But last night I drew blood in several places when using a new blade in my Braveheart. I thought I'd stopped bloodletting a while ago and was becoming rather chuffed with myself...bordering on the proud, in fact
Obviously I know there are twenty different variables which might have affected the shave...but in view of the poor experiences of SOME other users after using the WHITE wrapped blades and the fact that I really have started to get first class, blood free, shaves now, I thought I'd contact SS just to let them know that this was the second time I'd found their blades to draw blood and offer a less than impressive shave. I did persevere with the shave and got there in the end after touching up in various places...and placing a bucket on the floor to catch the drips.
So, maybe, you might just feel a little bit better about getting them from Connaught (did you use the discount code for them?). Say you did or you'll get depressed again.
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Having sent a distinctly polite email to Salon Supply in the US 48 hours ago, Natalie at SS replied yesterday offering to send a new box out to me without charge. I replied saying I'd appreciate that but that I wanted to pay their costs. Tonight they replied refusing to take any money saying it was within their 90 day warranty period. So, I agreed, of course, and await a new box.
I'll happily report findings BUT would like to say I was very impressed with their promptness in replying and their kindness in sending replacements out. So, thank you to Salon Supply Store in the US.
They did, however, say they had no awareness of particular problems with the blades and were not aware that there was any difference between the blue wrappers and the white. After reading reams and reams of reports here and at B& B in the US I would have imagined that they were vaguely aware that there has, in the past, been representations made to them and to Personna regarding the quality of SOME blades and references made to sleeve colour of Lab Blue and Med Peps etc....but, they've been as OK with me as I could have asked, so all credit to them