...So, basically, my experience is that half of the Indian sellers are lying ba*tards...
...So, basically, my experience is that half of the Indian sellers are lying ba*tards...
Hope this isn't true for the Gillette Winner blades I just ordered from India, I have them now and will begin testing them on Friday...Yes, I messaged this vendor and they confirmed that their listing is for Chinese blades. 100 pc GILLETTE WILKINSON SWORD RAZOR BLADES double edge safety razor blade*** | eBay
...If you have a microscope have a look at the various blades. You will see some alarming things.
I've had same issue with different seller who pictured Chinese and sent Indian. Best order from Maggard.Well I guess I've got an extra 100 blades made in India.
Acetone wipe on DE's takes care of the coatings.
Meaningless??? I don't think so. If I see small chips and irregularity in a blade there's a really good chance its going to shave like crap.
What you see is proven with a shave.
From your avatar I would think you like Wilkinsons. There are three distinct grinds on them each at a successively steeper angle.
They are very well ground!
I think if somebody is offering the 100s in hanging display of 20 5-blade tucks those might be Chinese and the saloon packs might be MII. But I am not sure. Someone please correct me if I am wrong.
The grind is not as important as the edge hardening via sputtering and coating. Sharpness is of little importance,
So its not important to have good grinding? Chips and wavy edges are ok so long as the edge is hard?
Sharpness is of little importance?
Happy shaves.
...After discovering in his test lab that shavers could not tell the difference in blade sharpness, he (MIT Chemical Engineering graduate Meyer J. "Mike" Shnitzler, Vice President & Director of Research and Development working at Gillette from 1933 till 1967 and for 10 years thereafter as a consultant) was responsible for break-thru research that determined that blade sharpness was not a critical factor in receiving a good shave; rather a reduction in drag, of hair protein molecules clinging to the steel blade causing pulling, was needed. This Drag Theory lead to the development of coated razor blades and specifically the Organosiloxane Gel coated Super Blue Blade (1959). Following Mr. Shnitzler's lead, PTFE or Teflon type coatings are now used universally on blades to reduce drag (that pull felt when shaving).
The Wilkinson Brazil blades are excellent, I never liked the German production.. The original UK blades were superb ....
No Brazilian vendor will ship to America...... I got mine in a trade years ago.... LÂMINAS DE BARBEAR ATACADOIs there a vendor of the Brazilian blades that sells to the US? I know the blades exist but no idea how to acquire them.
No Brazilian vendor will ship to America...... I got mine in a trade years ago.... LÂMINAS DE BARBEAR ATACADO
Well if no one will ship them to me then I guess it doesn't matter how good they are. ...