Well, my '65 Slim arrived today. It looks BRAND NEW. After a cautionary soak in alcohol (the razor, not me) I decided to give it a shot. For lack of anything better (and against the warnings from some of y'all) I used the Walgreens blades that I had picked up. There were some new Gillette Super Blues with the razor (well they were still in the holder) but I decided against them since I knew for sure the Walgreens blades were new. Ok so no blood and that's a good thing. I used the lowest setting for the first two passes and while it was removing hair, it seemed a little weak so, I went up to 5 for the 3rd pass. 5 seemed a little harsh afterwards so, I may dial it back to 3 on my next shave. Overall not an awful shave. I'm hoping once I get some better blades I'll see better results.