PIF: Gillette 7 o'clock Super Platinum Blades

[ECOSSE]

Ok folks here is a PIF of QTY. (3) blades of Gillette Super Platinum Blades. There will be 6 lucky winners.

If you are a winner, you MUST post a review of these blades. If you win and don't post a review, I will unleash my vengeance by calling you bad names such as 'Doodoo head' or 'Poopy Brain'. Just think of the shame you will bring your family by being labeled as such in our high falootin' society!!!!!!

It is approx. 7:30 PM Eastern as I'm typing this and I'll accept postings till 9PM Wednesday (Jan 7th). I will use a fancy random number generator machine thingy to pick the winners. This will be done Wednesday night. (I work till 9 Wednesday so it will be done after I get home) I will contact the winners via PM

Sorry, this is continental US only!

[deshaveman]

Always love to try a new-to-me Gillette blade offering.

Thanks for the offer.

[greenerock]

I'm in! I love the 7 o'clock yellows and the greens are pretty good too. Never tried these before.

[Deftim13]

I would like to be considered for this. Thanks a ton.

[TFrankMac2140]

Always like to try new items. Count me in!

[wetshavewonder]

being a newbie, i dont know what i like yet...count me in!

[JRod]

Mind if I try some? never seen that box before.

[yomuppet]

Nice offer! :thumbup1:

J

[andy65]

count me in please.

[St.Nick]

Thanks for this!!

[scarver]

I'd be glad to put my 30 year old journalism skills to work. And I have a tough grey stubbly beard to try it against.

[tg16]

Count me in.

[SilverToy]

I was getting ready to order some! Count me in.

[Billski]

I'll give it a try at winning these blades.

[Wishoot]

Great blades. I like them more than the Yellow's.

[Abagadro]

Never tried them. Count me in.

[gregdreg]

having only experienced derbys and merkurs, I would love to try them. I'm in.

GK

[BullGoose]

I'm new to wet shaving and want to try as many blades as possible. Count me in! Thanks.

[arghblech]

I'll give them a shot. I haven't used these yet.

[Davide]

Why not? Count me in...

[Mr. RazorBurns]

Sounds like fun, I'm in.

[smalltownlegend]

oh oh pick me pick me I wanna try them!

[eahlswede]

Count me in!

Thanks!

[Mr. Todd]

If you deicde to include Canada... count me in =(

[AudioNut]

Count me in!

[Somerville Metro Man]

Count the newb in

[DaveAri]

I'm in I like a challenge.

[el_zorro]

Please count me in.

[Drew]

I would graciously like to throw my hat...er, razor... into the ring with these other fine combatants... may the best men win

whatever... I haven't had my coffee yet:bored:

Drew

[big1096]

Fine Sir! I accept your challenge!!!

Count me in!

[whitebar]

Please count me in and thanks for this kind offer. It should be fun!

[Stone714]

Count me in!

[Mr.Gentleman]

I'd like to try 7 O'clocks!

Count me in!!!!!! (I'd pay shipping...)

But anyway...Good luck!





I know that I cannot get this pif because I'm from Europe!

[Leatherneck]

Pick me! Pick me! I've read about 'em, but not tried 'em. This is a great chance. I'm in.


Thanks,

Kevin

[derrickm]

Count this newb in! Unfortunately all I've tried so far are the Merkur blades. I'd love to try something else and my wife would love the price on these....FREE!!!

[Readerbob]

Never tried them. Count me in.

Ditto. I was thinking about buying some of these, so the timing is perfect! Thanks for the generous offer!

[jakuda]

sure I'll try these.

[cut_me_mick]

A generous offer, sir. Please enter me into the randomizer...

[haiti222]

Count me in as well...

[edcope]

i'll try anything once. im in too.

[ECOSSE]

OK, time is up and here are the winners!

DaveAri
deshaveman
scarver
Billski
St.Nick
Readerbob

I shall PM you all to notify you, you'll need to PM me your addresses.

[Readerbob]

This is great. Thanks so much for giving me the chance to try these out before ordering. I'll post a review once I give them a fair shot.

--Bob

[Readerbob]

Got these in the mail today and will try to post a review by the weekend. Thanks again, Gary!

--Bob

[HoosierHacker]

Count me in, and thanks for the gift to B&B :)

[Readerbob]

I've had the chance to try the blade twice. I'll shave with it again this morning, and will try to post a more formal review in the "Reviews" section once I've tried all three blades in a few different razors. I tried the 7 o'clock (Black pack, from what I'm reading) in my trusty Merkur HD, which is my go-to razor that I use 95% of the time. I was a little surprised to see that it's double wrapped - in a traditional paper wrapper but also in a partial almost wax-paper type wrap that covers both blades and covers around the back of the blade.

My first impression with the first shave was that this sucker is sharp. As sharp as a Feather? Probably not, but not that far off. I sliced a tiny piece off the edge of my nose - a small bleeder. Definitely user error, but it made me pay attention to what I was doing, much like when I shave with a Feather. Otherwise I got a very smooth shave.

The blade seemed a little less aggressive than a Feather as well. I can get, for some reason, only one good shave out of a Feather. Occasionally I've tried a second, with mixed results. Usually it begins to feel like it's tugging and irritating. I shaved a second time with the 7 o'clock, paying attention as I learned from the first shave, and had a wonderful shave - very close and very smooth.

Overall, to compare it to other blades I've tried, I would say it's a LITTLE less sharp than a Feather, but for me seems to be much more forgiving than a Feather. It cut through some traditionally tough areas on my chin line with fewer strokes than the Israeli Personnas or the Red Packs, which I would probably rate next in terms of ease of getting to my problem areas. It's definitely sharper than the Dorco 301s and Derbys, which are what I use most often, and gives me a generally closer shave in the problem spots than those.

Would I buy these blades? I have mixed feelings. I definitely like them better than Feathers, which just don't seem to work well for me beyond one shave. I can't say they're substantially different enough from the other blades I mentioned to go out of my way to buy them. I have lots of the others I've mentioned (except Feathers), so probably won't seek out to by the 7 o'clocks. But I can honestly say that I enjoyed the first blade in my HD so far. When I'm running low on my stock (around 400 blades, so it will be awhile), I might get some of these unless something else catches my eye before then.

I'll post another review, as I said, after I see how many more shaves I can get on the first blade. I also want to try this one in my Superspeed for awhile and see how it goes. So stay tuned!

[Readerbob]

Shave with the same blade again yesterday, and it went very well - close and smooth. Today is the first day I noticed a little less smoothness, so this is probably a 3-4 shave blade. Considering that I do three passes plus some touch-up on the chin line, that's not bad.

I actually placed an order for a few packs of the yellow 7 o'clocks, since most people seem to like those the best, but the blacks are a very decent blade, and I wouldn't hesitate to use it again. In fact, I have two more in the PIF, and I'll be using them in the future for sure - maybe once I get the yellows to compare.

[deshaveman]

Official review posted here (http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?p=949890).

The more ratings and reviews the better.

[RILEY]

I saw these listed on E-bay with free shipping from a B&B member here. I havent tried them yet. Only tried the yellows & greens. Are the black packages new? They seem hard to find.