Razors

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The Greatest Electric Razor For Your Beautiful Face

6:30AM December 28, 2011 | Sam Biddle

At a time when robots vacuum our floors and make love to our wives, isn’t it a bit backwards to drag razor blades across your face, aided by foamy lubricant and water? Electric razors are great — here’s the best. More »

Gadgets

Movember Is Over: Clean Up Using A Design Classic

4:30AM December 2, 2011 | Jamie Condliffe

It’s the end of 30 whole days of you raising money for a great cause and simultaneously looking like a complete chump. It’s time to get rid of the beard. What better way than to use an iconic razor? More »

Gadgets

How Alaskan Mining Led To The Invention Of The Electric Razor

3:00AM October 28, 2011 | Rachel Swaby

When you’re in Alaska staking a mining claim for months on end and it’s the early 20th century, shaving is a major drag. More »

Gadgets

Carzor Razor Scrapes Off Your Beard, Folds Into Your Wallet

9:20PM August 5, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Unlike a lot of the crazy concepts we feature, the Carzor (credit card-shaped razor) can actually be bought — and for only $US17, too. The razor/mirror tucks into wallest for scraggly-faced emergencies in the office or public bathroom. More »

Gadgets

Fact: Nobody Needs A $US100,000 Razor

3:00PM June 21, 2011 | Adrian Covert

Ukranian sapphire blade that stays sharp for a year. Iridium handle. Magnetic connectors. There are many unnecessary aspects about this razor, but none moreso than the price. $US100,000. [Book of Joe via Born Rich]

Gadgets

Razor Pit Supposedly Makes Your Razor Good For 150 Shaves

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12:45PM June 9, 2011 | Nick Broughall

The worst thing about being a man? Shaving. Not only is it uncomfortable, but razor blades are ridiculously expensive. The Razor Pit supposedly fixes one of those problems by letting you sharpen and refine your razor blades up to 150 times. More »

Geek Out

Rolls-Royce Calibre Shaving Set: Guess How Much It Costs

10:00AM April 5, 2011 | Matt Buchanan

Designed by the same dude who gave the world the Rolls-Royce Phantom, these TwinLuxe shaving sets cost – naturally – between nearly $US800 and $US1600. They are classy! But why so expensive for a razor set that uses standard Gillette Fusion cartridges? More »

Geek Out

What It Takes To Engrave Words Onto The Edge Of A Razor Blade

5:00PM February 11, 2011 | Rosa Golijan

This photo is showing you the edge of a razor blade at about 400x magnification. Yes, that’s how close you have to get in order to read the motto hand engraved onto the surface by a 64-year-old man named Graham Short. More »

Gadgets

Electric Razors Really Are Better (for The Environment)

2:40AM December 30, 2010 | Matt Buchanan

I’m still a Gilette Fusion man myself—more blades, more better!—but I might finally switch to an electric shaver after reading the carbon footprint breakdown: Electric razors use use 30x less energy. More »

News

Who Won Those Gillette Fusion Gamer Prizes?

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2:13PM March 24, 2010 | Nick Broughall

Anyone notice that the week we ran a competition requiring entries to be in the form of a limerick was also the same week as St Patrick’s Day? Yeah, that was totally intentional. Anyway, here are the winners: More »