Review of the razor of the leaves and a thorn: a sharp one -off edge

It is dangerous for Have epiphany while shaving. But in this case it was inevitable: my Epiphania was to shave.

In the last few weeks my routine in the bathroom was a bit like George Clooney through Oh brother, where are you?minus the smelly Dor Dan. I smeared shaving soap with a brush and bowl and shaving with an old-fashioned one-axis, a single, non-mediated protective razor.

In particular, I use the leaf thorn-stylish and well-market and self-native “aggressive” one-time razor whose houses are so thin that the company prints them with the words “I’m not plastic”. A smaller aggressive leaf with a single edge razor is called Twig and is designed to be more tender than the thorn. Everything is very sweet.

But what I learned, after weeks, baby shave with a thorn is that we shave wrong.

Be sharp

Epiphane was something that at first seems obvious: the best and most secure blade is always sharp. Thehe The best kitchen knife is the one you hold sharpS The same applies to the scissors, and to the blades you have put on your own face. The low-tech, the simple, the leaves of the leaves were cut as close and as well as any fantasy of the cartridge blade I tried on the market. The reason was the most of all that it was still sharp.

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Because here is no matter if you have 15 layers, arranged a cassette with a blade with whistles, lights and a responsive AI. Dumb blades are terrible and all blades become dumb to use. And when the blades are tapping, they begin to pull my hair, instead of cutting it, irritating my skin in aggravation and causes small hair when the skin is pinched. Alas, modern shaving blades based on cartridges that dominate the supermarket are expensive and are often uncomfortable constantly replacing: about $ 30 or $ 40 per package of 10.

The price is increasing. Time The magazine knew this game already in 1927: “As everyone knows, the manufacturers of razors for safety extract most of their profits, not from razors, but from replaceable blades. a little mythBut the business logic of shaving remains relentless: money is in the blades.

So I resist exchanging too long. And then pay the price. Even when a vest and other razor manufacturers advertise that their blades cartridges are good for weeks that cost shave, my own rough, evil, steel-dressed stubble, tend to eat through a cartridge much earlier than I want to replace it. So I either continue to pay for a blade contributions, or pay my tax in the form of good, very bad shaving.

Safety dance

The leaf offers opposite shaving theory: the money is in the handle. Instead, the blades are cheap, small and ubiquitous. The torne is in its heart an old -fashioned protective razor. It is compatible with almost every good old -fashioned safety blade, whether the classic Platinum stars (you will need to click the double edge half) or leaves Own blades. The hundred packages are less than a $ 20 banknote.

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