EBay Gillette Platinum blades
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I've bought and used the same ones Paul - no issues. Great blades!I received these today
I haven't seen any with Arabic writing on the packets before
Only using them will show if they're the real thing, I guess ?
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I received these today
I haven't seen any with Arabic writing on the packets before
Only using them will show if they're the real thing, I guess ?
They look legit from here but if you can take one out and take a picture of both sides with the paper wrapping then there might be a better chance of assessing whether it is authentic or not.
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The first Nacets I got had packaging mostly in Arabic - a mate bought them in one of the Gulf states - can't remember which - I subsequently purchased more and there is - in my opinion - no difference between the blades - simply different packaging for different markets. Cheers - I.
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Looks legit, good blades.
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Not true, they exist, in particular for some MIC Gillette Super Blue's it's supposed to be very difficult to buy the actual ones.
There have been threads of counterfeit Polsilvers here, and on B&B.
Have a look at the below
Spot the dodgy Polsilver S.I blades?!!
Hi, I bought a couple of tucks of Polsilver S.I blades recently off an E- bay seller, with a view of possibly buying a bulk load more if they were alright as I,m a little vary off buying blades from E-bay. Well I got the two tucks and nothing looked awry, possibly the cardboard containers...
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A few years back the authorities in South Africa dumped PALLETS of fake Gillette Minora blades into the ocean.
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We had a whole departments, plus legal working on counterfeit Blades. I personally have been sent to foreign plants, etc to ascertain if they were making fake blades. I went to one small plant in a region of China & they had equipment/capacity to produce a Billion blades per year
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They look genuine enough
If indeed it is genuine, the QC department needs a kick up the arse for not picking up on the Cut Off, Blade length ....
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In the interest of science, I gave one of these a try today. An excellent three pass shave:
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If they're fakes, they're high performing fakes.... or maybe it was the good soap..... or maybe I'm just easily pleased. Which ever way, great shave with these eBay Arabic GPs.
SOTD : Saturday 3rd October to Friday 9th October 2020.
04/10/20 Razor: ATT S1 Blade: Gillette Platinum (1) Brush: AP Shave Co 24mm SynBad Soap: Tabula Rasa Abraka Barber Pre: Proraso White ASL: Floïd Vigaroso ASB: LEA An excellent shave tonight with a soap kindly gifted to me by @patw - it's really really good. There was enough secondary...
www.theshavingroom.co.uk
If they're fakes, they're high performing fakes.... or maybe it was the good soap..... or maybe I'm just easily pleased. Which ever way, great shave with these eBay Arabic GPs.
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I guess this is perhaps an ideal time to query Mopar Mark (if he can say) on the Gillette Platinum "debate" that raged on various forums back when the co. introduced the new blue packaging (see my avatar) in Eastern Europe awhile back. Some swore on their mother's grave that they were "new & improved" as compared to the previous Blue/White/Silver tucks. Others feel they are the same as before. Of course the same debate raged concerning the old "White Box" Platinums with many claiming those were the new "Swede" of lore.
Here is a link to an old thread on B&B that came to mind. I am curious to see Mopar Mark dissect this:
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Here is a link to an old thread on B&B that came to mind. I am curious to see Mopar Mark dissect this:
Gillette Platinums?!
I found some Gillette Platinums from a vendor on Amazon. Could these possibly be the same thing as the legendary Swede?! :w00t: SAME name, SAME manufacturer, SAME point of origin as the Swede, just a different box. Has anyone seen these before? I didn't see anything on them in the...
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In the interest of science, I gave one of these a try today. An excellent three pass shave:
SOTD : Saturday 3rd October to Friday 9th October 2020.
04/10/20 Razor: ATT S1 Blade: Gillette Platinum (1) Brush: AP Shave Co 24mm SynBad Soap: Tabula Rasa Abraka Barber Pre: Proraso White ASL: Floïd Vigaroso ASB: LEA An excellent shave tonight with a soap kindly gifted to me by @patw - it's really really good. There was enough secondary...
If they're fakes, they're high performing fakes.... or maybe it was the good soap..... or maybe I'm just easily pleased. Which ever way, great shave with these eBay Arabic GPs.
I concur, Chris
Two shaves in with one of these blades.
They are the real deal, without doubt.
At £12.30 with free postage for 100 blades is a decent price too.
Incidentally, Silver Blues seem to have gone up in price since I last bought some.
Given there is very little difference in performance between the two blades, I'm happy with the Platinum's.