Super useful forum guys!
After fooling around with different razor styles and brands over the years circumstances led me to try a cheap generic cartridge twin blade set sold in the Dutch discount chain 'Kruidvat'. I know.
But they didn't cut me, the cartridges lasted, and at 5 euro for a handle and 20 cartridges the price was laughable. So I happily used them for a few years. Then during lockdown #1 in the UK I was running out of blades in my travel case and noticed that the Dollar Shave Club Humble Twin handle looked suspiciously like my cheapo Dutch product. And that indeed turned out to be the case - they were identical apart from the colour and fitted my Kruidvat handle perfectly. In comparison to Kruidvat DSC was expensive, but their blades kept me going until I could get back to my Amsterdam Kruidvat stash.
Fast forward to UK lockdown #3. DSC seem to have shipping issues as my order for a few more blades didn't show. So I started to hunt through the forums here for info. That led me to Atra compatibility, and that to the Cien brand. And it looks like I have found my UK version of my favourite Dutch razors So I'll give these a go and see how they do. If anyone knows of more twin cartridges with the same fitting that are UK available I'd be happy to hear about it.
After fooling around with different razor styles and brands over the years circumstances led me to try a cheap generic cartridge twin blade set sold in the Dutch discount chain 'Kruidvat'. I know.
But they didn't cut me, the cartridges lasted, and at 5 euro for a handle and 20 cartridges the price was laughable. So I happily used them for a few years. Then during lockdown #1 in the UK I was running out of blades in my travel case and noticed that the Dollar Shave Club Humble Twin handle looked suspiciously like my cheapo Dutch product. And that indeed turned out to be the case - they were identical apart from the colour and fitted my Kruidvat handle perfectly. In comparison to Kruidvat DSC was expensive, but their blades kept me going until I could get back to my Amsterdam Kruidvat stash.
Fast forward to UK lockdown #3. DSC seem to have shipping issues as my order for a few more blades didn't show. So I started to hunt through the forums here for info. That led me to Atra compatibility, and that to the Cien brand. And it looks like I have found my UK version of my favourite Dutch razors So I'll give these a go and see how they do. If anyone knows of more twin cartridges with the same fitting that are UK available I'd be happy to hear about it.