Gillette 7 o'clock black blades: I believe!

**dave1029** · 07-08-2012, 04:20 PM

Originally Posted by nosedog

Just my luck. I fell into the old Black vs Dark Blue trap and ordered 200 Dark Blues. Double oops. I sure hope those Dark Blues are good.

I am currently rotating between the blacks and blues and to me the blues are sharper but both give great shaves.

**jazzguy** · 07-11-2012, 08:13 AM

I slightly preferred the blacks but the blues are darn close. I stocked up on the blues because of price and alternate between them and Feathers.

**BigBull** · 07-11-2012, 08:16 AM

Great blades!

**S'eth** · 07-29-2012, 07:05 PM

Just tried one today from the score I nailed on the BST from chiefmate , my thanks again for the wonderful deal! I have to say this is now in my rotation that includes the Gilette thins from Thailand and the Persona Blue labs. I have so many new razors to try though and I'm sure my favorites will change as I still have the polsilvers to try thanks to rxonmymind. Regardless it was a wonderful bbs shave using a contract tech for the first time also, of course it could just be that I'm getting better with my technique.

**steve71** · 07-29-2012, 07:30 PM

Used the Black for the first time today with a three day old beard today. Good shave using an EJ89. I'm going to use up the pack ( seven blades ) before forming an opinion but so far, I really like them.

**rwdflynavy** · 07-30-2012, 07:41 AM

My first 200 blade purchase. Love them!!

**crfcom** · 07-31-2012, 02:55 AM

Originally Posted by dave1029

I am currently rotating between the blacks and blues and to me the blues are sharper but both give great shaves.

I can't tell the difference, and these are two of the sharpest and smoothest blades I've tried. In my experience, the blacks outlast by a shave to two, but if you change blades after three shaves the way most people do, blues, blacks, and yellows would be indistinguishable one from the other for me. All three are top-tier blades.