That makes me remember I think it was an ancient SNL bit about exactly that, a new gillette razor with 5 blades and a sixth phantom blade that comes close to touching the skin but doesn't quite. And then like three years later there were the 5 blade gillettes with the sixth edging blade on the back. The SNL skit called it. I think about that more than I probably ought to.

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I don't even know how they're still in business. I bought a cheap safety razor and a hundred pack of blades literally a decade ago now, and at the time still had a couple multiblade razor packs around. I haven't bought a razor in a decade. I'm maybe 2/5 of the way through my blade pack, and I think I'm finally on the last heads on the two multi-blade razors (because those only get used for my balls).

the safety razor is just so much better for shaving your face

tbf it does help that I don't shave my face completely and only shave at most twice a week

[–] moonshadow@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 week ago

Post your smooth balls