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Shick Plus Platinum Blades

Howdy Gents.

I just came into 7 packs of Schick Plus Platinum blades with a razor I purchased (Merkur Progress). I’ve been using Feathers for over 10 years and have zero experience with “Vintage Blades.”

Any thoughts on these blades would be greatly appreciated.

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These are a daily driver blade for myself and a couple other people on here. They are from approximately 1972 to maybe 1979. The production was moved some time in the eighties, but I don't remember exactly. They are around the same sharpness and smoothness as a modern Personna Platinum, a bit better than Gillette Platinums actually. I can get 5-6 shaves whereas modern blades only give me 3-4. They go dull before they become rough, seems to be a unique characteristic of vintage blades. Accounting for inflation, these would have been the same $1/blade that they are currently going for. Whether that is worth it to you is subjective. Try them!
 
They are great blades, not my very favourite, I only use vintage blades, but they are, imho, better than anything modern.
 
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