Polsilver Super Iridiums

http://www.polsilver-blades.com/

22.00 for 100 shipped. less if you order more. he is great to work with i have had zero issues ordering them. they are the newer style also with only 2 small wax dots.

DCC is a good guy - ordered from him many times w/o any problems...

As for Polsilvers, I love them quite a bit. I find them to be a tad less sharper than Feathers but triple the longevity. With that said, there are certain razors that I cannot shave with Polsilvers such as the RR Stealth Slant and the Gillette Aristocrat. Tugs and nicks galore...

However, they are magic in all standard, 3-piece solid bar razors.

Polsilvers are my favorite and they work well in all 3 of my DE's that I own. I can get 5-6 shaves out of one before it starts to not cut well, and tug. Perma Sharps come in a close second.

Clayton

The only blade I own in bulk, but I'm thinking of getting some Gillette silver blues with my next bulk order.

Iridium: A white, metallic chemical element

This is all my dictionary says.

I've seen this word on the nibs that I own. A nib is the tip of a dip pen.

What is the chemical element? Is it tin?

Iridium: A white,  metallic chemical element

This is all my dictionary says.

I've seen this word on the nibs that I own. A nib is the tip of a dip pen.

What is the chemical element? Is it tin?

I'm not sure there are any standards that require a blade manufacturer to actually have the materials they use in the name of the blade actually in the composition of the blade. I suspect much of the name is marketing. Iridium sounds cool though,

 Iridium sounds cool though,

Agreed! Somebody needs to capitalize on the resurgence of DC and Marvel over the past few years and release some Adamantium blades.

Iridium: A white,  metallic chemical element

This is all my dictionary says.

I've seen this word on the nibs that I own. A nib is the tip of a dip pen.

What is the chemical element? Is it tin?

I know its also used in spark plugs. This is from Wikipedia:

"Iridium is a chemical element with symbol Ir and atomic number 77. A very hard, brittle, silvery-white transition metal of the platinum group, iridium is generally credited with being the second densest element (after osmium) based on measured density, although calculations involving the space lattices of the elements show that iridium is denser. It is also the most corrosion-resistant metal, even at temperatures as high as 2000 °C. Although only certain molten salts and halogens are corrosive to solid iridium, finely divided iridium dust is much more reactive and can be flammable.

Iridium was discovered in 1803 among insoluble impurities in natural platinum. Smithson Tennant, the primary discoverer, named iridium for the Greek goddess Iris, personification of the rainbow, because of the striking and diverse colors of its salts. Iridium is one of the rarest elements in Earth's crust, with annual production and consumption of only three tonnes. 191Ir and 193Ir are the only two naturally occurring isotopes of iridium, as well as the only stable isotopes; the latter is the more abundant of the two.

The most important iridium compounds in use are the salts and acids it forms with chlorine, though iridium also forms a number of organometallic compounds used in industrial catalysis, and in research. Iridium metal is employed when high corrosion resistance at high temperatures is needed, as in high-performance spark plugs, crucibles for recrystallization of semiconductors at high temperatures, and electrodes for the production of chlorine in the chloralkali process. Iridium radioisotopes are used in some radioisotope thermoelectric generators."

I read about Iridium. It wasn't easy. Is Wyze one educated in this subject?

alphege No, I just read the Wikipedia page. My guess is that they use it as a coating on razor blades for its high corrosion resistance.

alphege No, I just read the Wikipedia page. My guess is that they use it as a coating on razor blades for its high corrosion resistance.

A night's stay in a Holiday Inn Express may cure that