I emailed Derby co.

[mrscottishman]

Dear Saltchuck,

I haven't been here long enough to sell anything yet, but I have 50 unopened Derby's that I will email you on after I am off probation. (Assuming I get off of newbie probation) They are verticles and I found in the first packs that some are great and some are not so great. They say you can cork the rough ones and they will perform but I haven't tried it, I moved on. Buyer beware.

I am in my KAI phase, but I have some yellars and dem blue birds a comin'.

best,
mrscottishman

 

[GoldenMonkey]

How do you figure, Scottish? You only need fifty posts...

EDIT: ah, I see...time served. Never mind.

 

[mrscottishman]

How do you figure, Scottish? You only need fifty posts...

EDIT: ah, I see...time served. Never mind.

In order to best serve our members, we ask that you abide by the following when posting on the Buy/Sell/Trade forum.

1. Participation in the community at Badger and Blade is a requirement to post an item for sale or trade. Sellers/traders must be a member of B&B for at least 45 days and have contributed a minimum of 50 posts anywhere on this site in order to qualify to participate in the forum.

I always know the rules, it is just that somehow I don't always obey all of them.

As a blabber mouth I have the posts but not the time, thanks for asking.

best to all,
mrscottishman

 

[Gymea]

Wow, it's been a while since I've posted here! Saw this post, and looked at the most recent Derby's that I'd purchased -- yep, vertical labeled ones. (I do have 8 boxes of the horizontal ones, but they are in my storage boxes, and it would have taken me more time to find them than to just order more.

Why use a blade you have to cork? Do you just want to use what you have?

Shark's and Astra's are similarly priced blades that you don't have to cork to get a good shave with.

The easy answer would be to protect one's investment. I have 200 of the vertical labeled Derby's, and I sure don't plan on simply tossing them if corking or stropping will do the trick. That said, Red Israeli's have become my favourite blade over the last year or so, so not ordering any more Derby's isn't a real loss. I like them even better than the Gillette Swedes (which I've also hoarded, somewhere in my mountain of boxes...

Have always been very curious about Astra's, though. Thanks for the suggestion!

Jimmy

 

[Monkeydad]

I just tried Derby blades for the first time. I had bought a 5-pack from WCS when making my own "custom" sampler pack.

I received the dreaded vertical ones.


Just completed shave #2 on my first blade and they weren't horrible but I did hey a small cut on the first shave. I did not cork them, just tried out of the pack. They shave decent, but don't seem safe. Definitely not extending past 2 shaves per blade.

I think I'll try to finish off the other 4 but probably won't buy again.

 

[Rufust445]

I have three "horizontal" packs of Derbys, one from a West Coast sampler, and two more that came as samples with a bulk order of Sharks. The first blade I tried last year, in my daily Gilllette super adjustable, was an irritating mess, even with the razor turned down to a 1 setting. My conclusion was that Derbys don't work for me.

After reading this thread recently I decided to try something new: Cork the blade first, then drop it in a Schick Krona, with my Gillette adjustable loaded with a Shark standing by just in case.

I used the Krona with corked Derby for the first pass Monday night on a 48-hour growth, and it was tolerable, though with a nick or two. Finished the next two passes with a Dorco ST-301 in the Super Adjustable.

This morning I tried another first pass with Derby in the Krona. Maybe I was paying more attention to technique, but it went smoother. The finishing passes were with a Treet DuraSharp Classic in the Super Adjustable. Result was a DFS and then some, even using Old Spice sensitive in the can for lather.

I will be trying this combination for the rest of the week. Right now it looks like I can get a tolerable shave from a Derby with some extra prep, like corking, but the smoothness of a Treet DuraSharp Classic right out of the wrapper is sooooo nice...