Vintage blades snag on ebay
Vintage blades snag on ebay
Total: $6.75 for 20 blades = .34 cents/blade
If the Gillette Thins shave like the last ones I had, they'll be excellent.
Pre bar codes!
If the Gillette Thins shave like the last ones I had, they'll be excellent.
Pre bar codes!
Roger
I've been a wet shaver for 56 years!
I've been a wet shaver for 56 years!
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Nothing yet. Still on a Dorco ST301. Will try in a day or two.Odio Barbillas wrote:Well, we're five days on; what are you finding versus modern blades?Shave4Fun wrote:I had gotten some of the Thin Blades from member Tim (AKA TRBeck) some time back and had been looking for more.
I'll keep you guys posted on the results.
Thanks,
Roger
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These blades have very clean edges - Must have been stored in a dry environment. I have had some vtg. blades that did not look so good. Of course, we really don't know what we have until we break the package open.Pauldog wrote:How long does a Thin last? And here I thought we were all pretty leery about using an ancient non-stainless blade...
I will let y'all know how many shaves I get.
Roger
I've been a wet shaver for 56 years!
I've been a wet shaver for 56 years!
I still have a partial pack of Thins from the early '60's that came with an eBay lot of other vintage blades, Spoilers or Wilkinsons.Pauldog wrote:How long does a Thin last? And here I thought we were all pretty leery about using an ancient non-stainless blade...
These Thins are good for one DFS, then toss. I have managed two so-so shaves with certain (not all) Gillette Blues, and one decent shave, period, with a Super Blue. The shaves from the Thins were as good as with many current blades, and better than the best shaves I've had with the vintage Blues or Super Blues.
As always with blades, YMMV.
Up to shave #3 on the THIN. We'll see how many more I get.
On another note, I used one of the Made in England Wilkinsons this morning in a '47 Super-Speed and the shave was superb. It is a chromium blade then a special layer of chromium compound for hardness, durability and corrosion resistance. At this point I would compare it the Light Brigades.
On another note, I used one of the Made in England Wilkinsons this morning in a '47 Super-Speed and the shave was superb. It is a chromium blade then a special layer of chromium compound for hardness, durability and corrosion resistance. At this point I would compare it the Light Brigades.
Roger
I've been a wet shaver for 56 years!
I've been a wet shaver for 56 years!
The later Thins and Blues had the PTFE coating added without any real promotion of such. They tend to last a long time and be protected from rusting by the coating, if unused. These appear to be to old to have his happen. Best I can tell they started this in around 1970-72. On the thins, they continued up until 1988-89 when production moved to France. I have some French made thins in American looking packaging from 1989 that also have the coating. You can tell back then, because they had the PTFE patent that begins with 307....... on the blades.