Close shave: are more blades better?
Amanda Bryan, January 24, 2012
Are five-bladed razors really at the cutting edge or a thinly disguised effort by manufacturers to keep us trapped in the upgrade cycle?
High-tech gadgets rely on faster chips and innovative apps to edge out competitors and find new markets but how do you stay current in the shaving game? Add another blade, of course.
But with five-bladed razors now a shaving aisle fixture, it's the question on every man's upper-lip: do all these blades really stack up?
Rest of article: http://www.smh.com.au/executive-style/close-shave-are-more-blades-better-20111222-1p6a1.html
Amanda Bryan, January 24, 2012
Are five-bladed razors really at the cutting edge or a thinly disguised effort by manufacturers to keep us trapped in the upgrade cycle?
High-tech gadgets rely on faster chips and innovative apps to edge out competitors and find new markets but how do you stay current in the shaving game? Add another blade, of course.
But with five-bladed razors now a shaving aisle fixture, it's the question on every man's upper-lip: do all these blades really stack up?
Rest of article: http://www.smh.com.au/executive-style/close-shave-are-more-blades-better-20111222-1p6a1.html
The article includes a video of a barber explaining a barber's shave. Worth watching.
Amazingly, the article fails to mention traditional safety razors even once. The most old-school it gets is three-bladed razors! It talks about the problems of dragging five blades across your face and fails to even consider the merits of using a single blade! Anyway, still interesting.
(BTW I searched and didn't find this article posted yet. Sorry if it is a duplicate.)
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