I've heard of some companies that just add the scales in Germany to be able to say they are made there. Not entirely sure, but that's my guess with these. I agree with thebigspendur, there's no way these are quality blades for that price. I can speak from experience that cheap new blades are not able to be used for shaving. I was a sucker when I started and picked up a cheap razor, that I use to open boxes and that's about it.