Merkur and Feather : same factory ?

Pevano · Jul 20, 2011

Guys,

Are Merkur and Feather blades made in the same factory ? I found a Merkur blade in a Feather packaging in my box of Merkur blades ...

Pevano · Jul 20, 2011

No, bought the Merkur blades from a Dutch webshop.

franz · Jul 20, 2011

Feather factory is in Japan, Merkur factory is in Germany, AFAIK. That's an interesting mixup. Was the packaging sealed? How about the blade box?

Pevano · Jul 20, 2011

The blade box was not sealed (I only ordered one box).

franz · Jul 20, 2011

Hm.... to be on the safe side, I would not shave with that particular blade. Maybe it came out of the wrapping and someone transferred it to a spare wrapper they had on hand. Who knows. I'd ask the webshop about this, though.

Pevano · Jul 20, 2011

The wrap is still sealed, I knew something strange was going on since I've ever only owned two feather blades in my life. Guess I'll keep it as a collector's item or something like that.

Pevano · Jul 20, 2011

franz said:
Hm.... to be on the safe side, I would not shave with that particular blade. Maybe it came out of the wrapping and someone transferred it to a spare wrapper they had on hand. Who knows. I'd ask the webshop about this, though.

This explanation sounds very plausible ..... there goes my collector's item.

talibeard · Jul 20, 2011

Weird. I found a Merkur blade in a pack of Croma Diamant blades not too long ago. They are from Germany too but not from Solingen (as the Merkur blades state) and found that to be strange enough.

mharris127 · Jul 22, 2011

Maybe the blades were shipped to the same factory for wrapping and placement in the blade box? A lot of blades use the same white blade container (including Merkurs and Feathers) or the same cardboard box design.

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