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06-22-2011, 02:24 AM #1Senior Member
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Would you pay $100,000 for a razor?
hahaha,,,,,100ks
OMG,,certain people will buy these!!!!
Zafirro Iridium, a Sapphire-Bladed Razor That Costs 100,000 Dollars
Would you pay $100,000 for a razor? - Yahoo! News
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06-22-2011, 02:41 AM #2Senior Member
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Totally worth it! They say if the blades dull In the next ten years they will sharpen it for free. Somehow I don't have complete faith that a company that only produces $100k razors will still be in business in 10 years, most people that are rich got rich by not buying stupid things, I can't see Bill Gates or Steve Jobs springing for one of these.
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06-22-2011, 04:43 AM #3Senior Member
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If I were rich I would buy a straight or de for 100k. but not this blade, that blade doesnt even look fancy.
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06-22-2011, 04:45 AM #4illegitimum non carborundum
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This is the third thread on this razor in one day!
Jealous much?
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06-22-2011, 04:46 AM #5Senior Member
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I can't see them needing more than a rough cloth to shave.
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06-22-2011, 06:12 AM #6Member
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i was hoping it was a straight.
Last edited by JohnJ; 06-22-2011 at 06:16 AM.
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06-22-2011, 06:20 AM #7Senior Member
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Actually so was I. That would have been substantially more impressive.
Originally Posted by JohnJ
As to COULD I afford it ... HELL no!
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06-22-2011, 06:40 AM #8Senior Member
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Not much. The synthetic ceramics now used for knife blades is wonderful stuff in that application, and I can't help thinking that if there is some reason for this not to be used in razors, it might also apply to sapphire. Take a look for "cubic zirconia rough" on eBay and you will see huge chunks of a stone surely at least as good for a razor as sapphire. It could be achieved far more cheaply, so why isn't it?
Why iridium, I wonder? It is almost the heaviest substance known, and it is brittle. Not to mention that sapphire is brittle, if that is the way it lands when you drop it. That, I don't doubt, is something against which the ten-year guarantee is not valid. As has been suggested, I doubt if the entity that sells them is going to be around for ten years to honour that guarantee. They are claiming a production run of 99. The very word!
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06-22-2011, 06:43 AM #9Senior Member
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I could afford a lapidary diamond saw and lapping machine, and a massive chunk of cubic zirconia. I doubt if even that would offer value for money, though.
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06-22-2011, 10:36 AM #10
If that handle is indeed pure iridium, material cost alone could be 50K.
And it could be a decent investment too, even if only for the price of raw material.
Platinum today: Price ChartsTil shade is gone, til water is gone, Into the shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath.
To spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the Last Day
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