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A question about Merkur razors
D.A.L.U.I.:
--- Quote from: Grizzly907 on September 09, 2011, 08:08:19 PM ---Whatever works for you, but my thoughts are that there are reasons that these items have become obsolete.
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I don't think they ever became obsolete. I think a couple of things happened. Some marketing genius came up with the disposable razor/cartridge paradigm and offered the handle itself at an inexpensive price, while sticking the consumer by charging a large sum of money for the replacement cartridges. Its the same thing they did with Printers. Sell you the printer for a cheap price and make their money off of the ink cartridges.
I get great shaves with an old school DE razor. Much better than The Five Bladed Torture Device (TFBTD.) You can find a lot of the old school safety on Ebay that are in great shape and still work albeit with some cosmetic defects. I hear guys say they are still using their grandads Gillette 1959 fatboy and other original safety razors to this day. They never became obsolete. Corporations like making as much money as they can and most of them will do it by screwing the public. Ask yourself-how much does it cost to make 4 fusion razors, put them in a plastic case and box them up? Its not fifteen dollars.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_razor#3-_and_4-blade_cartridges_introduced
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If it floats your boat--have at it.
Grizzly907:
--- Quote from: saintc on September 09, 2011, 08:12:44 PM ---
--- Quote from: Grizzly907 on September 09, 2011, 08:08:19 PM ---Whatever works for you, but my thoughts are that there are reasons that these items have become obsolete.
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I don't think they ever became obsolete. I think a couple of things happened. Some marketing genius came up with the disposable razor/cartridge paradigm and offered the handle itself at an inexpensive price, while sticking the consumer by charging a large sum of money for the replacement cartridges. Its the same thing they did with Printers. Sell you the printer for a cheap price and make their money off of the ink cartridges.
I get great shaves with an old school DE razor. Much better than The Five Bladed Torture Device (TFBTD.) You can find a lot of the old school safety on Ebay that are in great shape and still work albeit with some cosmetic defects. I hear guys say they are still using their grandads Gillette 1959 fatboy and other original safety razors to this day. They never became obsolete. Corporations like making as much money as they can and most of them will do it by screwing the public. Ask yourself-how much does it cost to make 4 fusion razors, put them in a plastic case and box them up? Its not fifteen dollars.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_razor#3-_and_4-blade_cartridges_introduced
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If it floats your boat--have at it.
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I concur.
Slynito:
I was issued one of those Gillette Adjustable razors with the micrometer knob in Boot Camp. It was an upgrade from the one I was handed down from my Daddy. Ain't no double edge floatin' my boat no more...
>:D
Grizzly907:
--- Quote from: Slynito on September 09, 2011, 08:31:40 PM ---I was issued one of those Gillette Adjustable razors with the micrometer knob in Boot Camp. It was an upgrade from the one I was handed down from my Daddy. Ain't no double edge floatin' my boat no more...
>:D
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Micrometer Knob?
Razor X:
--- Quote from: Grizzly907 on September 09, 2011, 08:08:19 PM ---
For the record I am not knocking what others use to groom themselves. I just found what works for me, and will recommend it. So please don't take what I am posting as an attack or criticism. Each to their own. Peace.
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I'm not taking it as an attack or criticism at all. As we said before, whatever works.
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