Blades said:
Did..someone say "Sweeede" boy o boy I wish if I realized I truly miss these..I should/woulda..Didnt buy 1,000 of em!... :lol: :roll:
B
Hi there,
Around three years ago, the Swedes and the Feather blades were the two I used the most. The Swedes were great in all my razors, and the Feather was only excellent in my go to razor at the time (fatboy). There's something about a fatboy that turns a Feather blade magical.
Back then there were only 6-8 different blades being talked about and reviewed. Then an interesting and helpful guy named Gio started a forum and a store, and after that things changed. He was using all the various items in his store himself, including blades, soaps, razors, you name it. As a result of him trying all these blades we'd never heard of.....well that's how the Iridium came to be known.
I'd ordered from him a number of times and he'd always include some blade samples or something else. Really a generous man who enjoyed sharing what he'd learned over the years. The site shut down a few years back for various reasons, and the store was passed along to another person I believe.
Back then Swedes were 80 cents per blade. Way more expensive than any other one, but they were worth the cash to me. They're a sharp and smooth blade that fit me well.
So Gio kept going on about some of the blades he liked ....Polsilver was another I believe. After a while I looked in my sample bag he'd sent to see if he included an Iridium and it turned out he did. I figured what the hell, I'll give it a shot. I sure didn't think it was gonna replace the Swede in my rotation. Oh, at that time, Gio was selling the Iridium for 22 cents each in bulk.
I popped a blade in the control fatboy and man.........I was surprised. Best all around blade I'd ever tried. Course I'd only used maybe 6-8 different ones before that.
Within a week I sold the remaining 100 Swedes from my stash and bought Iridiums.
Martin