Thread: James Bond -- Skyfall

Originally Posted by MickR

Just piggy-backed on your comment as well roughkype. There sure were some ignorant comments made I think.


Mick

And an excellent comment you wrote there! We need good, first-hand experience to speak out like that, to drown out the Ooh, looks scary! crowd.

It's funny that The Economist featured this at all--their content is usually about as dynamic and interesting as Al Gore.

I was paying close attention this time (we have $3 tuesday at the theatre in town) and I think that this blade may have been a Dovo. During the scene when Ms. Moneypenny is holding the razor you can catch a glimpse of some etching (to be honest it looks like the warning label that come on Dovo's brand new).

Show you how sick I am...

When I went to the movies a few weeks ago, I decided to see "Lincoln" instead of "Skyfall" because I assumed there was a better chance of seeing some straight razor action in "Lincoln". The movie had already started when I arrived at the theater, so I saw "Skyfall" instead. Great surprise to see Bond wielding a straight razor.

Just stopped by this weekend in Antwerp, Belgium, at this lovely little wet-shaving store called De Messenwinkel.

I got some pre-shave and shaving crème as I witnessed a young man getting a full sale advice on the how-and-what on straights. The shop manager matter-of-factly said the James Bond movie Skyfall, with this straight shaving scene, got him a boost on sales of straight razors. He said he ordered 300 razors at Dovo and their supply could hardly keep up and that back order time went way over the promised two months.

Looks like a movie can have a positive influence on people and that straight razor shaving business is booming like never before!!!