Escaping from the dark side. A road map
Due to being brainwashed by marketing there are tens of millions of men in the world who use multibladed system razors with patent protected cartridges that you can only buy […]
Gillette
Fake Iridium blades
The Pogonotomy forum member mitsimonsta posted these pictures (and more) to the forum so that members could identify the fake Iridium razor blades that are currently being distributed and sold […]
Gillette don’t want to talk to me
Gillette make fantastic double edged (DE) razor blades at the Petersburg Products International (PPI) factory in Russia that they (or their parent Procter & Gamble) 65% own. But Gillette also […]
The Marketing Powerhouse that was and still is the Gillette Safety Razor Company, part 4
Here is the fourth in this fascinating series of articles by Matt Pisarcik of Razor Emporium: The One-Piece Razor The NEW razor was short lived and made way for the […]
The Marketing Powerhouse that was and still is the Gillette Safety Razor Company, part 3
Here is the third in this fascinating series of articles by Matt Pisarcik of Razor Emporium: 1920’s: The New Improved The 1920’s brought with it the first major change to […]
The Marketing Powerhouse that was and still is the Gillette Safety Razor Company, part 2
Here is the second in this fascinating series of articles by Matt Pisarcik of Razor Emporium: 1910’s: Wartime Sales & Ladies Shaving As the company moved forward with early success […]
The Marketing Powerhouse that was and still is the Gillette Safety Razor Company, part 1
We are very lucky indeed that Matt Pisarcik of Razor Emporium, an expert on the subject, has agreed to write these articles that give us some fantastic background and context […]
Is the Iridium really dead?
In October last year the supply of Iridium razor blades, made by Petersburg Products International (PPI), suddenly dried up, retailers world wide could not get any more from anywhere. Once […]
Some thoughts on razor blades
I am going to try something a little different here. Firstly I will introduce some concepts, then I will write a little story to tie them together. The Iridium blade. […]
Shaving in Egypt
Since last writing here I have been lucky enough to spend a little time in Egypt, a country that is both in Africa and Asia. With a population of around […]