Tiger blades…some with wax dots…some without?

[Frito Ray]

My first batch of Tiger Platinum blades had 4 small wax/glue dots whilst my second has none.

Different production runs?
Old stock/new stock?
Real/fake?

Anyone know anything about this?


Tuck packaging was identical except 4dots was all English and waxless had one side printed with “razor blades” in six European languages and and addition of “>” at the end of the barcode.

 

[TheBigL]

Can you show a picture?

 

[Frito Ray]

Can you show a picture?

Sorry, I don’t have that capability at the moment.

All I can add is that the 4 dots are clean, and well placed at the corners and don’t dribble onto the edges. They look very similar to those on the KCGillettes.

 

[dmshaver]

Good question. I checked the Great Blade Exchange inventory & found two different tucks of Tiger Platinum. Both versions had the four glue dots on one side of the blade only. The version you describe in the first post is the tuck on the left in each photo. The slightly different tuck from what you describe is on the right. Let's see who can help answer the question.

 

[Frito Ray]

Good question. I checked the Great Blade Exchange inventory & found two different tucks of Tiger Platinum. Both versions had the four glue dots on one side of the blade only. The version you describe in the first post is the tuck on the left in each photo. The slightly different tuck from what you describe is on the right. Let's see who can help answer the question.
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Thank you!

Those are exactly the ones I have.

The one on the right is the tuck with wax/glue dots.

The one on the left has no dots and seems oilier than the other.

 

[Wombat ESQ]

I'ma say the waxing dotter machine ran out of wax dots. That or they are real special blades, like,

 

[dmshaver]

I'ma say the waxing dotter machine ran out of wax dots. That or they are real special blades, like,

Can I get a waxing dotter machine out of my Sears Robuck catalog?

 

[Wombat ESQ]

Can I get a waxing dotter machine out of my Sears Robuck catalog?

Errrrrr ummmm, best i can do is a veterinarian 16 guage needle/syringe a candle a bic lighter and a steady hand

 

[TheBigL]

I don't have Tigers, but I do have Tatras. I will have to dig some out and look.

As far as the packs with different languages, Astra blades are packed for sale in different countries and are all legit. I would expect the same for these Tigers.

 

[Frito Ray]

I wrote to them and they responded.

They said that some older blades had no dots but all of their current production do.