After reading a lot of good reviews on the Rapira blades I decided to give them a try. I order a pack of the Rapira Platunum Lux blades. When they arrived I loaded one in my Merkur 11c OC ( I know this razor very well and how it shaves) and gave the blade a try. WOW is all I can say. I used the Maggard London Barbershop and did my usual prep with face soaking and hot wash rag. Lathered up my Omega 11137 boar brush and went to town. At first I was very careful with my WTG pass but it went so well I was amazed. Relather and did a ATG (which I usually don't do for a second pass). WOW again- this blade is sharp and smooooooth. I think it actually surpasses my beloved Astra SP's... (darn it). If this combination was all I had to shave with I'd be happy as hell. I've shave 3 times now with this blade and every shave was consistantly smooth (read - BBS or damn near) using this setup. Think I'll try one in either my Maggard MR6 or my Gillette Red Tip and see if I get the same performance. I'm running really low on my Astra SP's and may just have to order these in bulk to replace them. We'll see.....
Rapira Platinum Lux
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I enjoy a similar experience with these blades. The only other that surpasses them in my den are Polsilver Super Irdium blades! Enjoy!
One of my absolute favorite blade as well. And they are cheap on ebay, from Russia.
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I really like these blades - they work great and are very smooth.
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I'm currently on day 6 of a side-by-side comparison of Rapira Platinum Lux vs. Polsilver Super Iridium blades in similar razors. I haven't posted the results yet, but the two blades felt identical on days 1-4. The Polsilver still felt the same on days 5 and 6, but the Rapira started tugging on day 5 and tugging and skipping on day 6. From at least this test, as long as you only plan on 3-4 shaves, you won't notice a difference between these two blades, and the Rapiras are much cheaper.
