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I got into wet shaving a few years back, and have fallen in love
with DE (double edge) safety razors. There are many small
entrepreneurs keeping the tradition alive, manufacturing new
safety razors with modern designs, but so far the innovation
seems to be limited to the shape of the handle and
the shape of
the razor head. Blade design has been modernized a little bit by
adding a Teflon coating to some of them and using materials like
titanium.
But I haven't seen any heated safety razors, or vibrating safety
razors, or any other powered options like that which have
become so commonplace with cartridge razors... and that's the
big idea. Powered features such as heating elements and
vibration motors for safety razors.
I bare my throat before the pack...
Thallium
https://en.wikipedi...i/Thallium#Toxicity
"Among the distinctive effects of thallium poisoning are hair loss ... " [8th of 7, Dec 16 2018]
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But the whole point is that, like straight razors, the functionality is "traditional", shirley ? |
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Adding vibration or heating would be like adding electronic ignition and fuel injection to a Straight Eight Bentley; you can technically do it, but it would betray the whole reason for owning it. |
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Double edged safety razors? ??? What kind of degenerate pap is this? |
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I have a classic double-edged safety razor. For me, the lack
of multiple blades this and vibrating that is kind of the
point. It works just fine, no further innovation necessary, it's
a standard. Even better it's a global standard, few products
can boast consumables that are easily obtained in Cairo,
London, Lagos, Tokyo and even here in the colonies. Such
standard products gain uses outside their original scope, I
keep one with tape covering one side and use it for
removing laser printed/photocopied text, super sharp and
just the right amount of flex. |
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Do a lot of forgery and document-tampering, do you ? |
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// easily obtained in Cairo, London, Lagos, Tokyo and even here in the colonies. // |
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Fine... but who would want to ever go to any of those places (except Tokyo*), let alone stay long enough to purchase gentleman's toilet requisites ? |
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*In a B-29. At 15,000' AMSL, 255 knots, and at night. With the spirit of Curtis Emerson LeMay guiding your hand on the bomb release. |
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The idea is to reach out to younger generations and
encourage them to take up the tradition. It's basically a
gimmick. |
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//The idea is to reach out to younger generations and
encourage them// |
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The result is that they rebel and do the opposite. My dad
has some plastic multi blade monstrosity, because his dad
didn't and now look at me. Eventually the oscillations
dampen down and the real quality remains. I'm willing to
concede that it MIGHT be a straight razor, but am often in a
rush so the risk/reward is off for me. |
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//often in a rush// Isn't that why beards etc. were invented? |
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Were beards invented, discovered, or did they "just happen" ? |
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Beards have merely always been. There was no time
before beards, and there will never be an end to beards.
Beards are the One True God. |
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They said that about pubes. |
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Kindly unbare your throat, this is a family show. |
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Anyway, what's really needed is a razor on the inside
of the skin. Or lots of little ones. |
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It would cut the hairs at the roots, so all you'd have to
do is vigorously shake your head and it all drops out. |
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// vigorously shake your head and it all drops out // |
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Perhaps a razor lubricated with a nice smelling depilatory
salve which would double as cologne. A week of use would
banish your beard for... weeks. |
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