. ** The blades have been claimed ** Yesterday a new blade from my sample packs took its turn. It was the 7 A.M. Hi Platinum Durablade (not to be confuse with any of the Gillette 7 O'Clock versions). I created another beautiful, easy lather with my Mystic Water Shaving Soap and started my first pass. By the end of that pass, I knew I was done with the blade. I wasn't about to finish the shave with it, or try the next 7am blade. I have a solid performer in the very economical Personna Super Blue "Lab" blades so when testing all my other blades, I'm not going to be very patient with a blade that does not perform at least to that standard. With that said, I have 4 blades available if someone wants to try them. Blades seem to be the biggest YMMV shaving item, so this could very well be your favorite. First person who has not tried these before but would like to, and responds in this thread (not PM), will get the rest of these blades.
I'd like to try them, so far I've been using Wilkinson Swords from Wally World so they might be an improvement.