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Geometrinen_Gepardi@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• walden@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’ve heard that DE blades used to be similarly expensive. Gillette is often given credit for the strategy of “sell something inexpensive that requires constant refills”, although I’ve seen that claim debunked (I don’t have any references, though). The blades were also made of carbon steel so you had to keep them from rusting, unlike today’s stainless steel blades. DE blade sharpeners exist because there used to be a market for keeping the blades sharp as long as possible.

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  • WegianWarrior@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    There is a 20010 paper debunking it, as I wrote about a few years ago.

    Arguable Gillette are closer to a razor and blade model now than they ever was making proper safety razors.

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  • ceo_of_monoeye_dating@bae.st ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    @walden @Geometrinen_Gepardi You can look it up and see that the blades were priced at about 12 for a dollar in the early 1900s, which is about $3-4/blade in today's money. Not "similarly" expensive, but still far more expensive than what they are today.

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    • leyonhjelm@breastmilk.club ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      @ceo_of_monoeye_dating
      
      I’ve been paying less than a nickel a blade and I still make sure to get more than one shave out of each one.
      
      @Geometrinen_Gepardi @walden

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      • ceo_of_monoeye_dating@bae.st ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        @leyonhjelm @Geometrinen_Gepardi @walden Mine last a week or two and my hair comes in like a bear's.

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    • Jonaschuzzlewit@nicecrew.digital ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Some stuff is still cheaper. Soldiers at Ft Larned where paying 25 cents for a pencil based on an old price list at the park in 1880 something. Saw it recently when I was visiting it
      
      Thinking damn. Shit is way cheaper now and was surprised. That's alot of money in today's dollar

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