Quote Originally Posted by gimpyalex View Post
I tend to disagree, Gilette's new gambit is sharper blades, which is an old methodology. Sharper blades give smoother shaves, which was the theory way back when.

There is such a thing as over engineering. Keeping things simple has always been the way to go in my opinion, especially when it comes to shaving.

These days new razors aren't hand honed, they are sharpened by machine which of course can't match the skill of a human honesmith, but its cheaper, so becomes the popular option.
Machines can hold far tighter tolerances than people can. They can be far more consistent as well. Think about this, how many people who sharpen straight razors shave with them as QC? They are trying to inspect quality into it instead of using a highly repeatable process.

It used to be taken for granted that Feather No Sharpen razors where much sharper than any straight, has that changed?

And then there's the chinese cheap metal straights which I dont need to get into.

And I actually preferred older attitudes towards everything, not just straight razors. This age we live in has to be the most profit driven age of human existence, meaning quality and consumer satisfaction come 2nd and 3rd to Profit margins and 'Bonuses'
So start mimeographing your newsletter instead of posting on a message board. Older proven technology after all not this new fangled internet that really is much more complicated and over-engineered right?