Great Made in Vietnam Blade at Dollar General

Hello Gents,

I just wanted to share my recent treasure find in my wetshaving adventures. I've been perusing my local grocery stores for traditional products. I stopped by some of the usual spots. I came across some DE blades at Walgreens and CVS for somewhere around $8.00 with tax. Crazy. So I decided to check grocery stores and came across some generic de blades at Dollar General that are made in Vietnam for $1.00 for a 5 pack. I almost didn't buy them, but curiosity got the better of me and I got a pack.

I loaded one into my Weber polished head wave and the first stroke I took I knew I had a good blade. It was probably the smoothest blade I have used and I have tried quite a few including the fabled smoothness of the Voskhod. This blade is definitely worth a try. Used it for my second shave today and it was just as smooth.

So far I really like this blade. I'm wondering if they are the same as the made in Vietnam Gillette Super thins. Does anyone else know about this? If you have the chance and see them at your local Dollar General I recommend you give them a try. Shave well everyone!

 

Good find! Any pics?

 

Hmmm.... my local Dollar General blades are made in Korea. Don't really care for them although they would do in a pinch. Guess I'll have to check again, maybe they have changed here as well.

 

Yes,
Please post a pic of the blades!

 

Here's a pic of the blade container. Honestly, it looked exactly like any other house branded de blade package, except on the back it had printed "Made in Vietnam." I also, went to nearby Kroger and found a pack of 10 house brand blades that stated "Made in Israel." I shaved with those and got a pretty good shave as well, but I have to say that on the first shave I felt like the Vietnams were more smooth. Almost felt like there wasn't a blade in there at all.

 

Had to dig through the trash for the packaging pics. Just for you guys

 

I'll check out the local Dollar General to see what they have here. We don't have a Kroger's, but the grocery stores we have here don't stock DE blades any longer. The Walmarts around here don't stock them either, just the Rite Aid drug store.

 

I'm in central Illinois. Where do you live? That's too bad. I wish stores would start stocking de blades again along with traditional shaving gear.

 

What part? Springfield? Decatur? I went to college in Quincy decades ago, but have lived in Baton Rouge, LA for the past 43 years.

As for stocking DE blades in local stores, I used to buy them whenever I found them locally, but I think I might have been the only person buying them in my part of town. One of my high school buddies recently took up DE shaving after reading all the rave reviews (at my suggestion) of the Merkur 23C at Amazon. So far he tells me that he liked the Bluebird blade in his new razor best and the Voskhod least.

 

I'm in Bloomington-Normal. Usually, I don't find anything that great in my local stores, but recently I've been finding some products I actually like. I went to a Mejier in my area and found a few tubes of Pacific Shaving Company shave cream and they were selling for $4.99. Turned out to be my recent favorite cream. Sometimes it pays to hunt around.

 

I saw these blades at DG yesterday. I'll probably pop in and grab some soon. I vaguely remember someone telling me these are rebranded Personna blades but I cant remember.

 

Thanks, man!

 

I think those are the store brand made in Israel blades. I don't know if Personna has a plant in Vietnam.

 

One time I bought a pack of the "Made in Korea" ones at a grocery store and didn't like them much at all. They were very tuggy and not particularly smooth. Still not bad for $1.00 and part of the experience

 

Just to let you all know, I'm on my fourth shave and these blades still feel very smooth to me. Just to let you all know that they do seem to last for a good few shaves. All in all, I'd say these are quality blades. Let me know if anyone has a guess as to what brand they are.

 

More than likely they are rebranded Gillette Thins from Vietnam. Gillette does have a plant in Vietnam.

http://theshaveden.com/forums/threads/gillette-super-thin.18415/

 

Appreciate it GD!

 

I will check my local DG blades tomorrow.

 

I think I will check my local store as well.

 

I checked the local DG here in Hudson NC. The blades sold here are made in South Korea. Pic is kinda blurry