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I agree to a point, most modern DE blades are better than most of the vintage blades but there a excptionall vintage blades and some poor modern DE blades. P.Try some of the current made in Russia Gillette blades as they work better IMO and go easy on buffing if at all.
Vintage blades are finite and expensive as Hell. Some were very good, but metallurgy and coatings have since leapt ahead light years. I had an extensive vintage blade assortment and have since sold off almost all of them when I discovered I was using confirmation bias and that modern DE blades are better. Technique, prep and a good soap/cream are more important overall IMO.
That's always a risk with any NOS blades, they could be good or totally unusable as I've found out to my cost when tracking down and buying some NOS Stropping bladesI have the same Tech, Sportsman edition i believe, I use exclusively Feather blades in all my DE razors, in fact i think you sold me a loadI find this makes a mild but effective shaver. I'd be interested in trying some vintage blades but to be honest the only place i've seen them for sale is on ebay and frankly it just seems to be a bit risky buying something which could be rusty and un-usable when you get them open.
I agree to a point, most modern DE blades are better than most of the vintage blades but there a excptionall vintage blades and some poor modern DE blades. P.
Yes I'm sorry I was thinking you was talking about non Gillette blades as well because as we know there are some poor modern blades that would be out performed by the best of the vintage blades. Your point stands P.Even the worst modern Gillette, Sputnik, is still a good blade. All bets are off on non-Gillette Third World blades, e.g., Lord, Super-Max, etc.
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