Heck of a good article on the money being made in this hobby of ours..............
Shaving wars pit tech start-ups against Gillette
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Heck of a good article on the money being made in this hobby of ours..............
Shaving wars pit tech start-ups against Gillette
One of the three main companies they mention seems to be offering a DE type razor with replaceable blades instead of cartridge.
They're pretty funny claiming to be breaking some new ground with that idea :)
The video the article mentions is hilarious!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUG9qYTJMsI
"When was the last time you heard a guy rave about his razor?"
As an SRP member this sentence is the most hillarious thing in that article.
Just a question to all reading this.........
What is your estimate of the percentage of male shavers in the USA that use a brush/soap&mug/DE or Straight Razor?
I would guess less than 10%. For the other 90%, this would be a novel approach to shaving, inexpensive and very convenient.
Actually, I would guess significantly less than 1%.
I just converted one of my shipmates to DE shaving. he had looked at my straights for quite a while but found them intimidating. I showed him the DE and he thought maybe. Shaved with it for a week and was hooked. Now I'm introducing soaps and brushes. I think he is well hooked. I had given him four different blades and he is talking about which one is most comfortable. He is a lifer now!
I've done the same with two more people in the last couple of months. I never try to bring people over to straights unless they beg me, but I'm always eager to educate about DE razors and soaps and brushes. Whenever I can find a decent safety razor for less than $5, I buy them and offer them to people to try. Everyone who has tried one has become an eager convert!!!