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Blademonkey said:
A very good boar, quick to break in. :) P.
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It's the boar i originally wanted to try but baulked at paying 20 Euros for it in case I didn't like it... At least if for any reason I don't get on with it I can always put a different knot into that lovely handle. But hopefully it won't come to that, from what I've seen if any boar will suit me it's a Zenith.
 
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Hello, i am Obelix and i am a blade junkie.

Ordered:

- Another 100 Voskhods (because 300 sounds bad, 400 sounds better).
- 200 Rapira Super Stainless (because it's a very comfortable, low stress, blade).

Besides, 5250 blades, sounds like "incomplete". 5550 is more round number. If i had tried Rapiras early one, i would have bought 1200 minimum. Maybe they aren't Astra quality or sharpness, but frankly, at some point sharpness becomes overkill and for my skin, the Rapiras seem nick-proof.

I SWEAR this is my last blade purchase.
 
Obelix said:
Hello, i am Obelix and i am a blade junkie.

Ordered:

- Another 100 Voskhods (because 300 sounds bad, 400 sounds better).
- 200 Rapira Super Stainless (because it's a very comfortable, low stress, blade).

Besides, 5250 blades, sounds like "incomplete". 5550 is more round number. If i had tried Rapiras early one, i would have bought 1200 minimum. Maybe they aren't Astra quality or sharpness, but frankly, at some point sharpness becomes overkill and for my skin, the Rapiras seem nick-proof.

I SWEAR this is my last blade purchase.
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I like round numbers! :) P.
 
Blademonkey said:
I like round numbers! :) P.
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Me too. I like round and even. 300 for a blade you like, sounds "off". 400 sounds much better. Besides, here, many blades aren't a good deal at all, price wise (namely all the Rapiras and the Gillettes except for Astra). So, since i decided with delay to buy from Ebay, i may as well grab the Rapiras in a "decent" number.

Besides, blades aren't supposed to go bad, availability locally isn't go to increase, reformulation (i hate the new Astras without ink, thank God i purchased 1200 of the old ones) or cessation of production can happen and prices aren't go to decrease. As a matter of fact, the main local shop from which i purchased the big part of my blades, has 2 months ago, increased all prices by about 3-4 euros per 100 carton. If you think that i bought 50 cartons, i saved about 150-200 EUR for having purchased before the price hikes.

As Gillette continues to penetrate the chinese and indian markets with her cartidges, production of DE blades will inevitably slow down and prices will increase. And availability will probably do the same. Shark Super Chrome are impossible to find here for several months now. They were available when i started wetshaving, but disappeared for good. Dorco Primes were available at Amazon, now they still are but with 2-5 weeks delivery.
 
Obelix said:
Me too. I like round and even. 300 for a blade you like, sounds "off". 400 sounds much better. Besides, here, many blades aren't a good deal at all, price wise (namely all the Rapiras and the Gillettes except for Astra). So, since i decided with delay to buy from Ebay, i may as well grab the Rapiras in a "decent" number.

Besides, blades aren't supposed to go bad, availability locally isn't go to increase, reformulation (i hate the new Astras without ink, thank God i purchased 1200 of the old ones) or cessation of production can happen and prices aren't go to decrease. As a matter of fact, the main local shop from which i purchased the big part of my blades, has 2 months ago, increased all prices by about 3-4 euros per 100 carton. If you think that i bought 50 cartons, i saved about 150-200 EUR for having purchased before the price hikes.

As Gillette continues to penetrate the chinese and indian markets with her cartidges, production of DE blades will inevitably slow down and prices will increase. And availability will probably do the same. Shark Super Chrome are impossible to find here for several months now. They were available when i started wetshaving, but disappeared for good. Dorco Primes were available at Amazon, now they still are but with 2-5 weeks delivery.
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I like the way you think! Bulk buying of blades makes perfect sense for many reasons. :) P.
 
Blademonkey said:
I like the way you think! Bulk buying of blades makes perfect sense for many reasons. :) P.
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If it wasn't for the damned customs and the ever present danger that the pack can be randomly picked for inspection and someone asks for receipt, i would have made bigger acquisitions from both Russia and China, if not anything else, because waiting 35 days is annoying as hell. But, at least, the blades are still very good bargain, because with the 300 order, i basically pay 7 euros per 100blades, shipping included. Not bad at all.
 
Dear me, i ordered 2 Yaqi 24mm tuxedos (actually, according to accounts in an italian forum, in reality they are more like 26mm, because Yaqi measures the diameter not at the edge of the handle, but at the point of insertion of the knot in the handle).

This and this . After watching youtube videos, reading enablers and finally seeing the today discounts, i couldn't resist... 20 EUR shipping included. Even if they stop them at the customs, my total receipt is below 22 EUR. Besides, they can't be more springy than my S-brush, can they... And i like brushes that i can abuse. Synths seem good at this (so do boars). Maybe synths will grow on me. I watched some youtube videos and they don't seem very springy.

In the meantime, my first Yaqi order is in a limbo... The chinese tracking site only says it left China. Italian post tracking says "server error". A russian (!) tracking site says it's in Milan since yesterday!

If i say that i want something else, please, somebody stop me!
 
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