All of the straight razors we are using today, even those that are made recently, have been made with the intention of serving the user for the life of the user and not the life of the razor. While we all scoff at the idea that many things today don't last it is actually a clever marketing tool. If it breaks you have to buy another. When the first Gillettes came out the Gillette marketing scheme was a new idea. This is the idea that you will sell something at a loss, but the disposable things needed to make it work are sold at a huge profit. This idea was further refined in today's market where things are designed to break down so you will have to purchase another one.

I imagine the people who made the razors we are using today would find the idea of deliberately making something sub standard, so it will break down, to be absurd. Those that made things before this modern age of throw away items would have striven to make something of the highest quality. They would want the end user to be so happy with the product that they would recommend it to their friends.

But I have to wonder, was it their intention that the items they were making would be used by many generations past the original user? Sure they made the razor to last the life time of the first man to buy it. But was it their intention to produce something that would still be in service up to, and beyond, one hundred years later?

What are your thoughts?

These are just some of the pointless ramblings of some up way past his bed time.