Thread: New to SE

Originally Posted by Klopstick

Have a look at this thread for discussion of blades for the SE razors.

The "Ted Pella" blades discussed in that thread are the best blades.

The GEM Personna blades often available at the big chain drug stores are also good. Or get them from Amazon: Amazon.com: Gem Personna Single Edge Super Stainless Steel Blades with Used Blade Vault - 10 Pack: Health & Personal Care

Many of the GEM 1912/GEM Junior users, including me, thought those were the same blades as the Ted Pellas but someone on Badger and Blade has a high-powered microscope and posted pictures of the two and they are indeed different -- much to my surprise.

But the ones I link to at Amazon are the ones I started with before I bought a lot of 200 from Ted Pella and I honestly didn't notice a difference, although I never did a back-to-back comparison. It's been a few months since I switched to a straight so I never did go back and do a better comparison.