What is this blade?

**New Orleans** · 04-30-2009, 03:43 AM

Can't remember where these came from. Here's what the package looks like. There are no markings on the blade, and the paper is plain white, no glue, and no markings. What are they? (I'm shaving them nevertheless with reasonable results.)

**New Orleans** · 04-30-2009, 09:44 AM

Come on. I gotta' know.

**brz90** · 04-30-2009, 09:49 AM

They look like the generic blades made in the ASR (Personna) factory in Israel and sold by Boots, Tesco and Asda stores in the UK. But maybe they're packaged up and sold elsewhere also?

**New Orleans** · 04-30-2009, 09:55 AM

The famous inexpensive Personna blade. No wonder I have some! Thank you.

**jpkunst** · 04-30-2009, 10:43 AM

Originally Posted by brz90

They look like the generic blades made in the ASR (Personna) factory in Israel and sold by Boots, Tesco and Asda stores in the UK. But maybe they're packaged up and sold elsewhere also?

Yep, also available in the HEMA stores in The Netherlands, rebranded as their house brand.

**New Orleans** · 04-30-2009, 10:53 AM

Are they considered to be good blades?

**brz90** · 04-30-2009, 11:06 AM

The UK Tesco variants have quite a strong fanbase I think. For me they're not as sharp as the sharpest blades - Swedes, 7 O'Clocks, Iridium Supers, Feathers, etc - but they're sharp enough and smooth enough to give a very good shave.