Interesting shave today…
I had some of the unbranded “Polsilvers” a couple of years back and they weren’t bad at all. Looked identical to the top blade below. I thought they may be real Polsilvers.
A friend recently send me 50 of the below “whatever they are’s” to try (sorry, I threw out the wrapper but I can likely dig up another if anyone is interested).
The bottom blade is a Polish Polsilver. Not really vintage, but maybe 15-20 years old?
In any case, I am weird with my blade rotation… I rotate 6-7 razors and generally don’t remember which blade is loaded into each razor. I highly recommend this BTW as it is basically shaving blind. Fun and no preconceived bias.
Anyhoo… today I grabbed my Wolfman WR2 1.45 and it happened to be loaded with this fake Polsilver. Good god, what an awful blade. Worst ever. Think dollar store blade after 20 uses. Just terrible. Two swipes with this brand new blade and it was binned.
Replaced quickly with a REAL Polsilver and wow. What a difference. The Polish Polsilvers are the best blade I have ever used, so it made the difference even more striking.
In any case, my point is that there may be “Extra Stainless” blades in Polsilver or plain wrappers that are real, but I would be VERY VERY weary about buying them. I honestly would rather use a Derby that was used a dozen times over this disaster of a blade.
P.S. No, I shall not be doing a PIF for my remaining 200 Polish Polsilvers.
I had some of the unbranded “Polsilvers” a couple of years back and they weren’t bad at all. Looked identical to the top blade below. I thought they may be real Polsilvers.
A friend recently send me 50 of the below “whatever they are’s” to try (sorry, I threw out the wrapper but I can likely dig up another if anyone is interested).
The bottom blade is a Polish Polsilver. Not really vintage, but maybe 15-20 years old?
In any case, I am weird with my blade rotation… I rotate 6-7 razors and generally don’t remember which blade is loaded into each razor. I highly recommend this BTW as it is basically shaving blind. Fun and no preconceived bias.
Anyhoo… today I grabbed my Wolfman WR2 1.45 and it happened to be loaded with this fake Polsilver. Good god, what an awful blade. Worst ever. Think dollar store blade after 20 uses. Just terrible. Two swipes with this brand new blade and it was binned.
Replaced quickly with a REAL Polsilver and wow. What a difference. The Polish Polsilvers are the best blade I have ever used, so it made the difference even more striking.
In any case, my point is that there may be “Extra Stainless” blades in Polsilver or plain wrappers that are real, but I would be VERY VERY weary about buying them. I honestly would rather use a Derby that was used a dozen times over this disaster of a blade.
P.S. No, I shall not be doing a PIF for my remaining 200 Polish Polsilvers.