Are more blades really better?
Are five-bladed razors really at the cutting edge or a thinly disguised effort by manufacturers to keep us trapped in the upgrade cycle?
High-tech gadgets rely on faster chips and innovative apps to edge out competitors and find new markets but how do you stay current in the shaving game? Add another blade, of course.
But with five-bladed razors now a shaving aisle fixture, it's the question on every man's upper-lip: do all these blades really stack up?
The five-bladed razor maker Gillette said its research had demonstrated that single-blade razors were "demonstrably inferior" to twin-blade ones and even more inferior to five-blade razors such as its Fusion ProGlide.
According to skin and grooming experts, though, it depends on what you want in a razor. Multiple blades really can make their mark, for instance, when it comes to the close shave.
The first blade is blunt, which pulls the hair forward and upward, leaving the following blades to slice the further and further down the follicle until the hair lies beneath the surface, manufacturers say, leaving your face smoother for longer.
The Government and the male grooming industry have today agreed in principle to take whatever action is necessary to end the dangerous escalation in the razor blades race. Recent years have seen manufacturers of men’s shaving goods increasing the capability of their razors from 2 or 3 blades up to as many as 6 or 7, and there are now real fears that if it doesn’t stop soon, someone is going to get hurt.






Men share techniques on blogs and YouTube videos, more barber schools open, and razor maker Gillette joins the action. Austin Winston demonstrates how he uses a straight razor. “You're doing it right when you know the blade is on your skin but you
#Gillette that it. Once again I buy blades that don't fit the razor. Never again...off to another less complicated brand
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