what are blade dullers?

i always get random stuff in my youtube recommended videos. here we have a lady endorsing american crew shave gel.. she claims it does not have the blade dullers that other products have.. virtually everything i use is all natural.. and i shave with traditional style soaps.. so i'm assuming she's talking about the "goo" we all love to hate.

but anyway.. what is she talking about? what is a blade duller and who adds them to what?

YouTube - How To Get A Close Shave with American Crew Precision Shave Gel


also. my face is a blade duller.

"American Crew doesn't make blades so it doesn't need you to go through them faster."
Translation: We can make unsubstantiated claims, and the average person will take that as fact because corporations are evil!

Let me try to apply that logic:
American Crew shave cream contains beard growth agents, because they make shave cream and they need you to go through it faster.

I dont know about blade dullers or beard growth agents, but the part about it being clear seems interesting.

there are quite a few all natural shave products that are transparent.. there are all brushless though.. but i enjoy them from time to time

I have no idea, and I doubt that she does either.

I think the whiskers on your face are the real blade dullers.

Just a WAG here but perhaps the Betonite Clay in some soaps for glide??????????????????????

Anything that comes into contact with the cutting edge is a "blade duller".

It reminds me of Pepsi clear:p

Just another marketing ploy to sell a product...I have never heard so much bull crap in 1.35 minutes. HOG

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Just another marketing ploy to sell a product...I have never heard so much bull crap in 1.35 minutes. HOG

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You should see the political campaign commercials on TV!

Ladies and gentlemen:

The advertising world continues to create its own bombastic language. This video is a good example. What pray tell is "blade duller" short of the razor going against a barrier, which in this case is the beard?

What's more, I have never heard of shaving soap, cream, pre-shave and anything else in that category that would dull a razor. Then again, I am only a humble pilgrim with the tendency to shrug away such outlandish claims.

Regards,
Obie

The evil blade manufacturers put blade dullers in the shave cream so you have to keep buying blades! Hahaha! LMAO! "Oh look it's clear so you can see what you're doing."
OMG, you just can't make this stuff up! I wonder if American Crew has any idea their product is being represented in such a hinkey manner.

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Just a WAG here but perhaps the Betonite Clay in some soaps for glide??????????????????????

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I've often wondered about this. After all clays contain Silicon & Alumina salts.

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I've often wondered about this. After all clays contain Silicon & Alumina salts.

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Alumina salts?

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Alumina salts?

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Aluminium oxide

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Aluminium oxide

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That's alumina, not alumina salts.

You're right I was too lazy to write aluminium salts :)

Just got the idea to her body language to see that this lady has no idea what she's talking about.
Incidentally, a nice lady.

Man, I better get this stuff so I can finally SEE what I'm doing. Maybe I won't need my glasses anymore and I won't be a duller kind of guy!

bogus. hair dulls blades and oxidation.

but it's clear!!!! Quick to the shave cave :aargh:

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bogus. hair dulls blades and oxidation.

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Hair dulls oxidation?

Blade dullers?

Thems those folks, those little fellas who sneak into ya house when you're asleep and play with your razors by grinding them in the sand.

Gee, I heard that shave soaps and creams (not the "clear" ones of course) are actually made of liquefied metallic particles designed to be smooth yet dulling??? lmao

Brock :gaah:

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Just a WAG here but perhaps the Betonite Clay in some soaps for glide??????????????????????

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I mix chrome oxide into my lather - my blade actually gets sharper the longer I shave (NOT!:)) - don't try this at home, folks!

Regards,
Neil

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i always get random stuff in my youtube recommended videos. here we have a lady endorsing american crew shave gel.. she claims it does not have the blade dullers that other products have.. virtually everything i use is all natural.. and i shave with traditional style soaps.. so i'm assuming she's talking about the "goo" we all love to hate.

but anyway.. what is she talking about? what is a blade duller and who adds them to what?

YouTube - How To Get A Close Shave with American Crew Precision Shave Gel


also. my face is a blade duller.

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It looks almost identical to this

Super Slide Shave Gel from The Real Shaving Co.

I know that this in an old post, but I'm still experiementing with different things and ran across this one.

I'm odd in that I look for the least expensive way to accomplish a job. I know sometimes it tempting to pay a bit more for "nice", but I'm just too cheap. I'm willing to err on the side of "less expensive, but adequate for the job" rather than pay a huge premium on something that only has a small benefit.

I like Williiam's Mug Soap. Cheap, nice, effective, imminently adequate. I use a Shavette style blade with the 1/2 blades that I can order in bulk for about 5 cents per blade (I'm too lazy to strop and hone).

However, a friend who works at a supply house for places like Bath and Body works and such brought me a tube of this American Crew shave cream. Not the exact one I saw here, but very close (mine's not clear...it's white).

It smelled a bit like Noxzema (if anyone's ever smelled that) and tingled a bit on my face. I used it in place of the shave soap. It was...different...but gave me a good shave. I'm going to enjoy using it, but since I'm cheap I probably won't buy it for myself when I can get the William's soap for about $2.00 for cake of soap.

Any thoughts (or advice) on using the creams in place of soaps?

Thanks,
Goatee

I use the shave gel because I have a beard and being able to see which individual hairs I am cutting help me get that crisp "lined" look on my beard. I only use it for the lining part. Afterwards, I use a shave cream and a brush for two passes, WTG and ATG. It works for me.

Their pre shave oil is really quite good. Never used anything else of theirs however.

Seems that we made an impression. The Video has been removed!

What are blade dullers? Any hone that I buy and use....

Glass dulls a blade like no tomorrow. So I guess it's shaving gel without shards of glass in it.

That explains the cuts, I guess.