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Analyzing The Traditional Wet Shaving Industry 2021

Joe Borrelli has been watching the market closely and has analyzed the wet shaving market for 2021. Here are his thoughts through constant research of the market.

Prices are up for vintage razors, especially vintage Gillette razors. And "modern" razor models that are no longer produced (think Weber, LASSC, Raw Shaving) are seeing significant premiums on the secondary market.

On the other hand, high-end razors that are still in production are seeing declines in secondary market value.

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An Update On Feather Blades And Razors

Feather shaving products have a bit of a multiple-personality-disorder feel, with products at both ends of the scale: very high-end, precisely-engineered products; and products that are economical, but not much in between.

For example, the Feather "Hi Stainless" DE blade is known known far-and-wide in the wet shaving world as one of the "sharpest" double edge (DE) razor blades for shaving on the market.

And I think the Feather "All Stainless" razor was the first "high dollar" razor, at least in the contemporary sense.

On the other hand the Feather "Popular" razor is a lightweight, plastic-and-metal twist-to-open (TTO) razor goes for under $20 (U.S.). Honestly, I don't think there is much to distinguish this razor other than it's low cost though--it is pretty representative of inexpensive razors in most respects

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