Thread: The Future of Straight Razors

My 12 year old son commandeered me into taking him and a friend to the Justin Bieber movie this weekened.

There's a short clip that shows him shaving with some disposable.

Now, if we could all concentrate on converting THAT GUY, I think we could incite a revolution that would make Egypt look like a backyard barbecue. All the girls want him. All the guys want to be like him. He has such a following (I think my wife is enamored as well), that if he adopted wearing a cabbage leaf fastened with a safety pin as underwear, there would be a run on the produce section of every market in the world.

Or maybe we could convince Dovo to hire Tom Brady as a spokeperson....

BTW, the movie is very enjoyable. We saw it in 3-D, and it was worth the extra couple of bucks. Make your kid happy.

I'd love to see mass marketed straight razors again. I'd like to see them manufactured here in the U.S. and I'd like to see the CPM steels used as they then wouldn't have to be sharpened as much! I'd like to see this for a lot of reasons not the least of which it is a great shave and also potentially much "greener" than the throw away blades. There was a time when many cities had one or several razor manufacturers. In Massachusetts we had blades made in Boston, Worcester, Bedford, and in other smaller towns which are now suburbs! BTW, this is a great question to ask and to reflect on.

Personally, I'd like to see them remain an offbeat, eccentric way to shave, as I'm certain they will. Our way of shaving would lose a lot of its cache if everybody started doing it.

Originally Posted by ScoutHikerDad

Personally, I'd like to see them remain an offbeat, eccentric way to shave, as I'm certain they will. Our way of shaving would lose a lot of its cache if everybody started doing it.

Good point.

Originally Posted by leadduck

Just think. If this really takes off we could see TV ads with big sports stars advertising them, glossy packaging, mass production lower quality, higher prices and of course, a shortened life span so we have to replace them every six to eight months. They may even think of a way to make them digital. God help us if our way of shaving ever catches on in a big way.

Yes and then all the "in people" will use them and we'll see sexy movie stars sporting their Straight scars and everyone will want them. Jimmy will have his hands full tattooing scars on people cause it will be cool.

I didn't think Justin Bieber would have anything to shave i'll have to ask my daughter but i don't think straight shaving will ever be like disposables,when i got my my first razor my parents were what are you going to do with that rubbish,when i recently bought a new one it was why did you waste your money on that,they grew up around them and now disregard them for shaving

The disposables arent getting any better with time, and as society becomes more tech driven people will want more simple and time tested methods of doing personal things as a form of relaxation and stress relief. Wet shaving is an ideal candidate with its tradition, its ritual and the blissful nirvana it creates, as well as the perfect shave.

We may not take over the world but we will keep growing.

If they ever market straight razors they will sport plastic scales (unbreakable) and the blade will be neutered to a 1/64" protruding, all with safety in mind, disposable.
Maybe double safety blade, throw away insert about 1 inch long. It will have a safety book along with it written in 50-60 languages, no sharpening needed, KEEP AWAY FROM CHILDREN in huge letters stamped on the side of the scales. mAdE IN cHInA or Bangladesh.
I assure you they would be Lawyer-ed down too silly to even look at.

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