Russian Gillette Platinums?

[jfever311]

Okay, I posted in last weeks haul that I got a bunch of Gillette Platinums for a very good price. They came in today and they different from the ones I have been using. They are in a blue cardboard box, are individually wrapped in wax paper, and are made in Russia. Have any of you guys used these? If so, what are your thoughts on them?

[sparky5693]

I have tried the russian gillettes. The ones I purchased, were in a red package. I must say, these were the absolute worst blade i've used. Hopefully yours are different, but have something else in standby just in case.

Here's a pic of the blades I tried.

[herzi]

I think he means these
http://www.agora-trade.ru/images/produce/big/450.jpg

I haven't tried them yet.

[jfever311]

These are the ones that I have...

http://www.kay11.prodigynet.co.uk/rAZORS/all.jpg

[Queen of Blades]

Looks like you bought a LOT! Literally. :eek:

Have you had a chance to shave with them yet?

[Reformation Student]

I haven't tried those but if they are anything like the Sputnik blades, which I believe are also made by Gillette in Russia, they should be pretty good.

[jfever311]

I got a good deal on what I thought were the blades commonly known as "Swedes". It turns out that these are made in the same St. Petersburg plant that the Gillette 7 o'clock "Sharpedge" (yellow pack) blades are made in.

I just put a fresh "Swede" in my razor, so I will not get to the new russians for at least a week.

[JayKay]

I didnt think sputniks were made by Gillette.

[Reformation Student]

I didnt think sputniks were made by Gillette.

I could be wrong.

[brz90]

I've tried the Russian Gillette Platinums in the blue pack pictured. They're different to the Swedes. The printing on them is completely different for a start. They have the same kind of printing and presentation as the Czech Gillette Silver Blues but obviously they're made in St Petersburg, not the Czech Republic.
I've just used one blade but my first impressions were that it was sharp and smooth but maybe not as long living as a Swede. It didn't feel anything like a Swede to me. I got 3 good shaves and then I left it for a week or so and when I tried it again it was a bit rough, but it might have been my prep wasn't so good that day.
I've now tried the Russian 7 o'clock and I think there's a family resemblance with this blade.

[suffolksupplies]

The Sputniks are made in the Gillette factory in St Petersburg.

Gillette only owns 80% of Petersburg Products so they still make private label blades for the Russian & East European market. There are many, many brands made in the Russian plant as it's one of the biggest in the world.

In my experience most of the different packaged blades are actually different blades. The Red INOX Russians are old stock & quite bad.


Regards,


Paul

[jfever311]

Could these possibly be counterfit Gillettes?

[suffolksupplies]

It's possible, but they produced these blades from their Czech plant, so there very good counterfeits if they are.

What do the outer packets look like?



Regards,


Paul

[jfever311]

This is the best I have right now. I just took the last two pictures with the computers webcam. They show the box, the paper wrapper, and the blade itself laying on the wax paper inner wrapper. The blade is not gold as it looks in the picture. It is a normal silver color.

The first is a close up of the back of the box that I found on another site. That article provided no help other than this picture......:confused:

http://badgerandblade.com/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=14518&stc=1&d=1198782607