Gillette Minora Stainless

Wintermute · Friday December 4, 2020

Mine haven't turned up yet as well as 2 other packages that are late. Maybe York are having major issues at the moment

culcreuch · Saturday December 5, 2020

Mine arrived this morning!

Ferrum · Saturday December 5, 2020

culcreuch said:
Mine arrived this morning!

Good thing, too. I shall be trying one tomorrow in my Homelike OC .90, which should be interesting.

Wintermute · Saturday December 5, 2020

Mine arrived this morning along with the other bits I was waiting on.

Just given one a try in my Razorock GC .84, unsurprisingly for a Russian Gillette blade it was a good shave. Had 3 days growth and it felt sharp and smooth, didn't have any irritation or weepers.

Ferrum · Sunday December 6, 2020

Definitely one of the nicer blades. As per @Wintermute , sharp and smooth. I've been using a Feather in a ball-end Tech, which is a bit rougher than usual for me, and I thought that the Minora might be irritating after that, but surprisingly, it wasn't. Soap was OSP Barber Shop, now dwindling fast.

Bogeyman · Tuesday December 8, 2020

FWIW, I see now that https://www.razorbladesclub.com/razorblades/#product_10795 is now stocking these and at a fair market price I might add.

SammieM · Tuesday December 8, 2020

Bogeyman said:
..............Why don't you use them? Almost all Gillette DE blades are great and even their lowly Sputnik is a good "service" grade blade IMO. I can only think of one I didn't like: their Vietnam market Super Thin Platinum.

Sputnik is awesome for me in an R41...

Bogeyman · Friday December 11, 2020

Any more reports on this new lil' jewel of a blade? I had six perfect shaves on the first one before I switched to another blade type. At least for me blades "die" between six & seven shaves.

donnie_arko · Friday December 11, 2020

Bogeyman said:
Any more reports on this new lil' jewel of a blade? I had six perfect shaves on the first one before I switched to another blade type. At least for me blades "die" between six & seven shaves.

Good to hear. Which other PPI blade would you say it most resembles?

Bogeyman · Friday December 11, 2020

donnie_arko said:
Good to hear. Which other PPI blade would you say it most resembles?

Tough question as there really isn't a penny's worth of difference between most of their blades. I think it boils down more to the prep and soap/cream used on any given day if the shaver has good technique and knows their razor. Just my 2 cents.

SeanC · Sunday December 13, 2020

Wintermute said:
Mine arrived this morning along with the other bits I was waiting on.

Just given one a try in my Razorock GC .84, unsurprisingly for a Russian Gillette blade it was a good shave. Had 3 days growth and it felt sharp and smooth, didn't have any irritation or weepers.

Same here in the same razor. It reminds me of the Nacet and the now defunct Gillette Stainless in the red and white tuck. I got 5 good 2 pass shaves from 1 blade and could have probably pushed it further. I suspect that those who like the milder Gillette 'Platinum' sputtered blades will find these a tad sharp, but most should like.

Boycie83 · Thursday December 17, 2020

First use of the Minora today. It was hard to gauge as I used it in the Henson which I'm nonplussed with. It performed the same as the KCG blade that was in there before it. The Henson is back in the rack and the Minora installed in my desert island razor, the ATT S1, for a proper assessment.

karlc · Thursday December 17, 2020

Boycie83 said:
First use of the Minora today. It was hard to gauge as I used it in the Henson which I'm nonplussed with. It performed the same as the KCG blade that was in there before it. The Henson is back in the rack and the Minora installed in my desert island razor, the ATT S1, for a proper assessment.
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Please tell me they're bad so Im not tempted to buy any (2021 buying sabbatical fast approaching too)

donnie_arko · Thursday December 17, 2020

Boycie83 said:
First use of the Minora today. It was hard to gauge as I used it in the Henson which I'm nonplussed with. It performed the same as the KCG blade that was in there before it. The Henson is back in the rack and the Minora installed in my desert island razor, the ATT S1, for a proper assessment.
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The Henson seemed to be quite popular on ATG, any particular reasons why it's not working out for you so far?

Bogeyman · Thursday December 17, 2020

Boycie83 said:
First use of the Minora today. It was hard to gauge as I used it in the Henson which I'm nonplussed with. It performed the same as the KCG blade that was in there before it. The Henson is back in the rack and the Minora installed in my desert island razor, the ATT S1, for a proper assessment.
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Is this the Mild or Medium level Henson?

Boycie83 · Friday December 18, 2020

donnie_arko said:
The Henson seemed to be quite popular on ATG, any particular reasons why it's not working out for you so far?

Bogeyman said:
Is this the Mild or Medium level Henson?

It's the medium level version.

It works very well as a razor. Easy to use and it always delivers a good finish. It's soulless though - I don't walk away from the shaving feeling like I've really enjoyed it. There's an annoying amount of drag with it as well which I think is due to the coating and angle of the head.