Readers may recall my comparative razor tests of 2019 (see Dorco Shaving Test: 7 blades good; 4 blades bad) and a 2022 update: Jeremy’s Razors vs. Almighty Dorco. Dorco, the Korean engineering and manufacturing titans behind the Dollar Shave Club, bested Gillette and crushed Jeremy’s for shave quality.
Costco was selling Harry’s razors earlier this summer so I decided to give the system a try. The handle is much too light. The blades aren’t as good as either Gillette or Dorco and nicks/cuts are much more prevalent. A fresh-from-the-box Harry’s blade is inferior in practical quality to a Gillette or Dorco blade that has been used for 2-3 weeks. I can’t figure out how this product is so popular. The power of advertising?
Maybe the answer is that Harry’s, like Gillette and Tranheuser-Busch (Bud Light), celebrates the miracle of transgenderism.
My advice to those who want to celebrate the 2SLGBTQQIA+ community every morning… buy Gillette instead.
100% of the profits from this Harry’s Razors set (shown used by a birthing man!) go to the Trevor Project, which promotes gender surgeries for minors:
https://twitter.com/endwokeness/status/1688015091088707584?s=46&t=JZW5JZbKhA1xV9NvukpzUw
Probably the usual opportunism. Harry’s got name recognition through deplorable outlets like the Daily Wire.
Now they want to expand into retail stores like Target Corp, so they have to promote 2SLBGTQQIA+.
Or so they think. Whether it will work is another question. Many people are getting tired of 2SLBGTQQIA+.
The inferior quality would fit into this strategy. The Woke have no sense for reality and will overpay for ideologically correct but useless products.
It turns out that Harry’s has been pushing LGBTQ since at least 2018 (trigger warning: this site contains pictures of “men”):
https://www.marketingdive.com/news/harrys-honors-men-who-buck-the-norm-in-biggest-ad-campaign-yet/585518/
“Harry’s” is a dumb name for a razor anyway. If I wanted to be hairy, I wouldn’t need a razor!
My beard grows much faster and thicker and more extensively than when I was in my twenties, and I think I need to switch to a traditional double-edged razor. They work better and the blades are only about a nickle each.
You would think that the science (no, not The Science) of making a razor should be well known & what matters should not be patented so it is curious that one company’s razors are better than another’s. Presumably the choice of materials and the quality control? Here the handle is lighter, presumably cheaper to manufacture but the blade quality out of the box?
years ago someone at work recommended this “old school” option, which I went with
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Merkur-23-Long-Handled-Mens-Safety-Razor/49133146
it’s so inexpensive as to be virtually free, and no plastic for the landfills
Thanks for posting that. Helps me get over my “analysis paralysis”.
Get some shave oil, shave brush with cream, a double edge safety razor with some Feather blades, and some aftershave lotion.
Maybe then you’ll stop fooling around with the plastic nonsense.
https://westernrazor.com/learn/#propaganda
Here are some sampler packs with assortments of different blade brands from around the world:
https://www.westcoastshaving.com/collections/razor-blades-sample-packs