Dorco blades I’d never heard of them. I conducted an experiment testing Dorco Platinum (Red) blades alongside others that pass muster in my brass Karve “Christopher Bradley” (C plate) and include Gillette Nacet, Parker Stainless Premium Platinum, and Wilkinson Sword blades. Performance-wise, it was a dead heat. Price-wise, Dorco beats out Parker by a penny per blade at $0.29 and $0.30, respectively.Nacet blades are twice as expensive as Dorcos at $0.59 p/b. Wilkinson tops Nacet price wise and nearly are three times as expensive as Dorcos at $0.79 p/b.
I had stocked up on Nacet blades doubting their continued availability after Putin’s bad craziness in Ukraine Now Gillette says they are relocating their factory outside Russia, which adds a sustained quality-of-manufacture question to the mix. But my experiment tells me once I’ve used up my Nacets no matter where they are manufactured the restock will be Dorco Platinums (Red).