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Ok so now which ones are these???

Somnos

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So I am a fan of the Personna blades in all their many forms and permutations...but then I found these...Personna x-series which are apparently made in Israel! They are $15.95 CDN for a 100. So now Cadre which ones are these? 712F9B72-BD8B-4067-A351-35004A85A2B1.jpeg273F6292-56F7-4848-AB85-5310ECCC576B.jpeg8C1046EB-4184-4E08-B3E7-4931976AF1C4.jpeg4148F675-D697-4A4E-B4DA-CC2E9F46E3B9.jpeg5682FB77-9BEF-40D2-B811-929ECE17F8E5.jpeg
 
Apparently they’re just for looking at...not even the box tells you what it’s for lol.
 
Uh oh, sounds like a job for @Cvargo. You say made in Israel, so my first thought are just the Israeli blue Personnas rebranded.
 
I bet re-branded Israeli Reds. Personna is notorious for rebranding their blades.
 
NurseDave said:
I think him seducing you with his eyes communicates all you need to know.
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Naaaaa... @woodpusher made a “supermodel” joke on my Shave journal and so now “zoolander” jokes abound. The advertising of the product seems confusing to me but what do I know...I have a gazzilion blades in storage!!!
 
Somnos said:
Naaaaa... @woodpusher made a “supermodel” joke on my Shave journal and so now “zoolander” jokes abound. The advertising of the product seems confusing to me but what do I know...I have a gazzilion blades in storage!!!
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Right. So you're saying that isn't you on the box??
 
Yes and that's my point. From my research Personna only makes one platinum blade and then it keeps being re-branded into different packaging for different markets. So I would suspect the same for the blades you reference. I could be wrong but I suspect that to be the case.
 
@Cvargo thanks for your insight. Again, it just seems odd. I understand doing blades from a production standpoint for other companies ala, Crystal, Viking etc but taking the same blade and renaming under your own brand with different series or whatever something else so that the folks that regularly buy from you can’t even figure it out...just frustrating.
 
Somnos said:
@Cvargo thanks for your insight. Again, it just seems odd. I understand doing blades from a production standpoint for other companies ala, Crystal, Viking etc but taking the same blade and renaming under your own brand with different series or whatever something else so that the folks that regularly buy from you can’t even figure it out...just frustrating.
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Yup I totally agree with you. I will say that in my research I never found anything definitive. But all signs point to this is what Personna does. And I agree it is frustrating.
 
The fact that they offer half blades in the same x-series brand leads me to believe the blades are marketed for professional use. The supermodel with his meticulously crafted beard also leads me that direction.
 
That may be true @CBLindsay but if so the time and expense to create a specific line just for the professional market seems kind of boggling to me.
 
Somnos said:
That may be true @CBLindsay but if so the time and expense to create a specific line just for the professional market seems kind of boggling to me.
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You would think the expense of rebranding for professional use would not make sense but if it exposes them to a new market they are sure to do it. Personna sells a "medical prep" blade that is exactly the same as the regular personna except that they are labeled and packaged for medical use. Both the regular and med prep are "comfort coated". and both claim to be made using technology that ensures the best edge possible. I used to think the med prep blades were sterilized but it turns out they are not. GEM also makes medical use blades that are essentially identical to the shaving blades. The GEM blades are used in pathology specimen prep and are available as standard and "degreased" so as to not contaminate specimens with manufacturing oils. By rebranding and packaging specifically for medical use Personna and GEM are able to have access to a highly regulated industry they might not have access to otherwise.


Then again, I may be totally wrong about those blades being a rebrand targeting professionals.
 
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