Share your shave of the day for Tuesday!

  • gcgallant
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    1 year ago

    but the IndiGoGo price is too much unless they can last 10+ shaves.

    I think that marketing is a problem with these blades. A “real” user of DE razors doesn’t care if the blade is “barber approved”. And, what about the blade’s performance differentiates it from the many DE blades already offered that have their niche in the market? Finally, I’ve always assumed that the band steel DE blades are made from is more cheaply manufactured from recycled stainless.

    I thought that the MIT study of DE blade edge retention @sgrdddy mentions would come up with a steel composition that would extend blade use and therefore be cost-effective. I suspect that formula was was achievable.

    • waldenMA
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      1 year ago

      I just saw the discussion about these going on at Reddit and shared this photo.

      The first two blades are made in Germany, but the manufacturing has since moved to Egypt. These are the only blades that I could find in a quick search that have the 3 lines on each side. The inking also seems of similar “quality”.