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03-23-2011, 10:39 AM
Thread: Don't be wasteful–buy used
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So interchangeable parts suck, cars where much...
So interchangeable parts suck, cars where much better when they only lasted a few years and died well before 100,000 miles and needed a lot more maintenance and so on? Cars are an example of how...
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03-23-2011, 10:31 AM
Thread: Don't be wasteful–buy used
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How do you know that they didn't? These will be...
How do you know that they didn't? These will be compared to other safety razors after all. But that is a change that is harder to blind and so you will see peoples innate biases more than between...
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03-22-2011, 07:31 PM
Thread: Don't be wasteful–buy used
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But they have the best testing and quality...
But they have the best testing and quality control mechanisms out there. For example they have their employees shave at work and report on the shave. What a great way to get a lot of data that can...
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03-22-2011, 02:49 PM
Thread: Don't be wasteful–buy used
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Machines can hold far tighter tolerances than...
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...
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03-22-2011, 01:02 PM
Thread: Don't be wasteful–buy used
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This all depends on what you mean. Damascus...
This all depends on what you mean. Damascus steel is of course hard to say because like wrought iron it means more than one thing now at least. But that is a weird material, for razors I don't see...
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03-22-2011, 12:58 PM
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Of course not, the Mona Lisa is not painted on...
Of course not, the Mona Lisa is not painted on canvas to start with.
As for this, working up the process is always an issue of trial an error, just like setting up any production line. If the... -
03-21-2011, 04:26 PM
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Then we need to build a larger market for new...
Then we need to build a larger market for new razors to support more manufacturers.
Making the tooling for a different razor design could well cost in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. You... -
03-21-2011, 04:15 PM
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I am not so sure about that, if there was...
I am not so sure about that, if there was sufficient interest the techniques could be reinvented. There is nothing particularly magic about razors that would make the manufacture a archane art...
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