More Blades Than Sense

Blademonkey said:
There is nothing wrong with stockpiling, you protect against price rises in the future and quite often get great deals when buying in bulk. I've not called myself Blademonkey for nothing! :)
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In addition to what you say P. - you also protect against favourite blades simply disappearing. Anybody remember the blue packaged Gillette 7 O'clock Super Sharps? I haven't seen them for sale -if at all - for anything approaching a reasonable price for years. They still seem to sell the other versions. I have four or five tucks jealously guarded in my stash. I'd hand over my original Super Iridiums before them. Cheers - I
 
Digimonkey said:
In addition to what you say P. - you also protect against favourite blades simply disappearing. Anybody remember the blue packaged Gillette 7 O'clock Super Sharps? I haven't seen them for sale -if at all - for anything approaching a reasonable price for years. They still seem to sell the other versions. I have four or five tucks jealously guarded in my stash. I'd hand over my original Super Iridiums before them. Cheers - I
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Very true, I wish I had a stockpile of Personna 74's, I would have done had I been DE shaving back then! :) p.
 
Digimonkey said:
In addition to what you say P. - you also protect against favourite blades simply disappearing. Anybody remember the blue packaged Gillette 7 O'clock Super Sharps? I haven't seen them for sale -if at all - for anything approaching a reasonable price for years. They still seem to sell the other versions. I have four or five tucks jealously guarded in my stash. I'd hand over my original Super Iridiums before them. Cheers - I
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Have you tried the Gillette 7 O'C Blacks? I've heard they are supposed to be fairly similar to the 7 O'C Blues. Indian Gillettes do not seem to carry as much gravitas as the PPI ones, but I think the Indian Greens are superb.

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I think stockpiling is a good thing, in addition to blades going out of production (like 7 O'C Blues) changes in quality/consistency is another thing. It's not really an issue for blades from some producers but some others seem to have had issues with quality control over the years. In the grand scheme of things blades don't really that much space - to save space I could probably put them in the empty cavities of my guitar cases if needed be!

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More blades = Better
 
donnie_arko said:
Have you tried the Gillette 7 O'C Blacks? I've heard they are supposed to be fairly similar to the 7 O'C Blues. Indian Gillettes do not seem to carry as much gravitas as the PPI ones, but I think the Indian Greens are superb.

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I think stockpiling is a good thing, in addition to blades going out of production (like 7 O'C Blues) changes in quality/consistency is another thing. It's not really an issue for blades from some producers but some others seem to have had issues with quality control over the years. In the grand scheme of things blades don't really that much space - to save space I could probably put them in the empty cavities of my guitar cases if needed be!

Also
More blades = Better
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@donnie_arko - thanks for the suggestions. I have tried the Blacks and they were horrible for me - as were the Thai (?) super-thin version. On the other hand I only tried the Greens a couple of weeks ago and they were great in an Ikon 101 head. I was left with no other choice as I hadn't checked the contents of my travel wash-kit properly. The tucks of Silver Blues, Perma-Sharp Super and Ladas were all empty upon inspection. Greens it had to be. To be honest I had low expectations of them but was hugely impressed in use. I think they are the Indian version - a mate picked them up for me in duty free in Dubai - there's lots of squiggly writing on the packaging I can't read. Could be Hindi or Urdu. Cheers - I
 
 
donnie_arko said:


It's a shame the 7 O'Clock Blacks don't work out for you and consequently your remaining 7 O'Clock Blues will require rationing akin methods used in WW2 (for Queen and country...)

I think the ones with the squiggly writing could be the Gillette 7 O'Clock Super Stainless (PPI), not the Gillette 7 O'Clock Permasharp Stainless (India), the latter is a tuck of 10 blades with the PPI tuck being 5 blades.
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Thanks @donnie_arko - to check - I just went and got the packet out my wash bag. You are entirely correct - not withstanding the squiggly writing - a tuck of five and definitely a St Petersburg product. Not Indian. Have you tried the vintage blues? Cheers - I P.S - just got the name you use. Ha ha - yes. Very good.
 
Digimonkey said:
Thanks @donnie_arko - to check - I just went and got the packet out my wash bag. You are entirely correct - not withstanding the squiggly writing - a tuck of five and definitely a St Petersburg product. Not Indian. Have you tried the vintage blues? Cheers - I P.S - just got the name you use. Ha ha - yes. Very good.
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Pleased you got the user name! Is yours a reference to a guitar pedal? Nice work on the avatar. The mighty Hunter S with one of the most inspirational comb overs of all time.

I've not used the 7 Blues. Shaving.Ie had them a while back and being a disciple of all things sharp from the PPI factory I was really tempted to pick up a tuck but buying NOS blades would make the already dangerous descent of addiction (of buying blades) even more problematic.
 
donnie_arko said:
Pleased you got the user name! Is yours a reference to a guitar pedal? Nice work on the avatar. The mighty Hunter S with one of the most inspirational comb overs of all time.

I've not used the 7 Blues. Shaving.Ie had them a while back and being a disciple of all things sharp from the PPI factory I was really tempted to pick up a tuck but buying NOS blades would make the already dangerous descent of addiction (of buying blades) even more problematic.
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@donnie_arko - pm me - I'll happily send you a couple to try. They are PPI and they are very sharp. As your attorney I advise it. I
 
Steve Bowles said:
I have a Tuperware container full of Polsilver SI, Astra SP, Voskhod, Perma Sharp, and Rapira. If I live to be 90 I'll still have some left. Your thread title shows that you haven't fully embraced the rabbit-hole that is wet-shaving. Just wait until there's a Shavemac group-buy. You'll be emptying out your bank account before you know it!
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I'm in the throes of setting up a Shavemac group brush elsewhere. Good fun!


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After the first great zombie apocalypse and civilisation is being crudely rebuilt (no phones, internet or first class cricket) amongst the survivors who will flourish will include
- Fast runners
- Collectors of canned beans, dried beans, frozen beans and baked beans
- Professional DE Blade hoarders

When people tire of hairy legs, the latter group will find their DE blades to become precious currency.
 
Digimonkey said:
In addition to what you say P. - you also protect against favourite blades simply disappearing. Anybody remember the blue packaged Gillette 7 O'clock Super Sharps? I haven't seen them for sale -if at all - for anything approaching a reasonable price for years. They still seem to sell the other versions. I have four or five tucks jealously guarded in my stash. I'd hand over my original Super Iridiums before them. Cheers - I
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I have two types, 7 o'clock black made in India and 7 o'clock blue made by PPI. They are both labelled super platinum, but I've not seen super sharp. Are they the same thing?
 
Pete said:
I have two types, 7 o'clock black made in India and 7 o'clock blue made by PPI. They are both labelled super platinum, but I've not seen super sharp. Are they the same thing?
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Yes mate - you are right - my mistake. I've checked the packaging and it does indeed say Super Platinum on the Blue version. Cheers - I
 
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