Gary "Razor" Blades (born 16 November 1980) is an English professional darts player who competes in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.
Blades has played in the UK Open four times. He lost 4âÂÂ3 in the 1st Round to Gary Flynn in 2005. In 2007, he beat Justin Henshaw 8âÂÂ6 in the preliminary round, before losing 8âÂÂ6 to Simon Craven in the 1st Round. In 2020, he lost 6âÂÂ1 to Wayne Jones in the 1st round. In 2021 he beat Dom Taylor in Round 2 6âÂÂ0, but then lost 6âÂÂ3 to Andy Hamilton in the 3rd round.
After returning to the circuit in 2019 without a great deal of success, Blades entered Q-School on 16 January 2020 and won his Tour Card on the first day by beating Tony Newell 5âÂÂ1 in the final round. He will play on the PDC ProTour in 2020 and 2021.
Gary had moderate success prior to the Covid lockdown, making the last 32 twice in the first 8 PDC Players Championship events, beating Darren Webster and Scott Waites among others. However he lost his tour card at the end of 2021.
Gary's best run to date in a PDC Players Championship came as a Challenge Tour top up in 2022, reaching the Quarter Final in Players Championship 7, beating Michael van Gerwen along the way. Gary also had a run to the last 32 later in the year, beating another World Champion Rob Cross in the 2nd Round.