Gillette Silver Blue

Silver Blues are not only very sharp but also very smooth. It's the smoothness that makes a difference, as seen in a scanning electron microscope...

From all the scan pictures I've seen, it's no wonder that I prefer St.Petersburg's finest.

Gordy, from what I read photos such as these are meaningless as they tell us little or anything about the sputtering & coatings. It's like a B&W photo of a woman you've never met.

P.S. The Silver Blue is merely the old Russian (not the Indian) 7 O'clock Super Platinum 'reincarnated' according to the Gillette guy on another forum. It is a great blade, I agree.
 
Gordy, from what I read photos such as these are meaningless as they tell us little or anything about the sputtering & coatings. It's like a B&W photo of a woman you've never met.

P.S. The Silver Blue is merely the old Russian (not the Indian) 7 O'clock Super Platinum 'reincarnated' according to the Gillette guy on another forum. It is a great blade, I agree.

What the photographs taught me was that all the blades I preferred looked almost identical in the scans, all very much like the picture I provided. What I found with all these blades were smoothness translating into comfort, and were quite long lasting as well as working in the full range of vintage Gillettes, my preferred razor types. We know Astra SP are nowhere near as sharp as the GSB but they have the same, very smooth appearance in the scans.
My favourite blades are -
Astra SP
Gillette 7 o'c SharpEdge Yellow
Gillette Silver Blue
Perma-Sharp Super
Polsilver Super Iridium
Personna Lab Blue
These all look the same in scans, but have differing qualities. All but the Lab Blues are made in St.Petersburg and some may be the same blade, taking the mass spec. readings into consideration as well. I intend to try more of this factory's blades but again from the scans, the prospective blades look remarkably similar.
Out of the forty or so blades I trialled (I did a trial at the start of DE and another over a year later when routine changed and technique had levelled out), I could not find other blades with the qualities of my favourites. Only one other blade I really like, Feathers, have a smooth secondary facet, but it certainly doesn't on the primary facet.
I didn't take any of this into consideration when choosing blades as I found the scans after my trials. I found it to be coincidental that my chosen blades had the same appearance in the scans.
 
Gordy, I would love to see Alexface do another blind study but this time using only current Gillette blades to include the Silver Blue, all 7 O'Clock blades, Platinum & the Rubie. ;)
 
Great blades. They are smoother than my favourite Polsiver. In fact I keep switching between the two as my favourite. Polsilvers are cheaper but GSB has the edge purely because I seem to get up to 2 weeks shaves on one blade. They always impress me with their long performance.
 
I like the GSB, it works well in a range of razors.

I do prefer my PolSilver SI blades though.

I got into both when I had a major case of BAD and have close to 500 blades between the two types.......
 
I like the GSB, it works well in a range of razors.

I do prefer my PolSilver SI blades though.

I got into both when I had a major case of BAD and have close to 500 blades between the two types.......
What do you mean by "BAD"?
 
Great blades. They are smoother than my favourite Polsiver. In fact I keep switching between the two as my favourite. Polsilvers are cheaper but GSB has the edge purely because I seem to get up to 2 weeks shaves on one blade. They always impress me with their long performance.
How often do you shave?
 
What do you mean by "BAD"?

As above, Blade Acquisition Disorder, usually accompanied by RAD (Razor Acquisition Disorder) and SAD (Soap Acquisition Disorder) There is a second BAD though, Brush Acquisition Disorder, so be careful of contagion :)

My case was relatively short lived compared to many on here, I only acquired 1,200 blades, 12 razors, 9 soaps and 4 brushes before my Yorkshire Cash Sense kicked in and stopped me from blowing even more money on traditional shaving.

I now only replace used up stuff, or the the odd dodgy brush when they start to shed too much :)
 
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