I think it’s hard to know whether or not you’re in the golden age of anything until it’s over. Let’s reconvene in 2030.
Touche'I think it’s hard to know whether or not you’re in the golden age of anything until it’s over. Let’s reconvene in 2030.
I think it’s hard to know whether or not you’re in the golden age of anything until it’s over. Let’s reconvene in 2030.
Do you remember when the annual baseball book came with Gillette razors? My sister bought dad a new razor every year to get that book.The Golden Age ended when Cartridge razors became the norm. Cartridge razors became more popular when Gillette and Schick showed stores how much more profitable Carts are and slowly eliminating sale of choices of razors, soaps, blades, etc.
Back in the day in 1961, I went to the drug store to buy my first set up with my Dad and on the counter was a small case filled with razor blade tucks and Ads with Rodger Marris and Ted Williams posters on the walls and in shelves.
No disrespect meant to those who feel this is the Golden Age, but my Grandfathers, Father and I grew up in the Golden Age of Shaving. Manny of us seniors here saw it's end.
Don't remember any that came with my razor in '61, went into service few years later. We got our dad a fatboy razor a few years earlier and none came with it.Do you remember when the annual baseball book came with Gillette razors? My sister bought dad a new razor every year to get that book.
Indeed. Nobody in the classical "golden age" of shaving, when Milton Berle had a tv show and Americans with Buicks and Fannie Farmer cookbooks pretended to be impressed by Sputnik, had a "display" of multiple razors dangling from test tube racks on custom shelving.
Perhaps we live in "The Gilded Age of Shaving"?
I remember watching Sputnik. We lived in the mount and it was very dark at night. I had forgotten it until you mentioned it - thanks.I remember my mother and I went out in our backyard to watch Sputnik fly by. We used to watch Milton Berle and Phyllis Diller.
Remember bathroom sinks had hot and cold water, but not through the same faucet?
My father's shaving den was in his Old Spice cup.
I'm curious: How do you define "traditional manufacturers"?I think it is up to us to maintain the traditional manufacturer of DE technology. A lot of companies are emerging, which certainly brings quality plagiarisms and their intention is just to mine dollars. None of them had come up with anything before. I will support traditional manufacturers, despite the fact that I like the new shavers.
Same for my dad. It must have broken somewhere along the line because the last he had was a Surrey mug and brush.My father's shaving den was in his Old Spice cup.
There was plenty of brushless creams and canned foam being used then. It was seen as more modern and a step forward from brushes.IMO, the golden age was in the '50s or '60s when everyone still used DEs.
I agree it is a great time to for enthusiasts. It seems like over the last decade, the amount of products available have grown exponentially. Candidly, I wonder how much that has to do with and increase in demand and furthermore I wonder how much of that has be driven by art of shaving stores. I’m 30 and a decade ago when art of shaving opened in the local mall, I didn’t even know what people used before carts. I know that’s silly, but it’s all I had seen in my generation. I also would rely on videos from the likes of nick shaves to explore technique and products. Several other youtubers have come to my attention over the last decade as well which have further educated me on new offerings. There is one aspect from yesteryear that really helped me get into the hobby. B&B used to have much more product specific dialogue prior to the consolidation of these threads. These really helped me when trying to find the best products to experiment with in a college students budget. I feel the consolidation of those threads and the lack of an alternative does a slight bit of harm, but what do I know I’m just a doctor.
Maybe its a result of some artisans pricing themselves out of the price range of a lot of people. I mean, how many people can honestly justify spending $200+ on a razor, $100+ on a brush and $30+ on a soap or aftershave?I don't know if it's due to the consolidation of threads, but I agree that there used to be more product-specific threads five or six years ago. I miss those days. We still have threads about the soap-of-the-moment, but when was the last time we saw a Pashana aftershave thread, or a Stone Cottage shaving cream thread?
I agree cartridges are a total rip off and do suck. However they get you through TSA check point quite easily!I do agree that carts really suck and are a total rip off.
They might be overpriced, but the Gillette SkinGuard provides one damn fine shave for me when I travel. And can we really talk overpriced with some of the acquisition disorders we brag on hereabouts? I'm sure many of us would have been better off financially to have stayed with carts.
I feel like for every wet shaving minimalist that does save money there are about 20 people that went in the complete opposite direction. I mean, who is on a Fusion waitlist, or waiting for the next drop of Gillette Pure?