General / Off-Topic The Ultimate Razor Blade?

shreddog

shreddog
Shaving is for soy boys ;)

Interesting read, thx.

Btw, I think you have to do some pretty tough shaving to get that surface film to form [haha]

Sounds like that alloy would have great use in bushings and the like.
 

Agony_Aunt

Agony_Aunt
Robin of Spiritwood said:
What if there was a blade that was as resistant as a diamond, didn't rust, and could magically lubricate itself with carbon it extracted from the environment?

A lubricant that only appears when it slides?

It would be a lifetime razor blade. One you could pass to your son.

https://www.theengineer.co.uk/wear-resistant-alloy-platinum-gold/
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I feel sorry for those guys. Either Gilette is going to buy them out and bury the technique or else they are going to mystyeriously stab themselves in the back while shaving.

Erm, sorry, cynicism, but the price of good razor blades that are designed to wear quicky is a pet peeve of mine. You can get longer lasting ones but they don't tend to do as good as the good cutting ones.

I'm sure there is a conspiracy by big... erm... razor.
 

Zak Gordon

Zak Gordon
Patrick_68000 said:
The razor blades are too expensive in my opinion.

A blade for the life ?

I agree to participate in a kickstarter !
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You can still get one (more or less), a cut-throat razor. Not sure what the good brands are, but probably best to avoid the mainstream brands (like Gillette/Wilkinson etc) as they have fully gone capitalist (and make expensive non-durable throw away blades these days).

I've never owned one, but my grand father did and it lasted most his life (hmm i should look and see if it is still around).

I actually stopped shaving for the same reasons i stopped buying inkjet cartridge refills. Just got fed up being taken for a ride/robbed blind so voted with my wallet.
 

Patrick_68000

Patrick_68000
Zak Gordon said:
You can still get one (more or less), a cut-throat razor. Not sure what the good brands are, but probably best to avoid the mainstream brands (like Gillette/Wilkinson etc) as they have fully gone capitalist (and make expensive non-durable throw away blades these days).

I've never owned one, but my grand father did and it lasted most his life (hmm i should look and see if it is still around).

I actually stopped shaving for the same reasons i stopped buying inkjet cartridge refills. Just got fed up being taken for a ride/robbed blind so voted with my wallet.
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In my first youth, I shaved myself with the electric razor.

Later I passed to blades and in shaving foam.

I cannot go back.

Then before, I shaved myself 6 times by week and since a few years as blades have an exorbitant price, I shave myself 3 times a week.
 

Zak Gordon

Zak Gordon
Well having had a godly beard for about a decade (when razor blades first started to take the mick in terms of price hikes) i have considered shaving, but i'm going to have to do a good bit of research on what cut-throat razor to get and use. It will be a learning experience, but i'm not going back to paying £20 for a pack of blades that last a couple of months at best (by design).

My journey starts here:

https://www.baldingbeards.com/best-straight-razor/

But i also will check if my grandfathers one is still around, he had it over 40 years and it still looked brand new last time i saw it, so it probably is a quality blade, none of this modern designed-to-wear-out rubbish.
 
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Chevy66

C
Get an old fashioned double edge safety razor, works better than modern multi bladed monstrosities and you can get 100 decent quality blades for under £10. just don't buy the cheapest blades, try a few brands and go with the sharpest
 

Robin of Spiritwood

Robin of Spiritwood
Chevy66 said:
Get an old fashioned double edge safety razor, works better than modern multi bladed monstrosities and you can get 100 decent quality blades for under £10. just don't buy the cheapest blades, try a few brands and go with the sharpest
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The sharpest? Feather, a Japanese brand gets my vote.

They make the best surgical blades. Always a first choice in the OR.
 

Zak Gordon

Zak Gordon
I never liked shaving, but that might have been down to the tools used (from cheap bic throw aways, to the now rip-off Gilette/Wilkinson cartridge types and to various electric razors).

Still i LIKE what i'm hearing about cut-throats and just how easy a good one will shave you (without burning etc) that i'm leaning towards a £70 Dovo straight razor. I like good blades in general (part of my martial-arts background), so have no qualms about handling that kind of razor safely :)

My poor beard!
 
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