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2 HN users recommended this between 2013 and 2019, in 2 comments.
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2 HN users recommended this between 2013 and 2019, in 2 comments.
Each tall tick is one HN user's first recommendation. A short tick is the same user again. Click a tick to jump to the comment.
A pack of high-quality razor blades costs $0.25 per blade on Amazon[1]. Is it really worth learning to properly strop a blade to save twenty five cents once a week or so?
[1] http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004RWTQTS/
> My friends love dollar shave club, and I'm like "buy a safety razor for $20-30 bucks and a bulk pack of razor blades and you will set FOR YEARS.
I got given one of these https://getrockwell.com/products/rockwell-6s-gift-set after I mentioned I wanted a stainless steel one and it was given to me as a gift.
Apparently it started from a kickstarter a few years ago https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rockwellrazors/rockwell...
The person who gave it to me knew I am environmentally conscious. I remember reading that those cartridge razors are really bad for the environment as they are a mix of steel and plastic.
Now I can just use regular razor blades https://www.amazon.com/Feather-Razor-Blades-Hi-stainless-Dou... $22 for 100.
Feels good to not be locked into some proprietary mounting too, kind of the same feeling as using free software. hah.
I prefer it to my old Gillete one. More blades is not better, that is all marketing, and they just get clogged, ugh.
I don't see how being in a "club" that I have to pay any kind of "annual" fees would help me.
The idea is I have reduced my costs significantly and have everything I would want. Occasionally I buy a new tub of shaving cream when I run out. I am adult enough to go "that looks like a nice scent I will try that", and then decide if I want to buy more next time or buy something else.
I absolutely detest "monthly" or "weekly" payments of anything. The only exception I make is for utilities, or service contracts. If it's neither of those things why should I pay more than once? or pay for someone to trickle samples out in the post to me?