Top Five Blades Gents...

Gillette O'Clock Super Platinum Blacks
Astra Superior Platinum
Feather
Polsilver
Personna Reds

 
I would now replace the Polsilvers with Perma-Sharp Supers.  Really enjoying that blade.

Ok you got me...I ordered 5 packs of them just now.  I figured if I don't like them I can PIF'm

Thanks Brian. I think you'll be happy with them. Be sure to post what you think, good or bad!

OK so I just shaved for the first time with Gillette 7 o'clock Super Platinum Russian Blues.....WOW!  I put it in my R41 and used MWF.  I have NEVER used a DE safety razor and only made 1 pass....until tonight.  I only had about 2 days of growth, but after one pass I was BBS.  I am anxious to see how this holds up over the next 4-5 days.  So far they are worth every penny......sorry no PIF, these are staying in my stash.  Thanks @TheHandleBar!

Ok you got me...I ordered 5 packs of them just now.  I figured if I don't like them I can PIF'm

Thanks Brian. I think you'll be happy with them. Be sure to post what you think, good or bad!

OK so I just shaved for the first time with Gillette 7 o'clock Super Platinum Russian Blues.....WOW!  I put it in my R41 and used MWF.  I have NEVER used a DE safety razor and only made 1 pass....until tonight.  I only had about 2 days of growth, but after one pass I was BBS.  I am anxious to see how this holds up over the next 4-5 days.  So far they are worth every penny......sorry no PIF, these are staying in my stash.  Thanks @TheHandleBar!

Glad you like them! They're my absolute favorites too, haven't found anything that gives me a shave like them.
The Black packs are close, but there's still a big difference to me.

The Blues are fantastic so why is it that every time I find an outstanding blade, it's discontinued. (Do you think that's Gillette's way of forcing us to use its latest multi-blade gizmo? )

The Blues are fantastic so why is it that every time I find an outstanding blade, it's discontinued. (Do you think that's Gillette's way of forcing us to use its latest multi-blade gizmo? )

I think its a conspiracy against wet shavers....viva la revolucion!

The Blues are fantastic so why is it that every time I find an outstanding blade, it's discontinued. (Do you think that's Gillette's way of forcing us to use its latest multi-blade gizmo? )

I think its a conspiracy against wet shavers....viva la revolucion!

The name has been "retired", but not the blade. Many are just renamed. You just have to figure out now which other Russian Gillette blade is the same one.

Hi Everyone,

My Top 5 Blades:

1) Polsilver Super Iridium - Consistently Smooth & Sharp
2) Gillette Silver Blue - Very Comfortable with decent sharpeness
3) Rapira Swedish - Works great with my Razorock Stealth Slant
4) Astra SS - Comfortable but not as sharp IMO
5) Gillette Silver Platinum - Varies with razor choice IMO

this is in no order but

perma sharp super (recently revisited these and love them)
gillette yellow
voskhod
gsb
personna meds

runners up would be

polsilver si's
rapira supersteels
lab blue
treet new steel
feather (but they are only good for max 2 shaves with my beard)

My No. 1 choice is a tie between the Gillette Platinum (modern Russian) and their Rubie Platinum Plus. I do however suspect they are the same blade and only the name changed for different markets. I would say the No. 2 spot is a tie as well between the Gillette Super Stainless (Green box Russian), 7 O'clock Sharp Edge, the Nacet Stainless, their regular Stainless (Russian & available only overseas) & Silver Blue. These are all "Tier 1" one blades and never fail to give storybook shaves. As well, any modern Personna blade, e.g., Israeli Red, etc., are superb.

There are too many other good blades for me to list for successive spots as I try to use mainly what I feel are the best.

Here's the aforementioned Gillette regular Stainless available overseas from one Israeli vendor. It's probably the sharpest Gillette blade I've used:

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Because of this post, you piqued my interest. I found a source for these and placed an order. Coming soon!

I bought them here:

http://liorfe.com/collections/gillette