wp

If it ain't the NOS plastic dispensers with old oil sticking the blades together, it's the glue/wax spots on the new blades from St. Petersburg, Russia.

I'm enjoying a 7o'clock yellow this week, but I can't take 'em on a regular basis. Not much fun scraping off the wax spots before loading in razor. I have plenty more blades in paper and cardboard cartons with little to no glue that work just as well for me.

One of these days I may just try a pack of Wal-Mart Personnas, just to try the slide-out dispenser they've been using since the '70's.

 

[ateace]

I had the same problem with NOS Personnas (NOT 74s). It was a real pain to separate the blades and the shave made me wish I hadn't bothered.

 

[Rufust445]

I use an implement like a flat head screwdriver to put some sideways pressure on the top blade (in the center area of the blade). I have found that after a couple of blades are out, the dispenser will then work normally.......

Perhaps that's why the later "Swedes" made in Lodz, Poland were packed only 5 instead of 10 to the same container.

The extra pressure of 10 squeezed in there over time could more readily make a stainless/oil gum composite.