Vintage Razor Blades Ordered:

It's been a really long time since I've used these DE blades but I went ahead and ordered 36 blades off EBay. I use to be able to get these at a local Kmart store a few years ago. Unfortunately, that local Kmart store in now closed and as far as I know, we don't have anymore here in the state of Virginia. But that's not the reason why these blades became Vintage blades. Gillette decided to close up their Brazilian shop which is where these blades were made and move them to Russia with their other shops that they have over there. They also changed the grind and the name of them to Gillette Rubie and they now suck as a result too. Basically Gillette ruined one of their best blades which is about normal for them.

I first tried these blades in an Edwin Jagger DE89 and my Phoenix Artisan Accoutrement's Double open comb razors and let me tell you, phenomenal does not do it justice. In the DE89, it felt like there was no blade in the razor at all. Now I did get a little blade feel in the doc but it was still extremely comfortable. I have really missed these blades and just never got around to trying Vintage razor blades before which is about to change. I'm set on which DE safety razors I will be using and there's no plans or intentions in terms of buying another razor. Not unless a disaster happens like it did with my Edwin Jagger DE89 or the first double open comb that I had. Both got recycled at a local metal recycling plant not far from here. The DE89's handle took a crap which was fine because I simply swapped it out for the handle on my Muhle R41 but then the bottom base plate took a crap which rendered the razor useless and it would have cost more to fix it than it would to buy a new one which was sold out at every supplier I was using at the time. The same thing happened to the bottom base plate on my double open comb. Thankfully, someone sent me theirs that they had and they wanted it to go to where it would get used and it has served me well.

These were tolerable in terms of costs. I calculated them to cost $.73 U.S. cents per blade. They were not the most expensive vintage blades but they were not budget friendly either. Which is fine because these are no longer being made so I do expect them to be much more expensive. I will be trying these in the Leaf, Marvel and Rockwell 6C razors that I have in my collection. I did not like the Israeli Personna Reds in the Marvel or the Doc. But I do like them in the Leaf and the Rockwell 6C with the #4 base plate. The only problem that I've been having with the Israeli Personna Red Platinum blades is the longevity. I've already gone through 2 packs and I'm currently on my 3rd one and I've only had them for about a couple of weeks.

There's also a lot more Vintage razor blades that I want to try. The main thing that I was after when I first started wet shaving was longevity and comfortable shaves. I also wanted to save money specifically on blades. That went out the window when I discovered artisan made shave soaps. I do save some money on blades in terms of cartridges but that's where the savings ended. I've also wanted to try other vintage blades because I've heard their longevity is off the page. I've heard of some people getting up to 30 shaves per Vintage blade which is epic. I'm doing good to get 5 with the standard Gillette Platinum blades in the Marvel DE and the 5th one isn't very comfortable either. That would be awesome to get 30+ shaves with the Leaf and not being able to tell if there's a blade in there along with my Rockwell 6C and Marvel DE.

I'm also going to do a Google search, check out Esty and EBay for more Vintage DE razor blades. So far, I have compiled a list. Gillette Super Blue blades, Schick Krona DE blades and Wizamet Polsilver and Wizamet Super Iridium blades. The Gillette Super Blue blades are going to be expensive. I've seen them go for around $25 U.S. Dollars for 10 blades. But if I can get an insane amount of shaves out of just one of these blades, then costs pretty much disappears because I will go as long as I can before switching out a blade if it's comfortable which is really all that I'm after. So lets see what I can find. Schick has a ton of Vintage DE blades but they're more famous for the Injector blades which I'm not a fan of. Gillette also has a few more that I want to try. It will depend on my budget and what all I find online.