Monsta_AU
...can I interest you in some vintage blades?
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Spotted some of these on eBay recently - hideously expensive at USD$40 per 100 and USD$18 postage. Not a blade I am familiar with, but having tried the Thai Gillette Superthins previously which were pretty good, these had my attention immediately. The packaging is fairly eyecatching:
So far, so good. Follows the 'double-split' packaging that we get from the Indian Blacks. Then I started looking a bit closer to the remaining photos:
Oh dear.
It seems as it RunWei Blade is at it again, we already know they are producing bad fakes of the Chinese Blue Blades that are usually made in the Gillette Joint Venture factory in Shanghai. Those FakeBlues seem to make their way to the West via eBay and DX, now it looks like they are also doing the same for these Thai Super Stainless. I am not even aware of these SuperStainless even being a real branding of Gillette Blades.
If you look closely at the second photo, you will notice the cardboard cracking along the folds of the box. Those that have been around Paste & Cut for a while will know that the fake Gillette Rubie Platinum Plus suffered from the same issues on the box, as did the Fakeidiums.
Also you see some non-sharp printing, and the box isn't made 'in Square' and it is not glued together properly either. All the hallmarks of the previously fake blades. Here's a pic of the Rubie's showing the delamination of the cardboard on the box folds:
And one of the Fakeidiums:
There are a number of sellers of these on eBay, I would steer clear of them all for ANY purchase. All originate from Thailand and are selling them at anything from USD$58 - USD$70 per 100 blades on a delivered basis.
It is a shame but I am posting this information in the hope that no P&C members get caught out by purchasing these blades. The pricing is crazily high, and even more so when you consider that great blades like PermaSharp Supers and Silver Blues are in plentiful supply and at much cheaper rates than what the asking price is on these.
So far, so good. Follows the 'double-split' packaging that we get from the Indian Blacks. Then I started looking a bit closer to the remaining photos:
Oh dear.
It seems as it RunWei Blade is at it again, we already know they are producing bad fakes of the Chinese Blue Blades that are usually made in the Gillette Joint Venture factory in Shanghai. Those FakeBlues seem to make their way to the West via eBay and DX, now it looks like they are also doing the same for these Thai Super Stainless. I am not even aware of these SuperStainless even being a real branding of Gillette Blades.
If you look closely at the second photo, you will notice the cardboard cracking along the folds of the box. Those that have been around Paste & Cut for a while will know that the fake Gillette Rubie Platinum Plus suffered from the same issues on the box, as did the Fakeidiums.
Also you see some non-sharp printing, and the box isn't made 'in Square' and it is not glued together properly either. All the hallmarks of the previously fake blades. Here's a pic of the Rubie's showing the delamination of the cardboard on the box folds:
And one of the Fakeidiums:
There are a number of sellers of these on eBay, I would steer clear of them all for ANY purchase. All originate from Thailand and are selling them at anything from USD$58 - USD$70 per 100 blades on a delivered basis.
It is a shame but I am posting this information in the hope that no P&C members get caught out by purchasing these blades. The pricing is crazily high, and even more so when you consider that great blades like PermaSharp Supers and Silver Blues are in plentiful supply and at much cheaper rates than what the asking price is on these.
