Revisiting Permasharps and Polsilvers

Perma-Sharp Supers have been my only blade for over a year. But, as an offhand I tried a discontinued Wizamet from TryABlade that I had laying around (these are the blades that eventually became PolSilvers)... my order of 100 just got here from Spain.

Permasharps are great for me! Still have to test out the Personna reds, but the blues gave me incredible irritation. Right now, permasharp rules my den.

I have been revisiting some blades lately and the Permasharps and Polsilvers are on the list for this week or two.

I started with the Polsilvers tonight cause all of the hype going on around them. Well not too happy with them, 1st shave in the books and I'm getting micro tugs... After shaving 4 years with safety razors my skin is already accustomed to any aggressiveness on a razor and any sharpness from a blade, naturally now I tend to lean towards no nonsense sharp blades only.

So far Polsilvers are not impressing me at all, they might be smooth but if they are starting off on the 1st shave with micro tugs they wont be considered for a 100 pack purchase... Maybe is a dud or maybe the blade settles in after the 1st shave, time will tell... I wont give up on them though, if this blade still performs the same I will stop at 3 shaves and load another fresh blade, if the new blade still performs the same then I know these blades are just hyped to be sharp.

I'm glad I don't just jump into buying larger packs, first I test then I buy larger order. The same thing happened with the Personna Red's one in the Red packaging and the other in the blue/white claiming to be reds....  I tested 5 in a row from the blue/white packaging ones, what a garbage.... they don't even come close to the true red ones.

Don't matter what reviews say on retailer sites you can not trust them and after 4 years shaving with safety razors of all kinds the only blades that make in the storage are sharp ones.

Once I test them some more will report and also will report on the Permasharps.

This is exactly what I thought about the reds vs. Blue. Supposed to be the same but now the blues collect dust.

Permasharps are great for me! Still have to test out the Personna reds, but the blues gave me incredible irritation. Right now, permasharp rules my den.

BluSteel- we have the same affinity for blades. Perma, Personna Red, and kai for me, 1, 2, 3.

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I don't know what I was thinking, but I just tried Perma-Sharp Supers for the first time and was very pleasantly surprised. I want to log more shaves, but it was good in my Rex Ambassador.

Will test longevity and smoothness/sharpness on additional shaves with the Rex and also use in different razors, but good stuff so far!

I don't know what I was thinking, but I just tried Perma-Sharp Supers for the first time and was very pleasantly surprised. I want to log more shaves, but it was good in my Rex Ambassador.

Will test longevity and smoothness/sharpness on additional shaves with the Rex and also use in different razors, but good stuff so far!

Roger that. I was surprised like you. Really good performance. Not much blog love - but proves the old adage - ymmv- thus.....
I try everything. And for me, the main variable controlling my shaves is the blade!

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Does Gillette own/make both Polsilver and PermaSharp blades?

Does Gillette own/make both Polsilver and PermaSharp blades?

Yes.

I too have been revisiting Polsilver SIs. I hadn't used them in a long while and had settled on GSBs as my go to blade. I read something in a forum thread and thought it would be good for me to try a few more tucks as I forgot how they performed and was curious how they would perform in my newly found favorite razor, Gillette New Deluxe. Well, I'm about 4 shaves into my revisit with these blades and I have to say I love them. I may love them more than GSBs but time will tell on that. I need to see some consistency. I've found that blades are very much perceived differently by pretty much everybody. To each his or her own.