Interesting to see this thread. I know that Astras have a lot of love on B&B but they have never been in my top tier of blades. I don't find them as sharp or smooth as many other blades.
Inconsistent Astra blades
- Thread starter Mikecnorthwest
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OldSaw
The wife's investment
This may explain why I didn’t like them, while others raved about them. I may have even had a batch in which the lettering fell right off. It’s been some years now and I can’t remember exactly which ones had the lettering problem, might have even been Red Personna. However, one thing I remember very clearly, is that I was NOT a fan of the Astras that I used.
geofatboy has a YouTube video about this from back May. All Astra blades are no longer printed on with ink, all blades are laser etched on one side with the Astra logo and the sides are no longer numbered. Laser etching makes counterfeiting much harder, I guess there were some reports of counterfeit Astra's showing up on the market in the past.
Thank-you for that. All I had heard till now were suppositions.
The guy seems like a trusted vendor, so probably didn't pull the info out of thin air.
here is the video:
Not that I don't appreciate the information but videos like this drive me nuts. He spent three minutes talking in order to share the same amount of information I could have read in fifteen seconds.
Thanks for posting the video.! Geo always has lots of info on Razors & accoutrements.
