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> If you standardized them, it'd be a race to the bottom and China would win. I happen to be a manual razor shaver and I found your analogy to this field rathe
by niceguy1827 2y ago
> If you standardized them, it'd be a race to the bottom and China would win.
I happen to be a manual razor shaver and I found your analogy to this field rather interesting. Safety razor is a standardized market where all blades will fit all razors, and yet
1. You don't see anyone selling their own proprietary blade size.
2. China doesn't actually win this market. A few well-known brands that I've used: Feather (Japanese), Merkur (German), Astra (Turkey) and now I'm trying some Indian blades.
- bongodongobob 2y agoWell shaving has been around from 1000s of years, there isn't really any room to innovate, and the rechargable batteries have been around for ~150 years and improvements are still being made.
- toast0 2y agoI mean, it felt like a joke in 2004 [1], but Gillete pulled off a 5 blade razor in 2005, and if that's not innovation in shaving, I dunno what is. [1] https://theonion.com/fuck-everything-were-doing-five-blades-1819584036/ https://theonion.com/fuck-everything-were-doing-five-blades-...