Hi folks. After using cartridges for many years, I'm returning to the ways of my youth and taking up DE shaving again. I've bought myself a Merkur 34C and a few blades to try.
I'm struggling a bit with blades ID though. Seems many go under different names ( ie Crystal are, if I have this right, Blue Personna's ?) and all the different locations and package colours of similarly named blades is more than a little hard understand.
I'm wondering if there is a chart or something anywhere that gives the various names of the same blade to help clear it up a bit. I have searched around the internet but haven't found one yet.
I don't recall there being such a choice of blades in the 70s when I was using them, but maybe in those days it was just a case of nipping down the local chemist and grabbing what they had available from the 5 or 6 brands they regularly stocked. I was just a lad then with no money and I'd no doubt stick to the cheapest I could find.
Anyway, good to be here and if anyone knows of a chart I'd be grateful if you could point me to it.
Wooster
I'm struggling a bit with blades ID though. Seems many go under different names ( ie Crystal are, if I have this right, Blue Personna's ?) and all the different locations and package colours of similarly named blades is more than a little hard understand.
I'm wondering if there is a chart or something anywhere that gives the various names of the same blade to help clear it up a bit. I have searched around the internet but haven't found one yet.
I don't recall there being such a choice of blades in the 70s when I was using them, but maybe in those days it was just a case of nipping down the local chemist and grabbing what they had available from the 5 or 6 brands they regularly stocked. I was just a lad then with no money and I'd no doubt stick to the cheapest I could find.
Anyway, good to be here and if anyone knows of a chart I'd be grateful if you could point me to it.
Wooster