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Where is the best place to find blades to collect? I doubt that the drugstore is a likely spot.

No, the drugstore is not the best spot if you want to find vintage blades. The best place is usually flea markets and the Internet. That is a very interesting story:
Until about a year ago I thought that I am the only "crazy" person in the world who collected this kind of item, but then there was a dramatic change regarding my collection. I was introduced to eBay! Searching eBay I was amazed to find out that there were dozens of collectors like me all over the world and at the every moment that you are reading this article there are hundreds of blades on eBay for sale. This is how I also I found all the other collectors that I now know - more than 50 collectors from around the globe -- the USA, Italy, France, Germany, Turkey, Sweden, Holland, UK, Russia, Argentina, Chile, Czech Republic, Spain, and Poland.

You mentioned to me that you prefer "old blades" and "old razors" for daily use. Are you saying that they are superior to the ones manufactured today?

No, but they are very, very good... I, for example, shave every morning with an old razor and old blades. It's a great and safe shave every time - "like a baby face". Because of me, my father and a good friend started to shave also with the old blades. Even today when most of the population in the world uses modern razors and blades like the Gillette Mach 3 and Sensor and other modern brands like Schick and Wilkinson and many more, there still are a lot of people around the world using old razor blades to shave. So, many manufacturers are still manufacturing these blades every day in huge quantities. In Israel we have a plant in Nazareth (where Jesus was born) named Persona, owned by an American company. This plant manufactures every day a million Double Edge blades! Amazing! Most of their production is for export around the world, but not all. I, for example, shave every morning with an old razor and old blades.

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