When my son was about 6 he had his first brush with a straight razor. My wife and I came in from the front garden to find our son at the top of the stairs crying and waving his hand about furiously. In the process of this panic my son was spraying the walls with blood droplets over some considerable area. On investigation and interigation we deduced that he had found one of my razors and understandably for a 6 year old, ran his finger over the cutting edge whilst trying to understand why I used it like I did every morning. Thankfully he only nicked his finger but as you know, a straight can bleed like the best of them.
This incident stopped his curiosity in it's tracks from then on but it goes to show that children can reach the safe areas parents think they can't.

Right, my point though long winded was:
Safety could be a factor in the demise, though I'm sure it's down to commercialism and the need to promote a ready market place with the need for cheap, easy, quick, safe shaving.


PuFF (the bad parent)