i picked up a couple of 10 packs of the wilkinson sword blades at my local walmart tonight for $1.79 a pack. this was my first DE shave so my opinion my not be as well adjusted but i think for about 18-19 cents a blade all i can say is wow. these are made in germany and they arent real pretty, some discolored spots on the blade im not sure what from but they arent on the cutting edge so i didnt worry about it. im using a gilette super speed from the sixties i think. the wilkinson blades left my face and neck very smooth WTG. XTG and ATG went super BBS on my face no nicks or anything but on my neck i got a bit of burn trying to go against the grain. prolly me as much as the blades and my neck seems to be SUPER senstive to anything. all in all in my very inexperienced opinion these blades are worth the money if they are cheap as they were for me but there may be better out there.