Wizamet Blade Review

[Kix]

Wizamets are one of the top tier blades for me. So far they are consistently good.

 

[SharpieB]

Wizzies are top notch blades for sure. Not quite as good as Polsilver SI, but very close. One of my go to blades that seems to work in all of my favorite razors....so bonus.

Agreed.

And the “vintage” Polish Polsilvers are even better. Best blade I have used to date and I have tried most of the usual suspects.

Still available at Shaving.ie, but super expensive. Polsilver Razor Blades - https://www.shaving.ie/polsilver-razor-blades/

 

[gdawg55]

Agreed.

And the “vintage” Polish Polsilvers are even better. Best blade I have used to date and I have tried most of the usual suspects.

Still available at Shaving.ie, but super expensive. Polsilver Razor Blades - https://www.shaving.ie/polsilver-razor-blades/

Thanks for the link. Not going down that rabbit hole…lol

 

[SharpieB]

Thanks for the link. Not going down that rabbit hole…lol

At $0.40-$0.50 each, they are more of a blade to buy a couple of tucks of to try if you are placing an order for something else. Only place I have seen them in a few years is Shavin.ie in any case.

@SgtCrppls turned me on to these (I think?) a couple of years back and we both bought them in 100 packs back when they were fairly reasonable.

Amazing blade, but now expensive to buy in quantity.

 

[awk_m4]

Agreed.

And the “vintage” Polish Polsilvers are even better. Best blade I have used to date and I have tried most of the usual suspects.

Still available at Shaving.ie, but super expensive. Polsilver Razor Blades - https://www.shaving.ie/polsilver-razor-blades/

I shaved with a vintage Polsilver on Christmas Day. It was a fantastic shave!
I recently purchased 100 of these blades from @NoScrubs ! He may still have a few tucks left for sale.

 

[SharpieB]

I shaved with a vintage Polsilver on Christmas Day. It was a fantastic shave!
I recently purchased 100 of these blades from @NoScrubs ! He may still have a few tucks left for sale.
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My packaging looks a little different. I think your are older maybe? I haven’t used one in a while. Maybe the paper on each blade is the same as yours.

 

[awk_m4]

My packaging looks a little different. I think your are older maybe? I haven’t used one in a while. Maybe the paper on each blade is the same as yours.

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You've got me curious. I'm not sure how old mine are. Your packaging is different. I just snapped some photos of the front and back.

 

[SharpieB]

You've got me curious. I'm not sure how old mine are. Your packaging is different. I just snapped some photos of the front and back.

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Pretty sure yours are older. Do you know when they were made or when/where you bought them?

 

[awk_m4]

Pretty sure yours are older. Do you know when they were made or when/where you bought them?

I’m not sure how old they are. I’m going to investigate. I purchased them back in the fall from @NoScrubs . He has some left and are for sale in the Contributors BST.

 

[Pat Puma]

This may be the famous YMMV or maybe I just got a bad blade or tuck, but I've been using a Polsilver this week for the first time and it was probably the tuggiest, dullest feeling blade I've ever used. I gave it four shaves and had to chuck it. The person I got them from called them vintage and they were sort of an add-on to a box of Med Preps. Oddly, I had a tuck of Wizamets a couple of years back and they were very good. There is no way they were the same as this thing I used for the past few days.