Harry’s Will Be Sold to Owner of Schick for $1.37B

Re:Harry’s Will Be Sold to Owner of Schick for $1.37B by Zak on Friday May 10, 2019 @05:43PM (#19882525)

Being maintainable is a positive from my point of view. Rather than having to replace blades, I can just sharpen it using very little in the way of consumables (a 50g jar of paste costs $10 and will last years).

Of course, it has a cost in time, but the straight razor itself can be faster than other razors because the blade is longer and it doesn't clog. I'm not sure if it's a net win, but I'm sure it's close.

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Re:Harry’s Will Be Sold to Owner of Schick for $1.37B by betterbeehome on Friday May 10, 2019 @08:24PM (#19883561)

You only need to sharpen straight razors once every 3 to 6 months. You don't necessarily need your own stone. I pay a friend to do it for a few bucks. Takes him 5-10mins. The money he invest on his wetstones has been paid back at this point.

To me straight razors represent community, whereas cartridge/disposables represent isolation, loneliness and obviously disposability. The people who are too afraid to use a straight razor, have to go to a barber to experience it. That's fantastic as it creates more social elements to this routine aspect of life.

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Re:Harry’s Will Be Sold to Owner of Schick for $1.37B by jason_slack on Sunday May 12, 2019 @04:16AM (#19890785)

What paste are you using?

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Re:Harry’s Will Be Sold to Owner of Schick for $1.37B by Zak on Sunday May 12, 2019 @01:35PM (#19893248)

Venev 0.5 micron.

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