Flintstone65
Imagining solutions for imaginary problems
10 years from now my collection will be worth MILLIONS -- oh wait, you're not SWMBO....Yeah, I don't know what'll happen 10 years from now....hope I'm around to see it.
That's one of the reasons why I'm trying to use up all my 'Natural' soaps, or the ones with the simple ingredients/no preservatives. Even though I enjoy them, I wouldn't want them to go bad. I'm guessing the WMS and Prorasos will survive much longer.That in itself is an interesting proposition given some of the issues with the superfatted artisan soaps turning lately. I wouldn't feel to bad if I had 10 pucks of Williams go bad, but 10 tubs of GD, well that's another story and some folks have much much more than that.
I decided, similarly, to start using up soft pucks from artisans/artisan newbies before getting to the harder, more established soaps.That's one of the reasons why I'm trying to use up all my 'Natural' soaps, or the ones with the simple ingredients/no preservatives. Even though I enjoy them, I wouldn't want them to go bad. I'm guessing the WMS and Prorasos will survive much longer.
Its only going to get worse for us. Just look at it historically.
right now, the best of the blades are American persona, astra, and some of the top "gillettes" made in Russia. 1 Gillette blade in india is good.
Ban importation of products from Russia, and youll be stuck with junk blades like derby, or trying to find American personnas.
Look at soaps, even the NEW crappy reformulations have been getting dropped lately or changed into even worse things when the parent companies come out with newer canned goo for the market.
in 10 years... we will most likely be day dreaming about having a puck of Williams we just bought off the shelf.
With that being said I think D/E shaving (or Straight or S/E) will slow down or decrease as the "Baby Boomers" die off (me included). Because we are the last generation who many of us actually first started shaving with the D/E razors. So to us it was more of a ritual or a "becoming of age" as we look back so I think at least for me it has more sentimental value. This is strictly my opinion. I have no actual data to back up this claim.
In 10 years the beard fad will be gone and clean shaven looks will return.
If anything, all shaving related items will grow in sales and demand.
And don't assume it ends with the Boomers. I'm Gen X and I wet shave. Also, I've hooked up my 16 y.o. nephew who is now a fanatic for brushes, creams and DE.
LASER shaving will completely eliminate the need for any blade to ever touch human skin again!
However, just as quartz and IC technology has made my 1953 Omega Seamaster "bumper" automatic watch obsolete, I will continue to wear my relic timepiece over an Apple watch ANY and EVERY day of the week!... yes, and twice on Sundays!
In all honesty, I do predict that there will, in fact, be a laser-based or similar technology that will achieve a precise, perfect, hair elimination "shave" that does not negatively impact the skin. Yeah, there will be completely hairless bodies running (or flying) around all over the place! Yet, there will STILL be a culture of "traditional" die-hard enthusiast shavers that insist on taking a blade to the beard (and head), in spite of the risks, time, and inconvenience of it all!!!
The old stand by's will still be in business like Merkur, Muhle, Parker, EJ, and Fatip. Proraso, TFS, Mitchels, TOBS, SV, MdC, etc., all the usual's will still be in business.
Its only going to get worse for us. Just look at it historically.
right now, the best of the blades are American persona, astra, and some of the top "gillettes" made in Russia. 1 Gillette blade in india is good.
Ban importation of products from Russia, and youll be stuck with junk blades like derby, or trying to find American personnas.
Look at soaps, even the NEW crappy reformulations have been getting dropped lately or changed into even worse things when the parent companies come out with newer canned goo for the market.
in 10 years... we will most likely be day dreaming about having a puck of Williams we just bought off the shelf.
Wilkinson is a now go for me, I once bought 50 blades in one go, about 30 of them had some sort of serated edge.I have great result with Wilkersons from Germany, and Bic from Greece. Just saying...
As to soaps, there's a project I've wanted to try for a while. Unlike DE and SE blade, we can, in theory, make our own. If we go to straights, we won't have to worry about blades at all.
I agreeI think going green will be the future getting glass bottles back, no more carts just plain ole DE razors and blades come as they do now.
It is in the last 30 years where we have been forced to use plastic, with them telling us how good it is for the environment. If you look back we was green, we reused everything including nappy's, milk bottles including pop bottles.
Plastic will faze out big time and as for Communication & fourms it will be all done on video from the back of your arm....
As for shaving brushes we will still have Badger and Boar, but we will lose the Synthetic seeing that is a plastic your soaps will come in a cardboard box or wooden bowl like most do now.
I'm finding a lot of blades out of the Lord factory to be pretty decent. I like the new Shark Platinum, Silver Star, and Lord Platinum. Their SS blades are not bad either. Timor blades are exceptionally good if you can find them at a reasonable price...hint...Connaught.I have great result with Wilkersons from Germany, and Bic from Greece. Just saying...
As to soaps, there's a project I've wanted to try for a while. Unlike DE and SE blade, we can, in theory, make our own. If we go to straights, we won't have to worry about blades at all.