Gillette Platinum Blades...

What is the difference between the different Gillette Platinum blades. The ones I'm referring to are sold on Razorbladesclub.

Anyone have experience with these three Platinum Blades?

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All 3 varieties are great! However if I could only choose one, then the new light blue ones on top are the bees knees. The only blade that’s smoother is the Gillette blacks.

I really like the “New” 

Sharp and smooth

The ones in the middle are the ones for me...I tell them by the "dot" on the I
as opposed to the "guillotine"

These ink printed blades are the older version which is more highly regarded.
They are not as sharp as Feathers but just a great all-round everyday
blade. Quality stuff.

The blades in the top and bottom packs I haven't tried...as long as the ones
in the middle are still available, I don't need to.

The top blades are some of my favorites!

Absolutely nothing. A Platinum is a Platinum and that includes the old discod. "Swede" with which I have done a SxS test with a modern Platinum. Result? No difference.

This question seems to have been cropping up a lot lately on shaving boards. I am not familiar with the ink marked Platinums (middle blade) but do have a lot of recent experience with the other two. I have compared the New (top blade) with the Laser marked blades in several different razors. My own preference is for the New but the difference is slight, if there is any at all (nod to BPman ).

If you are looking at the two blades, the New has an arrowhead next to the lettering on the top and bottom--so two arrowheads going in opposite directions, physically distinguishing the New from the Laser Marked. Bullgoose sent out a marketing email for the New blades identifying these blades as "Swedes" lending support to the theory that the New blades are the current Swedes.

Both blades are excellent. I was able to purchase a bunch of the Laser Marked on Amazon for great prices (@$12 or less per 100). To ensure that I actually purchased New (Swedes), I had to go to Razorbladesclub and purchased those for more money, $16.95 per 100. I drove myself a little crazy over this and ended up with far too many blades though I had a lot of fun exploring this arcane topic.

I use the ink marking. It's what I'll continue to use until they're finished. They're basically GSB but that little bit sharper. 30 bucks for 200 iirc. Can't wait to try the light blues packaged ones if they're even better.

I use the ink marking. It's what I'll continue to use until they're finished. They're basically GSB but that little bit sharper. 30 bucks for 200 iirc. Can't wait to try the light blues packaged ones if they're even better.

You are correct in noting that the ink stamped Plats are a little livelier then the GSB.
I noticed that as well. And barely touch my GSB stash as a result.

All these DE blades are sharpened to practically the same level people. It's the sputtering process, which creates the hardened edge to be durable, and the form of PTFE or variant thereof that makes or breaks a blade. This has been known since the 1950's You don't need to rely on folklore, myth & hearsay.

Apparently, on reading the patent application (US2937976) for the silicon coating and news interviews of Mr Shnitzler, men were not adequately prepping their faces prior to shaving and this was causing pain and irritation while using Gillette's product. Mr Shnitzler, in his research lab, started experimenting with various steel blade configurations that would allow for sharper blades to be produced. But guess what? He determined blade sharpness could not readily be detected by the shaver and sharper blades did not alleviate the pain and irritation from poor prep. It turns out that, according to Mr. Shnitzler, the improperly moistened whisker is harder to cut and the hair itself will adhere to the steel, as it is being cut, causing the hair follicle to be pulled with the consequent pain/tugging feeling. A chemical engineer by training at MIT prior to coming to Gillette, Mr Shnitzler's solution to the problem was an organic silicon coating to the steel so that the protein in the hair would not adhere to the steel; yielding a better cutting action with less pulling at the follicle. The Super Blue was born (1959)...

https://gilletteadjustable.com/misc-2/ra...evolution/