Saturday 16th April
Ganders Goat Soap w/Hop, Sage & Birch
Meisser Tremonia 'Amber' Bay & Rum pre-Market Test Shaving Soap
Razorock 400 Butterscotch w/Plissoft Noir Synthetic 24mm
Yaqi DLC & Muster Dikson Super Quality (Stainless)
Pinaud VIBR
Wow! I am Impressed ...
Somewhat of an enigma, these blades. I bought this stainless and a platinum variant from Razor Blades Club who inform us that they're Pakistani in origin. I found one other credible topic on these blades from 2015 where it was found that this pack (the black pack) was actually then sold as Super Platinum (rather than now, Super Quality) and inside the wrappers were identified as Personna Crystal. The contemporary packs appear to be a different manufaturer, but on that thought ... if I found these to be ASR blades, I would not be surprised. The tucks give us no clues, just a note that they're imported via Italy for the Muster Dikson group.
This stainless (and the platinum variant) are both now wrapped in a thick greaseproof wrapper inside a printed wrapper, much akin to the special market variants from Treet such as the King or the Falcon, but that's where the similarity ends. Treet have nothing like this blade in the stainless offerings. I've yet to use the platinum variant, so may come back to this thought because it could be something like the King but given a teflon and polymer coating like the 7 Days Platinum. I'm guessing. Of course, it could be an entirely different manufacturer but after a really good googling on the matter I came up blank as to other blade manufacturers in Pakistan.
So, the shave?
Immediately, exceptionally smooth and sharp. Think Silver Star kinda shave, but add some further glide. I puts me very much in mind of the Rise Stainless which was manufactured by Vidyut (Indian) and it is right up there! Like Pakistani VOSKHOD? Straight-up 9/10 shave for me, placing it absolutely amongst blades like those listed. Again, if it turned out to be some rehomed version of some discontinued Israeli version of the Personna Comfort Coated I would not be surprised.
Whatever it is, it punches WAY up there and I am very much looking forward to trying the platinum variant tomorrow.
Ping
@Mike Smart who seems to be the only other person in the hobbyist shaving world to have knowingly used these blades.