Originally Posted by Mudcat
This is another excellent thread. 5 stars.
This is another excellent thread. 5 stars.
Who the fuck brought the rating down to 4 stars?
Sometimes I wonder how many blades they will eventually get into disposable shavers.
For a long time there was just one blade and we lived with that. Then it became twin blades. Fine. Then someone got a third blade in there. Mach III. I am aware of something called a Quattro with 4 blades and last night I saw a commercial for a shaver with 5 blades.
I wonder if they will go for 6. I bet that, as we speak, there is some executive at Schick contemplating 6.
He's sitting alone in his office giggling uneasily to himself thinking, 'Six? Should I?'
These people are mad. Mad I tell you.
Birds do it, bees do it
Even educated fleas do it
Let's do it, let's fall in love
Cant remember who did that old sketch, but it made me laugh.
The first blade gives a close shave.
The second blade reaches below the skin.
The third blade blah blah blah
The fourth blade makes love to your wife.
The fifth blade balances your checkbook.
etc etc
"There were plants
And birds
And rocks
And things"
Here's the thought process that brought us the five blade razor: Fuck everything, we're doing five blades
Hey, if I'm the only one who'll take risks, I'm sure as hell happy to hog all the glory when the five-blade razor becomes the shaving tool for the U.S. of "this is how we shave now" A.
nice Mattay
Not withstanding that Gillette Fusion (four blades) is a very good razor, how would Gillette and it's competitors justify charging the prices that they do unless fitting ever more blades in? It is primarily marketing.
Before enlightenment - chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment - chop wood, carry water.
Tut tut. Four is so very pedestrian. Count em again.
Technically, Muddy, we already have a six blade razor. I happen to shave with a Gillette Fusion (on the two or three days out of the year I shave my beard, usually coinciding with a trip to the baths or a change in liturgical season) and in addition to the five blades on the face, it has a lone blade located at the top of the shaving head for "edge work."
"Perhaps you say, why are the wicked joyous? Why do they live in luxury? Why do they not toil with me?
It is because they who have not put down their names to strive for the crown are not bound to undergo the labors of the contest."
-Saint Ambrose, Bishop of Milan (340 - 397 A.D.)
My shaver has a first name, it's O-S-C-A-R
My shaver has a second name, it's M-A-Y-E-R
They're all completely mad.
Birds do it, bees do it
Even educated fleas do it
Let's do it, let's fall in love
I wonder if I will ever see a 13 blade shaver in my lifetime..?
I don't consider the 'edge work' blade on the bottom of the shaver as being a sixth blade.
I wonder if I will ever see a 13 blade shaver in my lifetime..?
I would be worried that it would result in a shave so close, the user may start to experience relativistic effects, perhaps going back in time.
Birds do it, bees do it
Even educated fleas do it
Let's do it, let's fall in love
Just goes to show how effective their marketing is. They can get schmuks like me to pay for a 5 (six if you prefer) blader even though I think it is only a four.
Before enlightenment - chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment - chop wood, carry water.
OK more than 3 blades, the shaving gel starts to get clogged inbetween the blades. I'm stopping at the 3 blade model with the battery powered shaker thing. Funny, I used to think that a shaky shave was bad, but the marketing guys have be buying a battery for my shaver now, and I am begining to thing that it ain't doing shit.
Rest in Peace Mr. Nordic Bigfurr, you have given me 10 great years of friendship that I will never forget
never used a real razor.
electric FTW
To each his own but I hate everything about electric razors.
Before enlightenment - chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment - chop wood, carry water.
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