It's a funny title to a thread, but here we are. In this wet shaving revival we have more and more companies sprouting around the world, all of them offering something 'new', while that is, most definitely, not the case.
As with most things in these cancerous times, we have a problem with companies trying to fit every single bill, even though they don't have the tradition, nor real reason to do so, other than make money. And unlike before, they won't make an effort on trying to do one thing and do it good, and if they want to add something new to the assortment, to add it gradually, learning the ropes as we go. And following these trends, where we have newborn cell-phone companies who buy bulk unbranded cellphones from Chinese companies and just rebrand them, we have the same occuring in the wet shaving world.
We have a traditionally brush making company trying to make everything from soaps, to razors to blades. I'm talking about Mühle, of course. Don't get me wrong, the products are great, but on all videos of their beautiful factory, all I see in actual production are brushes (as it should be). The razors shown are only in assembly there. The soaps and creams are third party, the blades are Personna with twice the price tag. Why? Why is this necessary? I mean, it's cool to have a fashionable brand, but come on.
The same with G&F, they make the razors, they make the blades apparently, but they have brushes 'made in the EU'.
Razorock, by all accounts, joining the kickstarter 'look at me I have such a cool idea, support me so I can outsource the actual physical production far east' , makes the razors in China, also Rockwell.
Basically the only ones I see trying to do one thing, and do it as best as they can (and meanwhile not being in the unaffordable range), are Fatip.
I mean, I understand it's fair game in this globalised village, but for me, it's not made by you, if a subcontractor makes it in China, and you're only pushing papers in Germany/France/US, don't care how many designs you do.
Sorry for the tone, but it's a bit frustrating.
As with most things in these cancerous times, we have a problem with companies trying to fit every single bill, even though they don't have the tradition, nor real reason to do so, other than make money. And unlike before, they won't make an effort on trying to do one thing and do it good, and if they want to add something new to the assortment, to add it gradually, learning the ropes as we go. And following these trends, where we have newborn cell-phone companies who buy bulk unbranded cellphones from Chinese companies and just rebrand them, we have the same occuring in the wet shaving world.
We have a traditionally brush making company trying to make everything from soaps, to razors to blades. I'm talking about Mühle, of course. Don't get me wrong, the products are great, but on all videos of their beautiful factory, all I see in actual production are brushes (as it should be). The razors shown are only in assembly there. The soaps and creams are third party, the blades are Personna with twice the price tag. Why? Why is this necessary? I mean, it's cool to have a fashionable brand, but come on.
The same with G&F, they make the razors, they make the blades apparently, but they have brushes 'made in the EU'.
Razorock, by all accounts, joining the kickstarter 'look at me I have such a cool idea, support me so I can outsource the actual physical production far east' , makes the razors in China, also Rockwell.
Basically the only ones I see trying to do one thing, and do it as best as they can (and meanwhile not being in the unaffordable range), are Fatip.
I mean, I understand it's fair game in this globalised village, but for me, it's not made by you, if a subcontractor makes it in China, and you're only pushing papers in Germany/France/US, don't care how many designs you do.
Sorry for the tone, but it's a bit frustrating.