Comments on: A Brief History of Shaving

By: Pete

Pete — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:10:08 +0000

Wet shaving with double edged safety razor, soap and brush is the best method. Nothing else gets as close. The Mach 3 is a joke and electric is useless. Any questions go to http://badgerandblade.com/ on the net. Not a commercial site, just a bulletin board site about shaving and related stuff.

By: Tracey Mc

Tracey Mc — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:44:14 +0000

I’m with Renis, Kate, and a few others. When, exactly, did Gilette start targeting the female audience and why? Did they, like DeBeers did with diamonds, create the market or were they responding to demand. Inquiring female minds want to know.

By: Tamahome Jenkins

Tamahome Jenkins — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:07:14 +0000

For those asking about female shaving habits, click my name to read an article I found at the Straight Dope.

By: crocostimpy

crocostimpy — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:20:04 +0000

I hated shaving so much I grew a beard. I’ve had it for almost 25 years now. My wife and kids have never seen me without it. I tried several electric razors and was never happy with them.

Oh, and as for women and that ‘other hair’, I don’t get the hairless look or the little designs. (how can I put this delicately?) I prefer a nice shrubbery.

By: James

James — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 05:00:57 +0000

I switched to using soap and a brush in my early 20′s and would never switch to an electric razor. I find the brush helps lift the hair and gives a much cleaner shave.

By: Isaac

Isaac — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 04:26:42 +0000

If i remember right, women started shaving because a) their clothes started showing more leg and b) razor companies wanted to sell more razors. Link is in my name. ReCaptcha: waters bearding

By: Lou

Lou — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 04:26:23 +0000

Women “shaving” has been going on for thousands of years. In some cultures, women would remove all the hair from their body from the neck down as an ancient tradition before they got married. In ancient India, this was achieved with sugaring. Evidence from ancient Greece, Egypt, and Rome indicate that women would pumice off their leg hair. As for the removal of other hair, you might just have to pick up a playboy magazine to see the trends in that.

By: dangermouse

dangermouse — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:12:28 +0000

I wish they would make female razors as effective as males. I’m forever borrowing my boyfriend’s Gillette Mach 3 (much to his annoyance) because the female razors are generally ungainly and have a lot of stupid extras, like soap dispensers etc. As silly as it sounds, I’m certain one of the razor companies would make a lot of money if they simply marketed the next female razor as being “just like the male one”.

Oh, and I absolutely understand that Gilette made it’s fortune out of blades, not the razors – every time the shopping list includes razor blades, there’s always collectively raised eyebrows at the bill total!

By: Steve C

Steve C — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:53:11 +0000

My first razor was a Gillette Techmatic. It was a band razor set in a cartridge. A little strange, but it did its job.

By: Nihil

Nihil — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:52:09 +0000

That Madtv razor originally was in a Mad magazine. My husband still has it actually. It is the July ’79 issue. I linked to a Wired mag article with some pics.