Special offer Lord Blades at La Barbiera

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La Barbiera have Racer Super Platinum and Rainbow on offer for £3.99 for a 100.

@pjgh
Paul have you used these? What were your thoughts?

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CLEARANCE - 100 Racer Double Edge Blades

We are trying to have a clear out to condense our range of razor blades. These are Racer branded double edge blades, made by Lord International. 100 Double Edge Blades, packed in 5s in a cardboard tuck. Please note due to restrictive postage costs, we will ship as 20 individual tucks, without...
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Website https://www.lordshave.net/ I've used Lord blades for a good number of years, but within the last few months I have run the entire Lord house back-to-back in the same razor ... and then revisited a number in the same razor and alternative razors. I've been over and over how the heck to...
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@pjgh yes you have!
 
donnie_arko said:
La Barbiera have Racer Super Platinum and Rainbow on offer for £3.99 for a 100.

@pjgh
Paul have you used these? What were your thoughts?

labarbiera.co.uk

CLEARANCE - 100 Racer Double Edge Blades

We are trying to have a clear out to condense our range of razor blades. These are Racer branded double edge blades, made by Lord International. 100 Double Edge Blades, packed in 5s in a cardboard tuck. Please note due to restrictive postage costs, we will ship as 20 individual tucks, without...
labarbiera.co.uk
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Duly enabled, thanks for the heads-up! Although it's my avatar I've only tried the regular (Stainless) Racer's, looking forward to trying the Platinum (class) version.
 
Thanks very much for this!

I just ordered 100 of each and still offered a free delivery option despite spending less than £8!

Like Weean I've only tried the stainless version of the Racers.

I'm doing so well with 2024 shaving purchases restraint
 
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donnie_arko said:

House of Lords

Website https://www.lordshave.net/ I've used Lord blades for a good number of years, but within the last few months I have run the entire Lord house back-to-back in the same razor ... and then revisited a number in the same razor and alternative razors. I've been over and over how the heck to...
www.theshavingroom.co.uk www.theshavingroom.co.uk

@pjgh yes you have!
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I have indeed! Yes, I like 'em a lot! If we're really splitting hairs, I'd say it's "a classy Lord Platinum".
 
NotTheStig said:
I used a couple of Rainbow a few years ago and found them to be pretty good blades.
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I found them about on a par with the regular Lord Stainless and/or the OK Stainless branding ... which is not bad thing. They're a sound, good and honest Super (Class) Stainless blade. Tempted, but I think I'm just going to bag the Racer Platinum deal as I have a LOT of Lord Stainless class blades.

Thanks for the heads-up!
 
Mine just arrived, which is pretty good going. Unfortunately recently started a new blade, but I look forward to trying these some time next week.

From the text on the back of the tucks, I think these were intended for the Turkish market.
 
Weean said:
Mine just arrived, which is pretty good going. Unfortunately recently started a new blade, but I look forward to trying these some time next week.

From the text on the back of the tucks, I think these were intended for the Turkish market.
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Dammit, it's those blades that are only properly finished on one edge: https://www.theshavingroom.co.uk/community/threads/big-ben-differential-edge-sharpness.46390/

Only half the bargain it first appeared! Hopefully the Rainbows others have bought are ok - the only tuck of Rainbows I ever tried were fine. Historically they were a Sotraco brand rather than Lord, which may have made a difference.
 
This time round found the Rainbow to be fine for two shaves. Sharp enough but not the sharpest. Basically a decent daily shaver but nothing more.

The Racer I like more. I've had two shaves out of one so far and found them to be a lot smoother and there's still life left in it for another blade. I used the stainless version years ago and liked them but prefer these Platinum Supers.

I did a repeat order and added the Ladas. I used them years ago (and once recently by coincidence) as well and found them to be decent too.
 
donnie_arko said:
La Barbiera have Racer Super Platinum and Rainbow on offer for £3.99 for a 100.

@pjgh
Paul have you used these? What were your thoughts?

labarbiera.co.uk

CLEARANCE - 100 Racer Double Edge Blades

We are trying to have a clear out to condense our range of razor blades. These are Racer branded double edge blades, made by Lord International. 100 Double Edge Blades, packed in 5s in a cardboard tuck. Please note due to restrictive postage costs, we will ship as 20 individual tucks, without...
labarbiera.co.uk
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Thanks for posting...
The last Rainbow's I purchased were not good, but they may not have been stored properly. We shall see with this new batch. Lord stainless (ASCO & Shark) are amongst my favourite blades. Great deal from La Barbiera.
 
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Weean said:
Dammit, it's those blades that are only properly finished on one edge: https://www.theshavingroom.co.uk/community/threads/big-ben-differential-edge-sharpness.46390/

Only half the bargain it first appeared! Hopefully the Rainbows others have bought are ok - the only tuck of Rainbows I ever tried were fine. Historically they were a Sotraco brand rather than Lord, which may have made a difference.
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That's from a shave, I take it?

I'm looking at one of mine under the best magnification I can do and I'm not seeing anything of concern. But, a shave will most definitely tell all.

As a giggle, since Lord do make a good number of single side Barber blade packs, I wonder ... do the sell the good or the bad halves? :ROFLMAO:
 
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