Your take on Voskhod Russian Blades???

[The Count of Merkur Cristo]

Becuase of the recent quaility control issues of Shark SC blades;

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and the good things discussed here about Russian blades, I've decided to purchase a Sampler of various Russian blades from an Ebay seller from Moscow (thanx Tony for the link), as displayed below and log my results in my Razor Blade Spread Sheet.
I hope I don't have to pay for customs on these blades when they arrive.

“A razor [blade] can’t be sharpened on a piece of velvet”. Author Unknown

 

[WickedSwde]

I have learn to play with customs during these years and always trying to keep the costs around $100 when ordering something from outside EU. I want to help customs

Be happy for that. Here we have lower limits (think it's about $70). Then we have to pay 25% VAT on both the product and shipping. And the customs here are getting really neurotic.

 

[wurls]

Voshkods are GREAT! A little better than Astra SP's, even though Astras are top shelf. A tie for 2nd with the Astras are Rapira Platinum Lux. Russia makes really good blades!

 

[Icebear]

Voskhods and Ladas are among my favorites, prime blades everyone should try at least once.

 

[TonyJ]

How you are doing with the testing? Did you already pick up your favorites from the sample?

 

[Alphonse]

The Rapiras are NICE!!! I really love the Platinum Lux blades, they are top quality blades that compete with the tops out there... and LADAS is very nice as well.. I have 150 Voskhods and they are smooth, but aren't the quality of the other rapiras IMO. I would put most effort into getting the platinum lux or ladas blade. As previously mentioned, the Voskhod blade is a 3 and out for me and the 3rd shave isn't so awesome, and that's with me using 1 edge for the first shave, the 2nd edge for the 2nd shave, and both edges for the 3rd shave.

 

[Gissy]

You EU guys are lucky! In Norway the limit is 30$! Thankfully a lot of vendors ship items as gift or put down the value on the package if you ask.

 

[redtide]

For me the Voskhod are a great blade. They work great in a slant I found.


Pros: Sharp and smooth
Cons: Hard to find, because of that - expensive.
Quality: 8
Sharpness: 8.5
Smoothness of Shaves: 8.5

 

[5savages]

Cons: Hard to find, because of that - expensive.

At $12/100, plus shipping, I think they're pretty cheap. Perhaps shipping to Canada makes them a lot more expensive?

http://www.theshavedenshop.com/index.php?_a=product&product_id=236

 

[5savages]

Voskhods are my favorite blade. Better even than the Iridium Super (though I get more shaves from the IS). Better than the Rapiras or the Ladas too. I can easily get 5 shaves out of a blade. I can barely feel the blade when I shave, there is no burn or weepers afterwards, and I get the closest of shaves from them. This is why I have 545 of them.

 

[Mick]

Voskhods are my favorite blade. This is why I have 545 of them.

Same here. 8 cartons of them sitting on the shelf. there's always an unwrapped Voskhod in my rotation

 

[The Count of Merkur Cristo]

How you are doing with the testing? Did you already pick up your favorites from the sample?

Tony:
Yep...I received my Sampler and am starting with the Sputniks. So far, I find them moderately sharp with no tugging and pulling...but the jury is still out.

“A razor [blade] can’t be sharpened on a piece of velvet”. Author Unknown

 

[TonyJ]

I have a same feelings. I ordered voskhods, ladas and rapira plat luxes from that bunch. Others I left alone.

 

[RaiserLiebe]

Au contraire... This page is a must-see. GD Carrington's review of MANY current and vintage blades, including Voshkod. The testing is very recent (last couple of years...) https://sites.google.com/site/gdcarrington1/home/de-blade-challenge-ii

Voshkod scores just below cutoff separating top tier from the rest.
Cheers!

...Voskhod (Russian), blades, (too bad there's no formal Reveiw of this blade as of yet to help me)...

 

[The Count of Merkur Cristo]

Au contraire... This page is a must-see. GD Carrington's review of MANY current and vintage blades, including Voshkod. The testing is very recent (last couple of years...) https://sites.google.com/site/gdcarrington1/home/de-blade-challenge-ii

Voshkod scores just below cutoff separating top tier from the rest.
Cheers!

RaiserLiebe:
Sweeeeeeeeet...thanx for the review and for sharing!

“A razor [blade] can’t be sharpened on a piece of velvet”. Author Unknown

 

[Alphonse]

I rated Sputnik teflon above the Voskhod as well. This guy tested a lot of blades, and while it appears he only tested a total of 1 blades per brand, I agree with a lot of his statements. His conclusion concerning the Rapira sweedish supersteel are not entirely surprising as rapiras rock, but putting Treet classics above Lord Platinums was where I had a few questions hahaha

 

[infotech]

At $12/100, plus shipping, I think they're pretty cheap. Perhaps shipping to Canada makes them a lot more expensive?

http://www.theshavedenshop.com/index.php?_a=product&product_id=236

I was wondering why those blades went out of stock. I've been close to pulling the trigger on all 500 for about 6 months and that whole time none have been purchased from TSD. Glad I got 300 before you posted the link...

The Voshkods work great for me. They are very forgiving blades. The closest blade I can find to it is the vaunted Iridium Super, but the Voshkod beats them out.

 

[Dave Deluxe]

Rapiras are my "go to" blade. Like them better than most everything else out there. I give them "10's" across the board.

DD