Does anyone know if there are any German made DE blades out there besides Merkur? You would think that Solingen being the knife and razor capital of the world would have several types of DE blades available. Just wondering, because I can't find any.
German DE Blades
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Souplex, Croma and Rotbart to name but a few. Timor is probably Souplex.
Some Wilkinson Sword DE blades are German made.
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I have the German Wilkinsons and they are nice blades. Just picked up a pack of Croma also.
Bolzano are made in Germany, altough they're originally from Italy.
Todays setup (Godrej menthol mist shaving cream, Gillette SS 1956 with Bolzano blade, HEMA AS cream) almost worked fine for me. But I performed my routine to hastily, so caused myself some nicks in the process and not too BBS results on some places. But generally, I like the Bolzano blade and will probably keep it in my regular rotation.
Bolzano and ELIOS are, respectively, Italian and Spanish brands, but are currently made in Germany.
I can tell you that I'm very much enamored with 2 german-made blades: souplex and timor. As Wil suggests, they may be the same thing, but I find Timors to be very sharp, but the smoother of the two. Souplex is a little less forgiving, to me, and extremely sharp. Perhaps they are the same material from the same factory, but maybe there's a difference in production process?
Anyhow, neither of those blades is very cheap (40-50 cents/blade or so), so be prepared to pay a premium. From a quality standpoint, however, they can't be beat in my opinion.
Place to get Souplex:
http://www.scherenprofi.com/epages/.../61241218/Products/9201A/SubProducts/9201A-10
Place to get Timor:
http://www.gf-solingen.de/artikel/Shaver/Razor-blades,+stainless,+10x10+pcs.~903.html
Timors also seem to be available at a couple other online retailers. I could only find souplex at the link above, though.
Hope it helps,
-- Chet
To be honest, Rotbart blades are not made in Germany anymore. These are made in St. Petersburg for the german market now.
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Well I checked out the links you sent, and decided to order some Timor. I noticed that there are no reviews for this blade, so I will post one as soon as I try one. Thanks for the info.
You are right, I have nos blades...
Have a look at these. Good results on first trial yesterday. Will send a few if interested.
http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?t=183396
http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?t=183396
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The Wilkies I just bought at Wal-Mart this week are made in Germany.
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Are you enjoying your Wally Wilks? I found them to be a bit rough unless corked. And corking is my last resort; one shave and then replace it.
First try this morning in my SA. No complaints at all; a nice smooth shave.
Phew! Congrats! Now you can go and buy up the entire shelf each time you go to the store. To the despair of any other Wilkinson fans in the area! LOL!
