Wall Street Journal article....
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It can be dangerous and it usually is expensive. I'll always remember that time I took a chunk out of my lip because I was speeding (first couple of weeks of DE shaving). I've spent more in 3 yrs of DE/SE shaving gear than I did in a decade (or more) of Mach3/Sensor shaving. It's not even worth looking for non-personal examples on this very board. I admire the guys with just one razor, a few blades restocked frequently and one shaving cream and AS (do they exist?), but they're vastly outnumbered by the big spenders.
$260 is high for a DE, but witness the recent Feather and PILS purchases or the sheer number of razors some guys own. The latter have spent more in shipping than a Mach3 shaver. Glad one of those guys wasn't interviewed!
DE shaving DOES take much longer than cartridge shaving. If it doesn't, you were shaving wrong with the cartridge; welcome to B&B, we can help.
I've seen several threads over the years where shavers of differing proficiency ask how to shorten their shaves. An inevitable, unhelpful response is always, "get up earlier!" Glad those guys didn't get interviewed!$1000 worth of blades. What about the guys with 1000's of blades? I find that equally ridiculous, but that's completely their business. I'm part of the club, so I kind of understand. But a guy with 2000 blades interviewed in the article would definitely have set off the average reader's crackpot-o-meter.
I thought it was a good article that covered a lot of ground. Thanks for posting it.
Steve
Awesome video...thanks Jim! I'll have to make a special stop there on my way to CT next time I head up that way
This may help- the wetshavers Bermuda triangle, where your money disappears without a trace!
Here's a CNN My Money (financial magazine from CNN) on DE.
http://moremoney.blogs.money.cnn.com/2010/04/29/spend-less-on-a-close-shave/
http://moremoney.blogs.money.cnn.com/2010/04/29/spend-less-on-a-close-shave/
Interesting quick look at the new Gillette product and what some people are doing to avoid the increasing cost.
http://finance.yahoo.com/family-hom...-fancy-shavers-leaves-some-men-feeling-nicked
http://finance.yahoo.com/family-hom...-fancy-shavers-leaves-some-men-feeling-nicked
"Allan Neibart believes better versions were made decades ago. Despite occasionally suffering deep gashes, he swears by the close shave delivered by his 1958 gold-plated Gillette toggle razor, bought for about $260 in an eBay auction."
Let this article scare stockpilers away so I can stockpile more 
Really, shaving can be overcomplicated if done like they describe it. Sadly, they don't point to B&B.
Really, shaving can be overcomplicated if done like they describe it. Sadly, they don't point to B&B.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/all...ical-shortages-and-blade-count-revisited.html
LA Times article from yesterday.
Hey, at least the CNNMoney blog puts DE shaving in a better light. I think slowly, but surely, people will catch on to DE shaving.
LA Times article from yesterday.
Hey, at least the CNNMoney blog puts DE shaving in a better light. I think slowly, but surely, people will catch on to DE shaving.
I read the WSJ article this morning. I guess I can understand hording some of the stuff you are convinced will disappear soon. I mean, I'd rather have a closet full of blades than to wake one day and realize my only choice for new shaving supplies is the latest from Gillette or Schick. Hopefully the stuff will remain popular overseas, so someone will still make good DE or SE blades. With that said, this article makes me feel like I should buy 10000 blades right now. I am only 28, I got a lot of shaving left to do. It also had me itching to start shopping for Injectors at the office. I resisted.
If Mr. $260 Toggle is getting "deep gashes" or whatever it said, he needs to get some direction real quick.
If Mr. $260 Toggle is getting "deep gashes" or whatever it said, he needs to get some direction real quick.
I like the article. Sounds like he is now a member of the GEMocracy!
Been a wet shave/DE fan for years, especially after numerous trips abroad where shaving is still hot. Found B&B after this week's Wall St. Journal article about the shaving wars and those still dedicated to the past. Glad to be a member and looking forward to adding a Toggle (watch the price go up since the WSJ story) to my collection of Merkur Futura, etc.!!
That link to the Space Age Razor Race was scary as some of those things actually exist now -
The Laser/microwave Razor is just a laser hair removal machine quite commonly seen in costmetologists places now.
And the Plucker razors are just epilators!
The Laser/microwave Razor is just a laser hair removal machine quite commonly seen in costmetologists places now.
And the Plucker razors are just epilators!
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Phil,
The guy must be a NOOB!
For me DE, SE, or Cartridge shaving takes me 10 to 15 minutes.
If the face prep and lather is done right, the shave is great.
John
