Interesting story. Thanks for sharing it. More data documenting the rise of the traditional shaving movement.
The fact that a popular TV "star", Rick Harrison, is hawking a double edge razor to the masses, with the core DE story (classic shaving that's closer, better, and cheaper than cartridges, which are designed primarily to take your money) is a sign of the growth of the DE shaving movement. IdeaVillage, the marketing company behind the offer, wouldn't take on the product if they didn't strongly feel the market is ready for this product and message. Rick Harrison, who with his stardom from Pawn Stars must be getting pitched a lot of ideas like this, decided this was one he'd get behind.
Read Mantic's review at Sharpologist. His only real complaint was that it took almost a month for them to fulfill his order. He did point out though, that it's just a Weishi (or knockoff) made of cheap metal, and the whole kit comes to $33, which is perhaps 3x-4x what you can get the same stuff for elsewhere. I'll bet the delay was for two reasons: they start marketing these things with a small inventory on hand, to test the market, and they probably got hit with way more orders than they expected, and then had to scramble to get inventory to fulfill orders.
Many guys I've spoken with about traditional DE shaving have been quite fascinated and eager to learn more. People are sick and tired of shaving blade cartridge slavery, paying ever more for ever worse shaves. More and more guys are waking up and realizing it's a scam. And, that there are alternatives.
The fact that a popular TV "star", Rick Harrison, is hawking a double edge razor to the masses, with the core DE story (classic shaving that's closer, better, and cheaper than cartridges, which are designed primarily to take your money) is a sign of the growth of the DE shaving movement. IdeaVillage, the marketing company behind the offer, wouldn't take on the product if they didn't strongly feel the market is ready for this product and message. Rick Harrison, who with his stardom from Pawn Stars must be getting pitched a lot of ideas like this, decided this was one he'd get behind.
Read Mantic's review at Sharpologist. His only real complaint was that it took almost a month for them to fulfill his order. He did point out though, that it's just a Weishi (or knockoff) made of cheap metal, and the whole kit comes to $33, which is perhaps 3x-4x what you can get the same stuff for elsewhere. I'll bet the delay was for two reasons: they start marketing these things with a small inventory on hand, to test the market, and they probably got hit with way more orders than they expected, and then had to scramble to get inventory to fulfill orders.
Many guys I've spoken with about traditional DE shaving have been quite fascinated and eager to learn more. People are sick and tired of shaving blade cartridge slavery, paying ever more for ever worse shaves. More and more guys are waking up and realizing it's a scam. And, that there are alternatives.
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I note that Brad & Bo's page on the WHYN website has their email addresses....
