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Great write up there Dick..My findings exactly..I reckon that there is more than a good chance that Feather were involved with the design of the OneBlade...Too much of a coincidence that the blades about doubled in price shortly after with a blade that had a limited market as you say...Greetings
Spines from any standard SE blades can be fitted very easily to feather Stainless SE blades it takes about ten seconds.
The three SE razors that they will never fit are the three Micromatics as these razors have the little protrusions on the side of the blade tray to marry up with the cutouts on GEM SE blades.
The case with all other ASR,GEM/Ever Ready/Star/ razors is that they may or may not fit, you really have to try them, feather blades with a fitted spine are indeed indeed about one and a half millimetres deeper. I have found that most USA 1912's seem to take them but many British ER's do not. There seems to be no definitive list of what SE razors will take them as much depends on how much wear the razor has, I have a really well worn brassy old Star and they fit in that no problem, I think because the spring has been compressed with years of use.
The rule is (I suggest) insert the spined Feather and very gently start to close the top cover, if it feels really tight stop or you will 'bugger ' the spring, I have done that!
IMHO Feather SE blades are a two shave blade and they are finished; as already said the edge is thin and ground on a longer bevel and thus fragile, you have to remember that these Japanese blades are made for the Ultra rare Japanese feather razor which is a clone of the Valet and certainly in the West one of the rarest of all SE razors, so rare that I know of only one owner on all the shaving forums, which makes one wonder why One Blade choose it for their razor as Feather could pull it from production!
Regards
Dick.
Looking at the price of the one blade, dont think they are going to sell s""t loads of feather blades though!Great write up there Dick..My findings exactly..I reckon that there is more than a good chance that Feather were involved with the design of the OneBlade...Too much of a coincidence that the blades about doubled in price shortly after with a blade that had a limited market as you say...
Billy
What about those blades. The image of the wrapper looks right... Anyone tried them?Slightly off topic but related, I have been asked for my opinion privately on the Personna pathology blades for Durham Duplex that have been spotted on eBay. I have to say I remain sceptical about them as the pathology blades that I have are wrapped in sleeves that have a slightly different Personna logo to the regular dog dresser type blades:
Left: Pathology
Right: Dog Dresser
My pathology blades were imported from the US and came in a plastic sealed box and the really keen-eyed among you will be able to see the difference in the grind of the edge.
I'm not saying they're definitely not but with comparison to the ones on eBay, you should be able to draw your own conclusions.
'Try A Blade' have confirmed that those blades are indeed Personna pathology blades. For $0.60 per blade. That's what I call reasonable.Yes, the wrapper appears to match the one on the right which I took from a previously sealed box of Pathology blades. Yes, those blades look right.
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