Razors throughout the years
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In the beginning, shaving was a scary process men did daily.. with the straight or "cut throat" razor. Disaster was just a slip away but we did it anyway.
Best left to a barber who was trained in those days to be a barber (not a hairdresser), he could give you such a close shave with that razor which he knew how to keep (ahem!) razor sharp with sharpening and stropping with a leather belt.
Then the Safety Razor was invented and we breathed a sigh of relief. Bleary-eyed, we could shave relatively safely without slitting our own throats in the mornings.
All we needed to do was to buy the disposable blades and we could have a safe close shave without going to the barber.
Then Gillette appeared and decided that if 1 was good, 2 was better. On the Trac II, the first "twin blade" razor appeared and sparked off an arms race in shaving which is still being fought today.
The premise is the "hysteresis" thing which your hair follicle is gently tugged out by the first blade and is cut by the 2nd before it slides back in, ensuring a clean shave. Sounds like BS to me but no one could disprove it.
Other razor manufacturers started copying Gillette so hey, if it worked the first time, it'll work again... Three is better than Two!
So the Mach 3 was born!
Schick caught on to Gillette and decided, hey! we can play at this game too! We'll add ANOTHER blade to it and see what happens.
The result: a silly-looking 4-bladed razor which some say shaves really well.
Gillette must have had convulsions. So they did this...
THE FUSION!!! Five... count them.. FIVE blades on a razor's shaving face!! Even comes with a battery operated version (why, I don't even want to know). There's even a 6th blade on the back "for precision shaving".
This typical dude is thinking.. what next? This???
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y no electric shaver?
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wat abt this?
beard cliper.. -
yeah i was reading the war between schick and gillette since the invention of razors
quite interesting
reminds me of the war between Mars and Hershey, and other stories -
last 1 looks like its for alien
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wah long time no see thisOriginally posted by mr_sotong:wat abt this?
beard cliper..
those older barbers might have -
champion..
the next revolution
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Why don't you all just PLUCK, for goodness sake!!!!
Then it won't grow out as quickly.
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cos i like shaving better heheOriginally posted by MooKu:Why don't you all just PLUCK, for goodness sake!!!!
Then it won't grow out as quickly. -
We're not as free as you.Originally posted by MooKu:Why don't you all just PLUCK, for goodness sake!!!!
Then it won't grow out as quickly. And the area we need to cover is definitely more than your 2 armpits put together. -
How about IPL?
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Why don't you just suggest electrolysis? Never need to shave ever again.Originally posted by MooKu:How about IPL? -
pluck is nt an option
it is incredibly painful
i could see blood spots when i tried plucking
and they took a long time
and they gets more painful when near the nose area -
Hold on.Originally posted by ditzy:Why don't you just suggest electrolysis? Never need to shave ever again.
*wikis IPL*
Oh, I didn't know IPL was not permanent.
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I found the damn Schick Quattro impossible to clean.
I'm stick to tweezers and Mach 3.
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Actually I was talking to SO the other day
And we were joking about 10 razor blades or something since they keep adding blades.
SO still likes the 2 blade ones coz he finds the rest to be too stressful on his skin