buck or two blades better than wilk whites!

**nff** · 03-15-2010, 09:16 PM

well after searching high and low i finally found some DE blades that were not wilk whites. so guess where i found them... well you should know already... Buck or two (a cheap stuff store) and guess what... they were a buck! so since i needed blades i bought 7 packs (due to needing a $7 min purchase) and so later this night i loaded up with these "super-max platinum" and noticed them being much closer and smoother than my $6/pack-o-5 Wilkinson whites. less irritation and only a few weepers. (WS's usually give my 6-9) so needless to say im impressed with them. now lets see how they hold up against derby's and feathers when i get them later this week.

**Go West Young Man** · 03-16-2010, 06:39 AM

Milk whites?

**DE Shaver** · 03-16-2010, 06:58 AM

I presume you mean the Wilkinson Classic blades found in many drugstores. I didn't find these Wilkinson's as good as the older one but are still serviceable blades. I'm now curious about the Super-max Platinum blades as there have been several positive comments regarding them and they're one of the few brands I haven't tried.

**Chickpea McGee** · 03-16-2010, 07:07 AM

Interesting. QED sells the Super Max-Platinum, I may have to try them.

Can anyone here compare them to Iridiums or Astras?

**Bobtrumpet** · 03-16-2010, 08:04 AM

Are these the Super Max Platinum blades?

And are these the Wilkinson blades you refer to?

FWIW, Bed Bath & Beyond has these Wilkinson blades (made in Germany) 5 packs for $1.99 plus tax. I can't stand them, but YMMV.

**nff** · 03-16-2010, 04:09 PM

yes those are the supermax . but the wilkinsons swords come in a yellow package on the back it says "classic sword-edge"

and no mention whatsovere of place of origin.

**TheBigL** · 03-16-2010, 04:22 PM

I've never seen that Wilkinson packaging before. Maybe it's Canada only. Maybe they are the same Wilkinson blades? Hard to tell.

**nff** · 03-16-2010, 04:49 PM

Originally Posted by TheBigL

I've never seen that Wilkinson packaging before. Maybe it's Canada only. Maybe they are the same Wilkinson blades? Hard to tell.

perhaps? its the only packaging i'v ever seen them in. so it could be.

**Sledgehammer39** · 03-16-2010, 05:50 PM

Originally Posted by nff

yes those are the supermax . but the wilkinsons swords come in a yellow package on the back it says "classic sword-edge"

and no mention whatsovere of place of origin.

Yeah I have seen those blades at Shoppers Drugmart, they seem to have dropped those crappy Gillette DE blades for North America and put these instead. I don't know how these blades perform, but for $14 bucks they can keep them.

**nff** · 03-16-2010, 06:17 PM

Originally Posted by Sledgehammer39

Yeah I have seen those blades at Shoppers Drugmart, they seem to have dropped those crappy Gillette DE blades for North America and put these instead. I don't know how these blades perform, but for $14 bucks they can keep them.

yea i seen that too. those crappy gillette's would they happen to be the "super stainless" blades?