Swedish Gillettes vs. New Crop of Gillette blades

Squire · Post by **Squire** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:11 pm

That works out to $60 per hundred which is three to four times the cost of equal or better blades.

bernards66 · Post by **bernards66** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:20 pm

marc, Where did you see the Swedes selling for $3 a pack? BTW, I have a pack of those yellow box 7 O'cloks coming, so, we'll see.
Regards,
Gordon

brz90 · Post by **brz90** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 1:49 am

John Lewis stores in the UK have Gillette Swedes for £1.25 a pack of five. Today that's only US$2.23.

Julius_Rodman · Post by **Julius_Rodman** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 6:45 am

It was a drag to find two packs of Swedish G's rusted out from confinement to the bathroom. The steam from prolonged showering got to them.

None of the other dozen brands in the pile were remotely bothered by it.

Live and learn.

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Kent

Squire · Post by **Squire** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 2:44 pm

Live and learn, die and forget it all.

Julius_Rodman · Post by **Julius_Rodman** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 2:58 pm

Squire wrote:Live and learn, die and forget it all.

Oh, the easy option in death...

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Kent

Squire · Post by **Squire** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 5:27 pm

The upside is there are a lot of good blades out there that we can use while we use them and our heirs can sell the cool leftovers on the collector market.

Pauldog · Post by **Pauldog** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 10:28 pm

NewYorkBuck wrote: Swede
Polsilver
7AM Yellow
Iridium

I think "7AM" here should be "7 O'Clock".

Pauldog · Post by **Pauldog** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 11:18 pm

bernards66 wrote:The last really good ones were marked 'Made in France' and that was in the 1980s. After that we got 'Made in Mexico' or 'India' for awhile, and then for the last quite a number of years, 'Made in Russia'. These last have always been horrific

Czech Republic, too.

bernards66 · Post by **bernards66** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 7:50 pm

Paul, I never saw any of those in the States. I'm not saying that there weren't any, but all I ever saw ( or the members on the original forum saw ) were the ones from Mexico and India during that period.
Regards,
Gordon

Rufust445 · Post by **Rufust445** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 11:13 am

The week before last, I shaved with a 7o'clock yellow, this week with a Derby, which sells for less than half since Giovanni raised the price on the yellow by 67%.

The 7o'clock SharpEdge (yellow) is a nice blade, but not worth twice the price of a Derby.

I went back to DE shaving to save on the outrageous price of plastic cartridges. The Derbys, Dorco ST-301's, and maybe some in between give me a very satisfactory shave.

To pay more for a "Swedish" Gillette than a 7o'clock yellow, that is ranked lower on the Squire scale and is harder to find, just doesn't make sense to me.

That's my story, and I'm stickin' to it.

bernards66 · Post by **bernards66** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 11:28 am

Rufus, Well, I use the Swedes because they're the best currently made blades that I've found. Squire is entitled to his opinion, but I think that they're better than those 7 O'clock numbers....at least the ones I have are. Sure, I could get by with the Israeli Personnas ( Crystal ) but the shave a get from the Swedes is better, and they last for about twice as many shaves, so the price differential isn't quite as great as it seems. Still, the Swedes are expensive compared to most other DE blades, but are still not even in the same league, price-wise, as most cartridges.
Regards,
Gordon

bflotom2 · Post by **bflotom2** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 7:08 pm

I found this thread late so my comment may already be mentioned. Those red Gillette's if they are made in Russia they maybe the same as the Gillettes I have purchased in Canadian WalMarts. Not really a bad blade. Not as sharp or lasting as the Swedes but not a bad domestic alternative.

I recently purchased Swedes from Classic Shaving for $3.17/pack.

bernards66 · Post by **bernards66** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 8:32 pm

Tom, In the picture on the Classic Shaving website, those seem to be 'Super Silver' blades, not the Swedes ( 'Gillette Platinum' ). Correct?
Regards,
Gordon

bflotom2 · Post by **bflotom2** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 5:39 pm

Gordon, it seems that in spite of what is said it's the eyes that go first not the legs. You are correct.

bernards66 · Post by **bernards66** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 7:00 pm

Drat! I was hoping I wasn't.
Regards,
Gordon

Occam · Post by **Occam** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 3:26 am

Leisureguy wrote:Really, the best way to find out whether the blade will work well for you is to try it. I can tell you about my experience with the blade, but whether that will hold true for you can be known only by your trying the blade.

Is that a long winded way of saying "YMMV"?

Occam · Post by **Occam** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 3:32 am

mikeny278 wrote:For me, personally, the Swedes are smooth, but not terribly sharp, especially after a couple of shaves. I could not use one for more than 3 shaves. I am trying to finish through the rest of my Swedes here and there to just get rid of them. I had found the new Gillettes were basically about the same as the Swedes for me.

When I was doing 3 pass with ATG the Swedes were quite OK... but once I went to one and two pass shaves the Swedes really started to show their weakness for me... unless you were doing multiple pass shaves it didn't perform to the standard I expected...

I still have about 35 of them which like you I use from time to time just to get rid of them. My last one last week was used for 2 shaves before I tossed it... to think I was treasuring these is laughable to me now...

They're a good blade for multi pass shaves imo... but not an every day blade for me...

bernards66 · Post by **bernards66** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 10:30 am

Ben, Well, for me it's irrelevant because I can't get the kind of shave I want today with one pass with ANY blade, and two is marginal at best. Only the 'reduction' method is satisfactory for me, and with that, the Swedes have proven to be the best currently made blade IMO. I always get at least 7 three pass shaves out of them, which I can't with any other blade I've used. To each his own, and all that.
Regards,
Gordon

NewYorkBuck · Post by **NewYorkBuck** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 6:49 am

Pauldog wrote:
NewYorkBuck wrote: Swede
Polsilver
7AM Yellow
Iridium

I think "7AM" here should be "7 O'Clock".

You are correct. My bad.