What we all said was happened is documented.

[pipskicks]

OK, so everyone always questions the hype for safety razors, and then inevitably, someone says they must have touted off the fact that straight razors were better than safety razors.

Thanks to ZackP's post I saw this:
http://archive.org/details/shavingmadeeasyw0020th

"Shaving Made Easy" book that I guess is pretty popular. But they have a chapter on Safety Razors, it's only a little over a page long and basically says Safety Razors make it easy to not cut yourself sure, but if you don't cut yourself with a striaight then there is no need for one. Plus it's harder to clean, rusts easier, is hard to keep sharp, and then they say out of the hundred thousand sold in the US, it is extremely doubtful that even ten percent are being used (website says 1905 for the book, not sure exactly when this was written and if those numbers are really correct).


Well when people talk about hype and all that, there is the proof that people did tout off Straights after Safety Razors were made. Only problem is, Safety Razors in 1905 really weren't nearly as big as Cartridge razors are now, so it's more interesting than a real argument that people touted them off.

 

[rxonmymind]

Many a people will dismiss new technology until many decades later when it's proven to really be "superior " over the old ways. Now you and I both know as we are fortunate enough to live in the past ( Straights & DE) and the present (Mach/Fusion) a persons interpretation of what's better is subjective. Then you have to ask if one can get bbs with all three, what is superior? None. It's all in how one uses an instrument.

 

[one cut]

what I have noticed in this and other older books is the emphasis on good tools, and the skill to master them.

Today all to many people just run off to Walmart and get something cheep, do a slap job and call it good enough.

 

[BBrad]

rx and one cut nailed it! All methods shave, but which tools do you master?

 

[pipskicks]

what I have noticed in this and other older books is the emphasis on good tools, and the skill to master them.

Today all to many people just run off to Walmart and get something cheep, do a slap job and call it good enough.

Although when being honest I have to admit that the newer razors do allow you to ignore a skill mostly. But that doesn't stop the book from saying they strongly disapprove of safety razors and strongly recommend you get a good straight and just learn not to cut yourself Sounds really familiar...