I was talking to my dad the other day about DE shaving. He told me that back in the 80s (I think is when he said - could have been the 70s), Gillette did a bunch of research on how blades wear out. He said that they found, and published, results showing that the blades don't wear out from actual shaving. They wear out from the corrosion of the edge between shaves due to water (and, obviously, whatever extras are in the water) on the blade.
Dad said that Gillette even sold, for a relatively brief time, a device/machine that you stored your razor in between shaves that kept the head soaking in some kind of solution that took and kept the water off the blade. He said they only sold it for a short time because they realized that people almost never had to buy new blades any more.
My question for you ladies and gentlemen is, do any of you know anything about this? Can you elaborate? Is my dad making all this up just to mess with me?
Dad said that Gillette even sold, for a relatively brief time, a device/machine that you stored your razor in between shaves that kept the head soaking in some kind of solution that took and kept the water off the blade. He said they only sold it for a short time because they realized that people almost never had to buy new blades any more.
My question for you ladies and gentlemen is, do any of you know anything about this? Can you elaborate? Is my dad making all this up just to mess with me?