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You will enjoy it and again and again and again and again........I'm saving it for my 40th
Paul
You will enjoy it and again and again and again and again........I'm saving it for my 40th
Yep, I had a just under 100 DE ones a few yrs. back and sold them for a song. Why you ask? Well, as I stated earlier in this SOTD thread they have great longevity, but the actual shave is not light years ahead of anything today. That goes for "Spoilers" as well. I had over two hundred of those also and sold when the market was high. I think the best blades of today are just as good if not better. YMMV.
P.S. I had a Personna 74 DE blade left over and I recently sent it over to the Emporium as tribute to the Lord of the Manor, i.e., Boycie.
Wednesday 24th March
...Gah! Despite a valiant effort by the Hybrid, that was a rough shave ...
That's an interesting conclusion. They may not be the holy grail they're quoted to be. I also find the modern Personna very efficient and relatively cheap.
I broke out a NOS Personna 74 injector blade today to use in the Schick I2 on a four day beard. Despite all the myth surrounding this legendary blade I can't really tell any difference between it and a modern Personna injector blade. Sure, it may go for an ungodly amount of shaves, but to me that's inconsequential as modern injector blades are relatively cheap and can go 15 - 20 shaves for many shavers. Just my 2 cents. YMMV.
Hi Brian. It felt incredibly nimble after using the Tradere. I had the original Gentile but moved it on as it wasn't efficient enough for me (more likely that I didn't allow enough time to get to know it). Two passes with this was an improvement over the standard Gentile but I'm still a bit patchy in a couple of places. I'll see how I get on with it.Chris @Boycie83 .......how did you find the Fatip. I have never tied the Gentile version