Buying Blades Locally

Ike · Post by **Ike** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 10:39 pm

Is there a decent blade I can go get at a Walgreens or CVS?

Thanks

rtaylor61 · Post by **rtaylor61** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 10:54 pm

Ike,

Where are you? Since you mentioned Walgreens and CVS, I'll assume there is a Wal Mart within a reasonable distance. You'll get the same blades at all three stores, but they are much cheaper at Wal Mart.

Randy

Prairie · Post by **Prairie** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 10:56 pm

I use unlabeled Personna's as my daily shaver.

I honestly didn't notice a huge difference between these and the Merkur's I bought. Definitely worth the purchase and available pretty much anywhere.

rtaylor61 · Post by **rtaylor61** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 11:06 pm

Prairie,

If you are using store brands, then Wal Mart is definitely the way to go. I was at Walgreens last week and they were on sale for $3.99 for 10, vs $1.36 for 10 at Wal Mart.

Randy

Ike · Post by **Ike** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 11:12 pm

I'm in the New Orleans area. I have some other drug stores too that are not chains that I may check to see what they may have.

If I am reading it right the blades are made by Personna but sold as Walgreens or Wal-Mart brands?

Prairie · Post by **Prairie** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 11:24 pm

Yep, I buy them at Wal-Mart (actually K-Mart this week as they were having a sale on them).

Ike · Post by **Ike** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 3:02 pm

I went to a local drug store and bought some Wilkinson Sword Classic blades today. That is all they had.

Should i even try these or should I go to a regular chain store and get the Personna blades?

Thanks

javyn · Post by **javyn** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 4:04 pm

If I'm not mistaken the Wilkinson are better than Personna?

Taffa · Post by **Taffa** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 4:55 pm

Hi,i receive today a couple of Wilkinson blades made in England so ill give a shot in the week to see how they are.Regards,Eddie

Greggy_D · Post by **Greggy_D** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 5:38 pm

I just picked up 3 packages of Personnas at Wally World today. $1.36 for 10 blades. Made in the USA.

Ike · Post by **Ike** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 6:03 pm

The wilkinson blades I bought are made in Germany. They were $1.29 for a 5 pack.

BTW how do you get the blade out of the plastic pack?

Pauldog · Post by **Pauldog** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 2:57 pm

Push on the blade and slide it out of the end with the slot. (Do the same thing with the cardboard that's on top of the blades.)

Ike · Post by **Ike** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 5:24 pm

Thanks. I figured it out. I was a little nervous to push too hard at first.