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A Merkur 34 costs $40 and blades are $6/100. I broke even vs. cartridge razors in three months, a decade ago. This is not a throwback to the safety-razor hipst
by i_am_proteus 7y ago
A Merkur 34 costs $40 and blades are $6/100. I broke even vs. cartridge razors in three months, a decade ago.
This is not a throwback to the safety-razor hipster era of yesterday, this is a manifestation of the artisan-chic post hipster/hipster-yuppie/yupster reality of today.
Alternate take: in an increasingly complicated world, people are coming to value simplicity and aesthetics, and will pay for these things.
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