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A Double Edged razor - also called Safety Razor - is a tool that is pretty safe, and requires a few minutes (few shaves) to get the hang of it and virtually a

A Double Edged razor - also called *Safety Razor* - is a tool that is pretty safe, and requires a few minutes (few shaves) to get the hang of it and virtually almost never cut yourself again. You do not need to travel with exposed blades, you can remove the blades, and probably buy new blades for a few cents at the destination. Making things superficially safer at the cost of wasting resources the future generations will need greatly to save 5 minutes of training and practice is the typical problem of our age. As the author pointed out, this trend applies to many parts of our lives with slight differences.

fellowniusmonk 2y ago
Not being able to fly with my feather blades is very frustrating.
drewcoo 2y ago
> safer at the cost of wasting resources Which, funny enough, was one of the complaints about Gillette's disposable safety razor blades long before we had totally disposable razors which are much more wasteful.
- fodkodrasz 2y ago
  Spot on! I also know the story of safety razors. Yet I think we can agree on that steel recycling can be considered a solved problem, while we know that there are problems with plastic recycling. I personally collect my used razor blades in a metal container (repurposed tin candy box) and will dispose them for recycling when the box fills.
throwway120385 2y ago
I've never been anywhere inside the US where I could disembark a plane and buy razor blades for my DE razors. The biggest safety benefit for cartridge razors is that they prevent you from cutting yourself when side-slipping, whereas a DE razor will gash your face open if you side-slip. But it is a tradeoff.
- xethos 2y ago
  This is bizarre - I flew into Alberta from BC with just a carryon, meaning I couldn't carry razor blades. The TSA gave me weird looks for the bladeless shavette, but I could walk into Pharmasave (and I've seen them at Save-On, Shoppers, and more) and buy both double-edge razor, and the blades, in minutes I'm actually incredulous you can't buy blades anywhere in the states
  - throwway120385 2y ago
    Yeah this was my experience going to Victoria BC. I was surprised that I could buy double-edged blades for my razor in the pharmacy there. Little stuff like that makes me think I belong in Canada more than the US.
  - Fire-Dragon-DoL 2y ago
    You can't fly with razor blades? I brought those with me and was never stopped. I also don't think i never noticed it on the sign for disallowed stuff
- bjtitus 2y ago
  > I've never been anywhere inside the US where I could disembark a plane and buy razor blades for my DE razors This is odd. I've purchased razor blades from Walgreens and CVS locations across the US. Pharmacies in New York, San Francisco, and Denver as well as local pharmacies in small towns. I've also purchased them traveling abroad in Europe and the UK. I just checked Walgreens' stock around me and every store within 5 miles (I think there's 7 of them) claims to have the Walgreens brand DE razor blades in stock. Been using DE razors for probably 15 years and never had anything more than a nick.
- TheChaplain 2y ago
  Huh? You can find DE razor blades in just about any CVS or Target?
  - throwway120385 2y ago
    I've never seen them anywhere in the shaving aisles where I live.
dsego 2y ago
It's pretty safe but accidents still happen. Just the other day I sliced my finger while grabbing my king gillette from the filled sink. It happened because I wasn't looking and the blade was exposed. I basically unscrewed it to clean out the hairs and didn't tighten in back up before dropping in the sink. And this happens to me sometimes that I don't fully tighten it. Even though I've been using this type of razor for a couple of years already I still manage to nick myself occasionally if I'm not careful.
- fodkodrasz 2y ago
  I really rarely nick myself. I usually use a towel to grab the head of the razor when tightening/loosening it for cleaning or changing blades. Luckily for me I have not cut myself yet in the process. I have a scar on my pointer finger from a deep cut from playing with the head of a HDD as a kid. It is similar to a deep razorblade cut. It still aches sometimes 20+ years after the accident. Be careful!
harimau777 2y ago
I used a safety razor for years. I never found it nearly as easy as you are suggesting to avoid cutting myself.

A Double Edged razor - also called *Safety Razor* - is a tool that is pretty safe, and requires a few minutes (few shaves) to get the hang of it and virtually a

fellowniusmonk 2y ago

Not being able to fly with my feather blades is very frustrating.

drewcoo 2y ago

> safer at the cost of wasting resources Which, funny enough, was one of the complaints about Gillette's disposable safety razor blades long before we had totally disposable razors which are much more wasteful.

fodkodrasz 2y ago
Spot on! I also know the story of safety razors. Yet I think we can agree on that steel recycling can be considered a solved problem, while we know that there are problems with plastic recycling. I personally collect my used razor blades in a metal container (repurposed tin candy box) and will dispose them for recycling when the box fills.

throwway120385 2y ago

I've never been anywhere inside the US where I could disembark a plane and buy razor blades for my DE razors. The biggest safety benefit for cartridge razors is that they prevent you from cutting yourself when side-slipping, whereas a DE razor will gash your face open if you side-slip. But it is a tradeoff.

xethos 2y ago
This is bizarre - I flew into Alberta from BC with just a carryon, meaning I couldn't carry razor blades. The TSA gave me weird looks for the bladeless shavette, but I could walk into Pharmasave (and I've seen them at Save-On, Shoppers, and more) and buy both double-edge razor, and the blades, in minutes I'm actually incredulous you can't buy blades anywhere in the states
- throwway120385 2y ago
  Yeah this was my experience going to Victoria BC. I was surprised that I could buy double-edged blades for my razor in the pharmacy there. Little stuff like that makes me think I belong in Canada more than the US.
- Fire-Dragon-DoL 2y ago
  You can't fly with razor blades? I brought those with me and was never stopped. I also don't think i never noticed it on the sign for disallowed stuff
bjtitus 2y ago
> I've never been anywhere inside the US where I could disembark a plane and buy razor blades for my DE razors This is odd. I've purchased razor blades from Walgreens and CVS locations across the US. Pharmacies in New York, San Francisco, and Denver as well as local pharmacies in small towns. I've also purchased them traveling abroad in Europe and the UK. I just checked Walgreens' stock around me and every store within 5 miles (I think there's 7 of them) claims to have the Walgreens brand DE razor blades in stock. Been using DE razors for probably 15 years and never had anything more than a nick.
TheChaplain 2y ago
Huh? You can find DE razor blades in just about any CVS or Target?
- throwway120385 2y ago
  I've never seen them anywhere in the shaving aisles where I live.

dsego 2y ago

It's pretty safe but accidents still happen. Just the other day I sliced my finger while grabbing my king gillette from the filled sink. It happened because I wasn't looking and the blade was exposed. I basically unscrewed it to clean out the hairs and didn't tighten in back up before dropping in the sink. And this happens to me sometimes that I don't fully tighten it. Even though I've been using this type of razor for a couple of years already I still manage to nick myself occasionally if I'm not careful.

fodkodrasz 2y ago
I really rarely nick myself. I usually use a towel to grab the head of the razor when tightening/loosening it for cleaning or changing blades. Luckily for me I have not cut myself yet in the process. I have a scar on my pointer finger from a deep cut from playing with the head of a HDD as a kid. It is similar to a deep razorblade cut. It still aches sometimes 20+ years after the accident. Be careful!

harimau777 2y ago

I used a safety razor for years. I never found it nearly as easy as you are suggesting to avoid cutting myself.