For me, my Dorco 301's = 
Dorco Blades Terrible
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For reference, here's the other recent Dorco thread.
My rule for the Dorco 300 is simple. 1 shave and throw.
I agree ****e-300!
Awesome.
Your observation is a fair one. I'm a social scientist and thus shackled by "statistical significance" and increasing the number of observations to analyze a problem. I often try to revisit equipment that hasn't worked well for me in the past, to see if it's really that bad. Dorcos, time and again, fail the test. However, the 301s are acceptable for shaving my head. There are a multitude of better options, and I just won't use a 300 ever again, but the 301s have their place. I also don't recall ever not shaving against the grain with a blade when trying it out, so perhaps WTG and XTG would work fine for the 301s. However, there are better blades for nearly the same price out there. And I'm happy to pay double the price of a Dorco blade to get a great shave.
I think what you're saying here has the most merit. Honestly if it doesn't work out, don't bother, there are plenty of other options available and DE blades just aren't that expensive.
I'm glad to be the exception to the rule in this case...I get great shaves out of the ST-301, and that includes ATG, XTG, WTG...My beard isn't soft as a mouse belly nor is it made from depleted uranium. I toss 'em after about three or four multipass shaves.
The ST-300 didn't do as well for me but it wasn't terrible. I'd rate it as being about on par with Personnas from American Safety Razor.
I really think the scorn heaped on Dorco blades has to come from:
Anyway, if you can't abide to be in the same room with these suckers then by all means send them my way...
The ST-300 didn't do as well for me but it wasn't terrible. I'd rate it as being about on par with Personnas from American Safety Razor.
I really think the scorn heaped on Dorco blades has to come from:
- The name - It just sounds bad, no doubt about that. Should have named them "Seoul Man Blades" or "Kimchi Kutters".
- The price - Cheap has to be bad, right? Just look at those crappy Palmolive shave sticks...
- Lord of the Flies peer pressure - Hey, to be cool I gotta help push these fat kid Korean blades over the internet cliff!
- DNA - There's a magic gene that makes some people have facial hair that is totally resistant to Korean steel.
Anyway, if you can't abide to be in the same room with these suckers then by all means send them my way...
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Besides the obvious statement that you should go into marketing
, I don't think that this is it -- plenty of ESL folks here on the board.I think for the same price, Red Pack Israelis (IPs) are much, much better for me to use than Dorco 301s.
We all fall in to this trap from time to time -- I think it's most true for Merkur blades, actually. I think Merkurs are mediocre, but they catch a lot of flak. If you go back a few years, Merkurs didn't catch so much hell from the B&B. I think you're correct here.
Awesome. I feel so...Tolkien-ized.
R
rainman
I like either Dorco blade. No problems.
My fortunately limited experience with Dorco blades have been consistently miserable. Apparently this is normal.
What is it they say YMMV! I've been using them both over a month now & the only problem I've encountered is the 300 dull quicker (3) shaves & the 301 (5) shaves. I put off using them in my sample pack till I read about some people here that liked them. The best part is the cost! 100 blades for less then $10.00 shipped off the bay. I feel lucky that my face likes them. Come to think of it, I really can't say I've gotten a horrible shave from any certain type of blade. Not that I haven't had a bad shave from a bad blade, poor mix of a cream or soap or just being in to big of a hurry.
I am sorry to hear so many that can't use them though. I guess that is why there are so so many blade types out there...
I am sorry to hear so many that can't use them though. I guess that is why there are so so many blade types out there...
I tries the Dorco ST-300 in my Merkur Futur and wasn't impressed at all.
The ST-301 s were better.
The ST-301 s were better.
I need 4 st-301's to complete one, hardly mediocre, shave. I can get two crappy shaves out of a st-300. That would make the st-300 the better blade for me but really; I rather pass on both...
I've been using them out my WCS sample pack for the last weeks. I don't have much to compare them to since I have just started into the samples, but the Merkur blade that came with my razor seemed a little better and lasted longer, but I was able to get some o.k. shaves.
WCS recommended to use these first out of the sample pack. Now I gather that there is a reason for that.
WCS recommended to use these first out of the sample pack. Now I gather that there is a reason for that.
Although my experience is fairly limited (ST-300, Merkur, Derby), I was still able to 2 decent shaves from the ST-300. This is about ... um ... 2 decent shaves more than I was able to get from the Merkurs.
If you don't want 'em, don't toss 'em. Send them to someone who likes them (or doesn't dislike them). We're out there. Really.
Okay, well maybe not that many, but there are at least a few of us. 
Cheers,
Matthew
I posted on the other site, that the Dorco's maybe made under license in China:
http://www.runweiblade.com/en/cp_re....=596&specid=66
Do Dorco make any in Korea? or are they are made in China? Is it the Chinese blade that provide the bad shaves if sold in the distribution chain?
http://www.runweiblade.com/en/cp_re....=596&specid=66
Do Dorco make any in Korea? or are they are made in China? Is it the Chinese blade that provide the bad shaves if sold in the distribution chain?
Dorco 301 aren't so bad. I use them WTG. Dispose of after every shave. They seem to work better in my 61 Fatboy than in my Merkur HD.
The shaves aren't terribly close, but they are very cheap, and I can't make myself buy more blades until I have used up my 100 blade stash!
The shaves aren't terribly close, but they are very cheap, and I can't make myself buy more blades until I have used up my 100 blade stash!
Great Scott!
It looks like they make Dorcos, Derbys, and (gack!) one of my favorites: Super Iridiums. Or, maybe they make knockoffs of Derbys, Super Iridiums, and Schicks (look at the "sekich" blades, and the font-- they're dead ringers for Schick). See also the "Weiye" blades on that page -- they look like Derby (ahem) "inspired" packaging.
