Just read on another forum the makers for personna blades and razors will file this week and are looking to sell the company. Since they lost the walmart contract they've been strugling to stay solvent. Don't know if this information is accurate but they were saying if you use se or injectors stock up on blades.
Here is an actual link. It's worth noting that they are also makers of good generic cartridges for Trac II and Atra. How this will affect the actual availability of these products is uncertain. Whoever buys the company will have to decide what they want to do. Personally, I have enough injector and SE blades to last me for my normal life expectancy, even without my occasional use of DE and cartridge razors. I'd like to see single edge shaving survive, though.
The SE blades on the Ted Pella site have the Gem trademark, which means they are made by ASR. I assume their injector blades are also rebranded Personna blades, but the packages I have do not have any markings that would identify them as such. I don't want to be part of a rumor mill that precipitates an unnecessary buying frenzy. The story about the bankruptcy is genuine, but how this will affect blade availability in the long run is something I just don't know. We can all make plausible guesses, but at this point, they are just guesses.
too bad they lost the contract with walmart. i wonder who walmart is going to replace them with? likely a chineese company. i'm sure that the core razor buisness will survive bankruptcy. perhaps under a diffrent owner.
Probably Dorco from Korea which did/does (Its been awhile since I bought a pack) Dollar General's blades, which was actually a slight improvement. I'm pretty sure they're, last time I checked they weren't ASR...
How does this affect the other Personna DE brands like IP's...?? I know this is really bad news for the SE and Injector availability, but which DE blades will this remove from the market ?
I just wanted to add that I'm not sure where schick injectors are made or who makes them, just what I read.
Planning for the worst but hoping for the best. 1 SE shave per week (dome on Sunday) X 10 shaves per blade (with hand stropping) = 6 blades per year 200 blades in a pack/6 blades per year = approximately 33 years worth of blades I'm currently 47 years old 47+33= 80 years-old I'm pretty sure that if I'm still vertical and respiring in 33 years, what little is left of my once thriving main will be just another memory.
More than likely, the bankruptcy will mean that the vendors will get screwed out of their receivables. The smaller bondholders will get screwed out of their investments. The employees will get screwed on wages, benefits and pension funds. Allowing the banks to "restructure" the debt and protect their stake in the company. Any manufacturing left in the US will then be moved offshore. With that debt burden reduced, the world can now buy cheap razors and blades with a viable profit margin to pay the bankers their interest on the loans they've issued. Any questions?
can anyone confirm that the "Single Edge, PTFE-Coated Blades" are the ones to order? I think they are the ones I have now and just want to make sure I order the same ones. http://www.tedpella.com/dissect_html/dissect.htm#_121_1
I seriously considered all you said, then I put my Pella order in anyway. The thought of running out seemed worse than the thought of maybe not out living 200 blades. These are, after all, my best blade.
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