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Chad Uses BAD blades!

Cvargo said:
Trust me I am nervous about how long I can go at this. But I am actually enjoying the process. My only concern is the razor piece actually. I love my Timeless don't get me wrong but I enjoy using other razors too. Do you think it would ruin my scientific (already lack of) approach if I used other ones?

Also research has begun for the Mem Super Silver Platinum Blade.
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It's your test, you run it however you think you need to. I'm not going to say that different razors will invalidate anything.... as long as you get what you need from them.
 
dkeester said:
Also, if you are going to do good blades, I have a few more I could send you...
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The only reason I opted to add them in is because you sent me the Wilkinson Sword blade. And I already have some of those blades. This whole series started because I was running low on my 100 pack purchases that I love the Astra SP, Gillette yellow 7 o'clock, and Personna Lab Blue. I had a bunch of loose blades and figured hey let's revisit some of these, it has boomed into this. And honestly already with some of the 100 pack rating blades I have found they are better than some I already have. So I figured perhaps I should officially review every blade that I own/sent to me in this series. Which is why I added others.

There are blades that I have owned/used that I don't currently have in my den. So if you are curious about a blade that is not on the list let me know and I will let you know if I have used it or if it will be the first time and I will add it to the list. One that I can think if is the Voskhod. I had about 20 of those blades and have used them all.
 
would you want us to lend you other razors to try? I can send a blackbird and if my Muhle Rocca does not sell I can send for a little while.
 
Sharp's said:
would you want us to lend you other razors to try? I can send a blackbird and if my Muhle Rocca does not sell I can send for a little while.
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\n\nProbably not at this time. I definitely don\'t want to load a blade for review in a new to me razor.\n\n
\"Dave in KY said:
Pol Silver Super Iridium?
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\n\nYes I have used them, and had a few tucks, but have used them all. I remember good things. It has been about a year or more since I used one.
 
Cvargo said:
The only reason I opted to add them in is because you sent me the Wilkinson Sword blade. And I already have some of those blades. This whole series started because I was running low on my 100 pack purchases that I love the Astra SP, Gillette yellow 7 o'clock, and Personna Lab Blue. I had a bunch of loose blades and figured hey let's revisit some of these, it has boomed into this. And honestly already with some of the 100 pack rating blades I have found they are better than some I already have. So I figured perhaps I should officially review every blade that I own/sent to me in this series. Which is why I added others.

There are blades that I have owned/used that I don't currently have in my den. So if you are curious about a blade that is not on the list let me know and I will let you know if I have used it or if it will be the first time and I will add it to the list. One that I can think if is the Voskhod. I had about 20 of those blades and have used them all.
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Did I send you the German Wilkie or the Indian Wilkie?

Also, Voskhods are around $8 per 100 on Amazon right now.
 
Volume 27 Mem Super Silver Platinum Use 1

Alright well today I used the MEM blade and this is a controversial blade. Not a lot if information out there. And the stuff that I did find it is in a different language.

To begin this review let's take a look at the back of the blade:



Okay so these blades claim to be from Zemun, Serbia.

What is in question is the text "Posle upotrebe Ne brisati"

In Serbian it translates to: "Do Not Erase After Use"
In Croatian it translates to: "Do Not Wipe after Use"

Alright so the history between the two countries isn't always the best, but the languages are similar and I am only using google translate so perhaps it isn't perfect. Now the claims.

Online using translators I was able to find reviews where people in Serbia where claiming the above blades are fake now this was from 2012-2015, and they where stating they are Chinese knockoffs. Now that is interesting also. There are relations between China and Serbia... so I wonder if the MEM company purposely went to China to have there blade made? Perhaps I mean I can't find any other MEM blades on the market. So maybe.

As you can see a lot of speculation.

So on eBay these are $2.50/5 blades

I also found one South African market selling these blades at 90 cents per 5 blades.

So the shave was definitely tuggy, not very smooth, I felt the blade throughout the whole shave. While removing whiskers it wasn't done very efficiently. af first I didn't think I had any irritation except for one small nic, but when applying aftershave I definitely was lit up with irritation. Little torn on this blade but not if it belongs in a good category. But just to see if it can redeem itself to be in the bad category. Here watch

 
Ugh. Not only is the information on this blade confusing, but it sounds like the shave was pretty rough. I’ll have to check out the video after work.
 
You know it's going to be bad..... you can see the blood spot on the preview pic.
 
Wow, that was a bad shave. I am not too surprised it wasn't as bad as TBFH, but I was a little hopeful.

It sounds to me like it belongs in the TRASH category. Now, the question is... What are you going to do with the other 4 MEM blades that I sent you?

While I found this video entertaining, I don't think this blade deserves a second shave.
 
dkeester said:
Wow, that was a bad shave. I am not too surprised it wasn't as bad as TBFH, but I was a little hopeful.

It sounds to me like it belongs in the TRASH category. Now, the question is... What are you going to do with the other 4 MEM blades that I sent you?

While I found this video entertaining, I don't think this blade deserves a second shave.
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Well what else can I do with them? Send them out to some pals of course!

Well it did get used a second time. See below.

Dave in KY said:
Yeah, how about the Tiger blade soon !! Cause the wrapper is cool
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hmmm maybe.
 
Volume 28 Mem Super Silver Platinum Use 2

Well against my better judgement I used this blade for a second time. But wait, to be honest as with most blades the second shave was actually a tad bit smoother and not as harsh. The problem the blade is NOT sharp at all. Then while shaving I realized I started favoring one edge more than the other. So a quick glance with the naked eye, The coating on this blade is actually covering part of the edge on one. Couple that with all the items discussed in the video and previous post, and the fact that these are most likely fake I can not recommend ANYONE to purchase these blades. So they get a rating of TRASH!

Not sure what blade will be used tomorrow. But I think a Random Number generator is order. Let's add a little Russian Roulette to this.

****RATING SYSTEM****
TRASH: Can't get a good shave. This blade is horrible. Never use again.
BAD: A bad blade but technically still got a serviceable shave, but have no desire to use the blade again.
GOOD: It was good enough that if I have another blade I wouldn't hesitate to use it.
100PACK: This blade was good enough to warrant stocking up!

**** Blades Used ****
1. Muhle = Bad
2.Van Der Hagen = Good
3. Graham Field = Trash
4. Super Homex = Bad
5. Shark Super Chrome = Bad
6. Shark Stainless Steel = 100 PACK
7. Sputnik = 100 PACK
8. Rockwell = Bad
9. Parker = 100 PACK
10. Bic Platinum = Trash
11. Timor = Good
12. MEM Super Silver Platinum = Trash

*** 100 Pack Ranking***
1. Parker Premium
2. Sputnik
3. Shark Stainless Steel

*** On Deck***
7 A.M. Platinum
Assured
Astra Sp
Baili Blue Blades
Balaka Carbon Steel
Big Ben Super Stainless
Blue Bird Stainless
Bolzano
Captain Carbon Steel
Centwin Super Platinum
Cloud
Concord
Croma Diamant Stainless
Crown Stainless?
Derby Extra
Derby Platinum
Dollar Platinum
Dorco Prime
Dorco ST300
Dorco ST301
Feather Hi-Stainless
Gentle Man Platinum
Gillette 7 O'Clock Black
Gillette 7 O'Clock Yellow
Gillette Nacet
Gillette Silver Blue
Gillette Wilkinson Sword German
Gillette Wilkinson Sword Indian
Kai Stainless Steel
Ladas Stainless
Laser Super Platinum
Laser Ultra
Lord Platinum
Lord Super Chrome
Lord Super Stainless
Merkur Super
Ming Shi Super White Blades
Patrix
Perma Sharp Super
Personna Lab Blue
Q Ball Platinum Plus
QShave Titanium
Racer Platinum
Racer Super Stainless
Rainbow Super Stainless
Rapira Chrome
Rapira Lux
Rapira Stainless
Red Royal Platinum
Rise Classic
Rise Platinum
Royal Super Stainless
Sharp Chromium
Shaver Boy
Silver Star
Super Max Super Stainless Blue Plus
Super Max Titanium
Tiger
Tomy Sper Stainless
Topaz Platinum
Topaz Stainless
Treet 7 Days Platinum
Treet Carbon Steel
Treet Classic
Treet Dura Sharp
Treet Falcon
Treet King
Treet New Edge
Treet Silver
Trig Stainless
V12 Super Platinum
Vijay Stainless
Viking Sword
Vincent VT300B
Yingjili
Zae Blades
Zaza Super Stainless
Zorrik Stainless
Zorrik Talvar
 
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