How many blades is enough?
Feb. 27th, 2006 04:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
poltr1History: In the early 1970s, Gillette rolled out its "Trac II" razor. To the best of my memory, it was the first double-edged razor. They added pivoting several years later with their "Atra" razor. Then in the early-to-mid 1990s, they added a third blade for their "Sensor" razor. Schick, not abot to be otudone, came out with their "Quattro" razor, which had 4 blades.
Earlier this year, Gillette released "Fusion", a 5-bladed razor, with a single blade for tough-to-get and/or precision areas, like sideburns, mustaches, and the like. The razor handle costs about $10, and the replacement blades are $15.
It's awfully expensive for someone to try out, much less use. For now, I might as well stick to the disposable two-bladed razors.
And at what point is it impractical to add more blades? I thought we reached that limit. Apparently not.
Earlier this year, Gillette released "Fusion", a 5-bladed razor, with a single blade for tough-to-get and/or precision areas, like sideburns, mustaches, and the like. The razor handle costs about $10, and the replacement blades are $15.
It's awfully expensive for someone to try out, much less use. For now, I might as well stick to the disposable two-bladed razors.
And at what point is it impractical to add more blades? I thought we reached that limit. Apparently not.
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Date: 2006-02-27 11:07 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-02-27 11:14 pm (UTC)Personally, I decided when I started growing facial hair that I never wanted to cut myself shaving. I never shaved at all until a girl in the group I hung out with in college got tired of the terrorist look and got me a cheap electric razor, which I was willing to use to limit myself to a goatee. I've upgraded the electric since then, but I've still never shaved myself with a blade and I don't plan to.
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Date: 2006-02-28 02:18 am (UTC)I agree. It sounds a lot like post-P&G-acquisition-of-Gillette marketing hype to me all right.