From: lars@beagle-ears.com   
      
   On 2025-12-31, Radey Shouman  wrote:   
   > For years I could not find them at all in local stores.  Now I can find   
   > generic store-brand blades, and "Wilkinson Sword" branded blades (made   
   > in India) in one locally owned drugstore.   
      
   Yes, that is also the brand that I remember seeing. I'll have to look   
   next time I am at CVS.   
      
   > Almost of the shaving razor market is either disposable plastic razors   
   > or proprietary format multi-blade razor cartridge things.  The shelf   
   > space used for the ancient double-edge format blades is minuscule.   
      
   Miniscule shelf space (because there is no real difference between   
   brands) is good, because it minimizes cost for the store. But it is also   
   bad, because it becomes invisible.   
      
   I have noticed that Arm and Hammer toothpaste with baking soda and   
   peroxide gets a lot of shelf space, because there are something like   
   6 different versions of it (even though I have tried several, and   
   they seem to be the same formulation). They only come in a large   
   (9 ounce?) size, and they try to sell the twin packs. I really   
   don't have room for that in thge dopp kit in my gym bag; I'd prefer   
   a 4 or 5 ounce tube, but I can't find it anywhere, so I buy 3-packs   
   of 0.9 ounce tubes at a time from Amazon.   
      
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   Lars Poulsen - an old geek in Santa Barbara, California   
      
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