Gillette DE Blade brands, is it just marketing?

Bogeyman · Friday February 16, 2018

luv2shave said:
...However the saloon version of this blade is still made in India and I find them rough...

Yes, the Indian version is not so good. The only worse one is the Gillette 365.

Shemen Zait · Friday February 16, 2018

I yet to use the Chinese GWS, but on the contrary I find the saloon pack blades to be a masterpiece of sharpness x smoothness x longevity.
This and Gillette SB are the current players in my Sheick DE.

Bogeyman · Monday February 19, 2018

Shemen Zait said:
I yet to use the Chinese GWS, but on the contrary I find the saloon pack blades to be a masterpiece of sharpness x smoothness x longevity.
This and Gillette SB are the current players in my Sheick DE.

Then the Chinese ones should just send you into orbit.

Shemen Zait · Monday February 19, 2018

Bogeyman said:
Then the Chinese ones should just send you into orbit.

That is if it was possible to get, I wrote to few sellers on the bay that had the right wrapper pic but I am not the wiser.
Answers I got (most didn't bother writing back) :

~We sell many sir, you be happy with blades

~These are quality blades

~ The listing is for 2X5 blades each box

Basically unless there was a reliable seller on the sub continent who can actually show the exact product they are selling I would pass. Sellers from those parts of the world refer to the eBay rules as pure recommendations at this point of the history of Ecommerce.

I had my TOBS mixed with the GFT but it's all YMMV on SOTD..

luv2shave · Monday February 19, 2018

Shemen Zait said:
That is if it was possible to get,

Basically unless there was a reliable seller on the sub continent

I come from the some part of the sub continent [emoji16]. I see so much love for the Gillette Wilkinson out here, wish i could help you all out some way!

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jmudrick · Monday February 19, 2018

luv2shave said:
I believe that was the strategy and they did this almost 5 years ago . They moved the production of this version to China. In fact the blade improved after this change. However the saloon version of this blade is still made in India and I find them rough. Maybe they decided to import a more advanced version to India market rather than bring in the machinery for the same.
Ebay / Amazon - like I posted earlier the only place i could find the blade in bulk was by tapping a source in their distribution chain. Sorry, I couldn't help more than that.

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Set up an eBay store.

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luv2shave · Monday February 19, 2018

jmudrick said:
Set up an eBay store.

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Sounds like a plan

Have a full time job though.

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jmudrick · Monday February 19, 2018

luv2shave said:
Sounds like a plan

Have a full time job though.

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Sounds like an excuse. You have time for shaving forums. There's a niche here.

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luv2shave · Monday February 19, 2018

jmudrick said:
Sounds like an excuse. You have time for shaving forums. There's a niche here.

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You're probably right. I've never explored this territory really. I could call up eBay India and ask what it takes.

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Shemen Zait · Monday February 19, 2018

luv2shave said:
I come from the some part of the sub continent [emoji16]. I see so much love for the Gillette Wilkinson out here, wish i could help you all out some way!

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Oh thank you.

Basically the tuck package is what you see in Bogey's avatar and they comes in 5 blades per box.
10 in a box = The Indian made
5 in a box = The Chinese made blades.

PM me if you find any.

Thank you again

I had my TOBS mixed with the GFT but it's all YMMV on SOTD..

luv2shave · Monday February 19, 2018

Shemen Zait said:
Oh thank you.

Basically the tuck package is what you see in Bogey's avatar and they comes in 5 blades per box.
10 in a box = The Indian made
5 in a box = The Chinese made blades.

PM me if you find any.

Thank you again

I had my TOBS mixed with the GFT but it's all YMMV on SOTD..

I know you're referring to these. They are my favorite too!

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Bogeyman · Monday February 19, 2018

If you order from Maggard and REQUEST the Chinese one that is what you will get.

Bogeyman · Tuesday February 20, 2018

luv2shave said:
I know you're referring to these. They are my favorite too!...

Actually, there are 5 blade packs made in India as well. I have used them. The only way to be 100% sure is to look at the back for place of manuf.