Quote Originally Posted by medicevans View Post
Not to contradict you Will, because I'm not 100% certain, but I believe the Ted Pella sold blades are GEM, but are PTFE coated. What I'm not sure of, are the CVS/Walgreens blades coated?
You certainly could be right about that, I do not know for sure if they have the PTFE coating as the package doesn't say. I can say that I don't feel anything different from one to the other and the look is identical. The carbon blades I bought from Ted Pella are Pal though not Treet, I had to go and look at the package. Good blades, but a completely different feel and don't last long.

I do think that the drugstore Gem blades are good enough to let you know if the SE shave is something that someone wants to look further into.

Will N.