You and me both. I get my Personnas from Sally's. $3 and change for a 5 pack.
Yet another Personna / AccuTec thread.
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Alright... time to throw a wrench into this discussion:
So I ordered a 100 pack of the "Comfort Coat" Personna Blades that are made in the US. When I received them, they had a bonus 20 blades in there! Score! But here is the catch... the stamp on the blade is identical to the israeli/German Personna Platinums!! Every blade says "Personna Platinum Chrome". On the box, it specifies that they are made by Accutec in VA blah blah blah...
Reason I'm chiming in is because I bought them this very week (off of amazon, link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071P4ZTZC?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details ) so I wanted to throw in the most recent info that I could.
They are definitely sharp and comfortable and I'm very pleased with the performance, I just haven't seen anywhere else where someone has encountered this particular combo of "Lab Blues" with "Platinum Chrome" written on the blade.
So I ordered a 100 pack of the "Comfort Coat" Personna Blades that are made in the US. When I received them, they had a bonus 20 blades in there! Score! But here is the catch... the stamp on the blade is identical to the israeli/German Personna Platinums!! Every blade says "Personna Platinum Chrome". On the box, it specifies that they are made by Accutec in VA blah blah blah...
Reason I'm chiming in is because I bought them this very week (off of amazon, link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071P4ZTZC?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details ) so I wanted to throw in the most recent info that I could.
They are definitely sharp and comfortable and I'm very pleased with the performance, I just haven't seen anywhere else where someone has encountered this particular combo of "Lab Blues" with "Platinum Chrome" written on the blade.
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I ordered from that seller last fall and had the same experience - I sent them back, as the Verona made blades (per customer service at AccuTec) will be stamped or laser etched 'made in USA'.
I personally suspect that seller (intentionally or not) is shipping repackaged run of the mill Personna Platinums - I have zero evidence whatsoever other than the blades I receieved were definitely not Comfort Coated/'Lab Blue' and shaved poorly in comparison.
Good word! Like I said, the baffling part to me was the good shave on the first one!
I'll try another before sending back. Do you have a link for the actual "lab blues"?
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I've never had good luck with the regular Personna Platinums, but that's just me ... they're very popular here on B&B.
Blackland Razors sell Personna Comfort Coated / 'Lab Blues' in boxes of 100 - (they also ship their DE razors with them)
They have an excellent reputation and I would be confident the blades they ship are the real deal.
FWIW, I've purchased 5 x 100 packs of these from Amazon over the last 2 years and the sellers were all different. None of those sellers, however, were the current one listed at the link above. The 500 blades are all Lab Blues, laser etched, made in USA. If somebody is repackaging the platinum chrome versions, that's just unconscionable!
I've had good luck ordering from a good barber supply shop. Amazon is just not a reliable source these days with all the third-party sellers, I try to avoid using Amazon for blades. It's a crap shoot.
Here is a link for one barber supply, there are quite a few others, though:
NOTE that they have the wrong picture which is out-of-date and does not match what I was sent. I got the latest laser etched blades made a few months ago in Virginia.
Shipping is an extra cost from these places, so it makes sense to order a bunch of things at the same time, it costs the same or free with a certain minimum order. Also there are coupons for 15% off and even free shipping from time-to-time.
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Was Beast Beauty the seller? That was my seller. No stamps at all on the blades but nice shave. I have recently learned that accutech blades do not have any stamp on them. I wonder if that’s what I got
That seller claims that the item was shipped by AMAZON. And that they never have possession of the item. In addition the box was factory sealed. Wierd stuff coming out of that factory.
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I believe you are correct AccuTech has no stamp/etching, but does have the black AccuTec wrapper if they are from a newer production run.
Did yours come in the plain white?
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Right?!? - the re-branding is making their whole thing even more confusing
That plant has been operated by AccuTec for years now. The boxes used to be labeled with "Personna is a trademark of Edgewell, Inc." but the blades were actually made by AccuTec in Virginia and stamped/etched as Personna.
Maybe they no longer have the rights to use the Personna name or have decided to move away from the Personna name. Confusing in any case.
All so confusing... I took @reformedshavr 's advice and ordered some from @Blackland Razors !
It's so easy to return on amazon, so doing that.
Cheers to our little community, thanks for all the feedback!
It's so easy to return on amazon, so doing that.
Cheers to our little community, thanks for all the feedback!
The black wrapper accutec’s (accuthrive)are the old Med Prep’s and are stamped “for hospital use” I got white wrapping and no stamping which may indicate the accuforge new lab blues.
I’m new to all of this but are the black wrapper blades you are talking about in the picture below? I have tried a bunch of blades over the last few months and they are my favorite so I picked up 60
Is there any writing or etching on the blade?
No, no writing or etching on either side
This is why there are more than 1 thread on these blades and there is always someone that comes in and posts info that should've been researched a little better...
AccuThrive = Med Prep
AccuForge = Lab Blue
So the only blade from that factory that isn’t stamped or etched is the accuforge lab blue no matter what color wrapper they’re in. My accurhrive med preps that are stamped like yours “Hospital use” were in black wrappers (250 count)
Correction, the accuthrive mad preps i have are in blue wrappers. But still the only blade that I know of from personna, accuthrive and accuforge that has no stamp or etching is the lab blue
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