Modern razor blades can be found in a surprisingly large selection, but if you stop and think about it it is not so surprising after all as it is only in the western part of the world that one has the money for the prices of new blades for a moderne 3, 4 or 5 bladed razor. The quality of the DE-blade is different as with everything else, but generally the quality is good to excellent. Bad copies exist of course, but here I'm thinking of blades from well-known manufacturers.
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Derby Extra (Turkey) |
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Feather (Japan)
(regarded as the sharpest blade out there) |
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| Gillette Platinum (European) |
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Merkur Super (Germany)
(not in my rotation anymore as I don't find them good enough for the price) |
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| Perma-Sharp Super (Turkey) |
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| Shark (Egypt) |
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| Personna Platinum (USA) |
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| Dorco New Platinum ST-301 (Korea) |
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| Lord Super Stainless (Egypt) |
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| Gillette 7 O'clock SharpEdge (Russia) |
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| Gillette 7 O'clock SuperStainless (Russia) |
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| Blue Bird (? - maybe Turkey) |
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| Lea |
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| Big Ben |  | |
| Wilkinson |  |