I've never tried vintage blades - save for one experience with a NOS GEM blade that was interesting but meh at best.
However, I've spent a lot of time over the past few days reading up on various DE blades and I am really intrigued by them.
Remembered I had a NOS (sealed until this weekend) pack of French Gillette Super Platines so I decided to take the leap.
As I have also ordered or am tracking several different options of NOS blades online I figured I might as well keep a journal of my thoughts and experiences with the various blades.
I wasn't able to find much on this blade on the forum except:
So it sounds like it's supposed to be similar to the Platinum Plus and/or Bleue Extra - I'll have to find some to compare
My first shave with it came in my 1950 V3 Super Speed
First pass, WTG, was buttery smooth - nothing necessarily unique about it but could tell it was a nice blade.
Second pass, XTG, felt a little more efficient than my GSB but just as smooth.
Where it shined was my third pass, ATG, just as smooth and efficient as the first two passes.
I usually don't like the ATG pass. It's one of the reasons I use GSBs - with them I find the ATG pass smoother than others I tried but usually have to do a 4th buffing pass around the jawline and if I get irritation that's when and where it happens.
No need for that today - one ATG pass was smooth but also totally efficient.
Very nice shave today.
Im also interested to try this in various other razors but mostly I'm interested to see if I get more shaves from it.
I've never enjoyed a modern DE blade (SP, KCG, GSB, Nacet, a few others) past the third shave. I don't even bother anymore - after three I just toss it.
NOTE: I have some Schick Platinum Plus on the way and am looking at some Gillette Spoilers and Platinum Plus.
I'll keep and eye out for the Personna 74's and Wilkinson Sword Chromium but not really ready to pay what those are going for on the Bay (at least not yet - lol).
Any others that should definitely make my list?
However, I've spent a lot of time over the past few days reading up on various DE blades and I am really intrigued by them.
Remembered I had a NOS (sealed until this weekend) pack of French Gillette Super Platines so I decided to take the leap.
As I have also ordered or am tracking several different options of NOS blades online I figured I might as well keep a journal of my thoughts and experiences with the various blades.
I wasn't able to find much on this blade on the forum except:
Another blade that probably fits into this category is the French Gillette Silver Platine* that was introduced in either the late 1960s or early 1970s. The platinum version was supposedly the Gillette Platinum-Plus under another name. Of course, they are not really the same but roughly equivalent. They don't shave as well as the American or later French Platinum-Plus blades though. I should throw a few pics of those up sometime soon.
Another point withe Silver Platine balde, in my opino such close of the beloved Bleue Extra... I will compare them in the next days because this SP are really good to me!
So it sounds like it's supposed to be similar to the Platinum Plus and/or Bleue Extra - I'll have to find some to compare
My first shave with it came in my 1950 V3 Super Speed
First pass, WTG, was buttery smooth - nothing necessarily unique about it but could tell it was a nice blade.
Second pass, XTG, felt a little more efficient than my GSB but just as smooth.
Where it shined was my third pass, ATG, just as smooth and efficient as the first two passes.
I usually don't like the ATG pass. It's one of the reasons I use GSBs - with them I find the ATG pass smoother than others I tried but usually have to do a 4th buffing pass around the jawline and if I get irritation that's when and where it happens.
No need for that today - one ATG pass was smooth but also totally efficient.
Very nice shave today.
Im also interested to try this in various other razors but mostly I'm interested to see if I get more shaves from it.
I've never enjoyed a modern DE blade (SP, KCG, GSB, Nacet, a few others) past the third shave. I don't even bother anymore - after three I just toss it.
NOTE: I have some Schick Platinum Plus on the way and am looking at some Gillette Spoilers and Platinum Plus.
I'll keep and eye out for the Personna 74's and Wilkinson Sword Chromium but not really ready to pay what those are going for on the Bay (at least not yet - lol).
Any others that should definitely make my list?