Gillette Silver Blue vs Platinum

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Gillette Silver Blue vs Platinum

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Good morning gents.

Yes I know it's been donkey's years since I have been on the forum. Life had become quite busy for some time and forum surfing was simply something I couldn't invest in.

Quick question for you blade aficionados. I have been a Silver Blue man exclusively for quite a few years now, but can't find them readily these days as my supply is waning ..... I have a couple of months left now. Anyone able to give me a comparison between the Silver Blues and Platinums? The latter are readily available at the moment, but no word on supply chain availability on the former.
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Anyone??
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Wish I knew. I have a slew of Gillette 7 o’clock in green
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Hi Wendell! Availability of the Gillette Silver Blue blades is apparently not a problem, according to Amazon and Ebay. Go get 'em! :D
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brothers wrote: Tue Jul 12, 2022 7:26 am Hi Wendell! Availability of the Gillette Silver Blue blades is apparently not a problem, according to Amazon and Ebay. Go get 'em! :D
Thanks Gary -- I have always procured from Fendriahan.ca and never gave thought to procuring through Mr. Bezos ....... Fendrihan are an excellent Canadian supplier, but have been out of stock for the past couple of months. Amazon it looks like this time around.
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Hi Wendell

My supplier: https://www.razorbladesclub.com

Worldwide shipping.
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Was cleaning out my office and found a bunch more supply that I didn’t realize I had so so good for the foreseeable future.
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jww wrote: Sun Sep 25, 2022 11:45 am Was cleaning out my office and found a bunch more supply that I didn’t realize I had so so good for the foreseeable future.
Nice find.
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Sam wrote: Sun Sep 25, 2022 2:33 pm
jww wrote: Sun Sep 25, 2022 11:45 am Was cleaning out my office and found a bunch more supply that I didn’t realize I had so so good for the foreseeable future.
Nice find.
It was - especially since in realizing the manufacturing country, I am not sure I'll purchase more in the future so nice to have a bit of a stash for a few more months.
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jww wrote: Sun Sep 25, 2022 11:45 am Was cleaning out my office and found a bunch more supply that I didn’t realize I had so so good for the foreseeable future.

It was - especially since in realizing the manufacturing country, I am not sure I'll purchase more in the future so nice to have a bit of a stash for a few more months.
Noticed them today on italianbarber.com for $34,59 CAD, but for the same reason as you I recently gave BiC platinum blades a try, as I wasn’t sure whether I would want to purchase more Astra or other Russian made blades at this stage.

Having said that, I have about four years’ worth of Feather blades left, but it’s still nice to switch blades once in a while.


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