Monday 14th March
Ganders Goat Soap w/Hop, Sage & Birch
Old Spice (Vintage) Shaving Mug
VieLong American Style w/Haryali Synthetic 22mm
Gillette Hybrid Tech & Dollar Platinum (1)
Old Spice (Vintage) Aftershave
I'll begin by saying I like SuperMax ...
I like SuperMax and their current epoch Super Platinum blades really are up there with, say, Gillette's Indian Super Platinum in the black packaging. The Dollar Platinum is marketed by SuperMax, so guess it's akin to the Rise or the Ninja ... marketed by SuperMax, distributed by SuperMax and no doubt made by SuperMax but not SuperMax. SuperMax in all but name.
... and that brings me to what I think of this blade.
It is good. I have read folks disappointment at it being good, but not great; sharp but not especially so, but smooth. Personally, I think it is good, verging on very good. I also think it is certainly sharp, evidenced by how my face feels after a single pass and always consider the lack of sharpness folks talk about with, say, Chrome or Platinum blades is because they're so damn smooth ... and this one certainly is.
In a lot of ways, it reminds me of the discontinued SuperMax Platinum+ which was really quite a good blade, certainly compared to the older and rather hateful Vidyut/SuperMax Platinum.
Not this one ...
... this one!
It's not up there with the current offerings from SuperMax Super Platinum, like their global Blue Diamond, or Indian market Diamond Edge, but it's close. Where I rate, say, the SuperMax Blue Diamond Super Platinum or the Gillette 7 O'Clock Super Platinum at 8.5; I rate the old(er) SuperMax Platinum+ at 7.5.
The Dollar Platinum earns an 8.3.