New Rio Safety blade review

Discussion in 'Safety Razors' started by Rio Bravo, Mar 6, 2015.

  1. PatrickA51

    PatrickA51 Well-Known Member

    I have a package hese but I am sad to say I have never opened the package, I got them in a PIF and put them in the drawer. maybe I will open the pack and try one .
    Thanks
     
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  2. Rio Bravo

    Rio Bravo Well-Known Member

    I will be using a new blade today. Will be interesting to see what happens.
     
  3. Rio Bravo

    Rio Bravo Well-Known Member

    005-A Gillette 7'oclock Sharpedge - Russian
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    Type of shave: DE Safety
    Razor: 60s-70s Gillette Tech DE
    Passes: Three
    Number of cuts:2
    Look: Reliable
    Speed of shave: Quick
    Date: 17/03/2015

    Closeness:
    pass 1: 9/10
    Pass 2: 9/10
    Pass 3: 10/10

    Review.
    These are very sharp. Or at least they felt that way to me. I must say that I was slightly worried by the name of these blades so I went a little careful which led to two cuts within a matter of seconds. As psychotic as it sounds, I chose to speed up at this stage to my usual standard and stopped worrying about the name; subsequently I can confirm that these blades just glide over your face.

    With the grain: Cumbersome at first due to my speed but then, once corrected ,was smooth.
    Across the grain: Smooth
    Against the grain: Perfect and smooth!

    I went at a very slow for 1/3 with the grain, full speed across and full speed against.

    Do not fear the name. They are sharp, but they are also very smooth

    Would I buy them again? Oh yes

    Would I recommend them? Yes

    Number of 3 pass shaves achieved:TBC

    Rio Bravo score 81.3%
     

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