Dura Sharp Blades, a Review

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Dura Sharp Blades, a Review

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From the Treet Corp in Pakistan come these stainless blades.

Description These blades present in a cardboard box without the means of disposing used blades. The blades are double wrapped without glue, which is a plus in my book. The box is my hands down favorite logo so far, sort of Edwardian Baroque.


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Characteristics A stainless blade of clean appearance, it makes reference to a "silver edge", what ever that is, whether describing the color of the edge or referencing some different metal content, I don't know, however it shaves like every other standard stainless blade in it's class. A two part sharpening process with a long sloping grind from the table to a fairly long hone to the edge. The lines are uneven and the appearance a bit rough looking, but at $13.00 a hundred you get more than you're paying for.

Use A decent, standard stainless blade that shaves like other, similar blades irrespective of brand which is to say sharp and smooth enough to provide an adequate to decent shave. It in fact performs as well as some others that cost twice as much. I found it to be a razor specific blade in that it gave only adequate performance in three fixed razors, Weshi, Schick Krona and EJ Chatsworth, but gave better performance in two adjustable razors, a long handle slim Gillette and a Futur. Rated 6.25.
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Post by tone »

I would buy these just for the box! Are they available?

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yep, giovanni sells them.
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www.razorandbrush.com Giovanni is out of town until sometime next week.
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Post by Pauldog »

tone wrote:I would buy these just for the box!

The box reminds me of rolling papers... :)
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tone wrote:I would buy these just for the box! Are they available?

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yup, nice box


Thank you for the review Squire
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Post by JohnInPeoria »

Tried the Durasharp Carbon this weekend.

It was the worst shave ever. After three passes, I had to dig out a Keramic to clean myself up.

I'm looking forward to trying the stainless.
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John, Treet makes a variety of blades, I have at least 6 versions, and not all of them shave the same. I believe you will find the coated versions, steel or stainless, will shave as well or better than Keramik.
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Post by Seamaster »

I find these slightly sharper than my benchmark Trigs, but slightly less comfortable in use. A good to very good shave in both my Progress and my HD. Decent longevity. Like all Treet blades, excellent value. The retro packaging is a nice touch.
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I just ordered some from Giovanni. 8)
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Post by bernards66 »

I must admit that IS a niffty looking box.
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Post by melyus »

They are sharper than the Trig and worth for the price..
one blade last at least 3-4 shave for me.
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