The replacement blades arrived from Salon Supply Store in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
Exactly the same box and wrappers: blue box marked :- PERSONNA double edge stainless blades..and with a yellow strip at the bottom COMFORT COATED. White sleeves with the wrapping being somewhat innacurately creased around the blade.
Haven't tried one yet as I just had my first go with the R41 and a Feather (very little bloodshed and nice and close, as would have been expected, I imagine) but, in truth, and with the benefit of hindsight, am not expecting them (the new batch of Personnas) to be significantly different from the first batch.
Re. the R41, I'm still not 100% sure that I actually NEED to have a razor quite as aggressive as the R41 given that I seem to get very similar results with my other items. I guess it would benefit bods with a weeks worth of heavy, coarse growth rather than my own daily shave ??? Someone put me straight here.
Great service from Salon Supply in the US though....and not expensive either !!