I use Med Preps, Lab Blues and Polsilvers in a rotation with a few other blades. They all give about the same shave but I find Polsilvers are done after 2 shaves, Lab Blues give 3 and with Med preps I've had 5 shaves with one blade, though generally I only use any blade twice. Rapiras are about the same as Polsilvers. I have a tough wiry beard and shave every morning and some evenings, so other people will get different results.
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Tall_Paul said:
I ordered 100 from my link with no problems as it was under the £15 limit.
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Northam Saint said:
Here you go: Rapira Stainless on ebay
And for the Personna Blues: ebay Personna blades
No nasty surprises from VAT, Customs or owt as they're all well under the £15 limit as Northam Saint said.
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Gairdner said:
Order placed for Rapira's, damn enablers !!!! Too cheap to resist !!!!
That pushes my total stock up to 795 blades, on three shaves a blade that's over six years worth, OH DEAR !!!!
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Just ordered some Personnas just 100 should be up to 1000 blades by the middle of the month :icon_eek:
Have to stop reading posts like this :icon_rolleyes:
Brian
Have to stop reading posts like this :icon_rolleyes:
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Gairdner said:
Nice one, Graeme! I was going to order 100 from Bestshave. It was the free postage that swung it! Order made, button pressed...
I'm trying not to get too carried away with these exotic blades, but I tried a couple from a blade PIF and they really are up there with the best!
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It was Canuck who said that he'd never had a bad Russian blade and these are magic! I had seen that Tall_Paul had ordered some from Beshave before and he strikes me as a pretty mean judge too. Most of the Russkies rate pretty highly on NTS scoresheet an' all. Sharp, smooth and for not many shekels, that's what I likes, I does!
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The pink and blue stainless are the first blade I did serious stocking up on. I bought 400 from a Turkish seller - possibly bestshave - on eBay for a £20 delivered about two years ago. Superb for a really budget blade in my Merkur barberpole but not so good in my Fatboy (more dragging and less close)