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For the steel, I would not be surprised to find a number of razor companies using the same source but have different standards. Let's say brand X is a larger more common/middle of the road razor brand and brand Y is a smaller more "upscale" brand with higher standards. So they both use the same supplier. Brand X says this is our minimum requirement for the quality of the steel and Brand Y has a higher minimum requirement. If Brand Y only takes 50% of the higher quality steel then Brand X may get the rest along with lesser quality steel.