Thread: I wish they would stop doing that

Gentlemen:

Clutter gives me a headache. That is:

People who always joke, or talk too much and say nothing, talk radio with close-minded hosts and close-minded audiences, car commercials loaded with overblown facts and figures, food recipes that confuses the palate, paragraphs that choke in adjectives, adverbs and unnecessary words . . .

And straight razor blades cluttered with writing and something playing at art.

I prefer a blade with nothing on it except a sparkling shine or a warm matte finish. Leave it alone. Or if you're going to put something on the blade, go easy with the lines and the figures. Too much of something is really too much.

The case in point is the contrast in the two Thiers-Issard razors pictured bellow. Both are quality blades with a comfortable balance and a royal shave. Yet, the Evide Sonnant gives me a headache with all that clutter. It's as if somebody tried to fit a novel with pictures on the blade. What's with all that? The other Thiers-Issard, in ebony wood scales and textured spine, sparkles with an inviting sheen.

Any thoughts, gentlemen?

Oh, if I don't sell the Evide Sonnant, I might remove all that clutter. You restoration masters, do have any idea how I can remove that stuff from that poor and innocent blade?

Thanks.