Here in the uk if i wanted to buy a de razor the only ones on offer in retail local shops are a wilkinsomn and the boots own brand, are there any on sale in the shops in the country where you live?
De razors in shops!
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Taffy, consider yourself lucky! Here in the Netherlands they are not available in any regular chain or shop. With about a handfull of specialized vendors I envy you Brits with a Boots that has them for just a couple of bucks!!
Definitely not in america, consider yourself lucky.
Here in the Northeast, New England States, you're lucky to be able to find any DE shave gear, even DE blades.
I've never seen a DE razor in stores, but I've never seen a supermarket or drugstore that didn't have the blades. Usually half hidden, overpriced, and a questionable brand, admittedly. Even SE blades are not uncommon; two local grocery stores carry Treets, and there's the Walgreens brand.
Wilkinson blades, Faulding shave cream (an Aussie cream) and the reformulated Palmolive shave stick are available at most Australian supermarkets and pharmacies.
A national chain store called the Shaver Shop has long been the domain of electric shavers, electric toothbrushes, massage chairs, Gillette Fusion razors and cartridges and a small assortment of true wetshaving gear (Proraso cream and pre/post, a couple of Australian shave soaps, rebadged muhle pinsel razors and Merkur and Wilkinson, ie: the most expensive, blades.)
Recently they have been getting in a wide array of omega brushes, some more creams, aftershaves (Malizia Uomo, Smartmen, more Aussie gear) soaps, straight razors (dovo), strops (black beauty) and shave kits.
They are pretty expensive, so I predominantly order online.
A national chain store called the Shaver Shop has long been the domain of electric shavers, electric toothbrushes, massage chairs, Gillette Fusion razors and cartridges and a small assortment of true wetshaving gear (Proraso cream and pre/post, a couple of Australian shave soaps, rebadged muhle pinsel razors and Merkur and Wilkinson, ie: the most expensive, blades.)
Recently they have been getting in a wide array of omega brushes, some more creams, aftershaves (Malizia Uomo, Smartmen, more Aussie gear) soaps, straight razors (dovo), strops (black beauty) and shave kits.
They are pretty expensive, so I predominantly order online.
If you see DE blades for sale in a supermarket or drugstore, almost certainly they're made by the American Safety Razor Company, and repackaged to the chain-store's house brand. The blades and dispensers are identical, it just the outer package and pricing that varies from store to store.
Some people say these are the same as Personna Reds (American Personna, not IP) but no one's been able to prove it.
Depends on what one means by "shops." Mainstream supermarket/drugstore type stores? Absolutely no DEs. But there are a few cutlery stores in the shopping malls in my area that carry a modest selection of Merkur DE razors and blades, some brushes, plus a smattering of Trumper products. Of course, then there are the meccas in the big cities - T&H, Cambridge Chemists, Pasteurs, etc. - which have a very wide selection of razors and other shaving goods. Those are "local" for the folks who live nearby, but not for most of America.
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