Chinese Knockoffs of the Tiger-3H Blade

I did a full face and head shave as well as a dry face shave with a Tiger for MAYhem and I agree with you 100%. I cant even call it a blade. I do however want 2 of these knock offs. One to kill myself with see how it shaves and the other for show.

 

The knock off may be better than the original, i cant imagine it could get any worse lol. I felt bad for Neil, i could not get thru a full pass with these blades, let alone a full shave.

 

I would rather get kicked in the teeth by a horse then dry shave with that Tiger again. If this knockoff is worse then the original I need to update my will on who gets my den.

 

One thing I never really got about the Tiger (and some of the other blades from Czech Blades) is why any company is producing 3H blades in the 21st century, at all. I could kind of understand if it was specifically marketed for a "vintage" market, but these seem to be intended as general purpose razor blades.

Is there some non-shaving use (i.e., specialized equipment) for 3H blades that I'm not aware of?

 

There's an interesting thread over on TSR that references a 2004 report on the state of the Indian razor blade market. Definitely worth a read for the history of Gillette it includes.

That part that caught me, though, was about the results of India's institution of standards for safety razor blades and how most blades could produce 1 good shave but none were good for more than 5. In particular, though, one blade was not capable of even a single good shave. They asked the manufacturer about this and a representative told them that while they were marketed as "blades", they were not specifically marketed as "shaving blades". When asked what they were useful for, the representative replied "sharpening pencils, of course".

Somehow, that explains a lot...