# Has anyone ever used a $100,000 razor? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 21, 2011, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-used-a-100-000-razor/586272 "2011-06-21T07:37:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-used-a-100-000-razor/586272/1 "2011-06-21T07:37:53Z")
[http://www.zafirro.com/products/Zafirro-Iridium.html](http://www.zafirro.com/products/Zafirro-Iridium.html) is it worth the price? ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-used-a-100-000-razor/586272/2 "2011-06-21T08:12:14Z")
If this one razor has literally indestructible sharpness and so lasted you the rest of your life, say 50 years, that’d still come out to about US$5.50 per shave. Maybe if you shared it with 20 friends every day it might come down to the average cost of using a disposable razor from 7-Eleven; but then again, eww. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-used-a-100-000-razor/586272/3 "2011-06-21T08:31:16Z")
What in the hell for?? If I win the lottery, I’ll buy a shit load of Gillette Fusions and ten Honda Civics. Never would I invest in a $100,000 razor or a ferrari. Heck, you’d have to insure both of those luxuries. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-used-a-100-000-razor/586272/4 "2011-06-21T08:37:09Z")
It’s only got a 10-year guarantee. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-used-a-100-000-razor/586272/5 "2011-06-21T09:19:14Z")
Yeah, I’ve used one, but I sent it back after I slipped and left half my face in another space-time continuum. However, I have high hopes for their forthcoming Last-A-Smile[sup]TM[/sup] toothbrush. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-used-a-100-000-razor/586272/6 "2011-06-21T09:24:54Z")
I used one to shave my ass. Once. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-used-a-100-000-razor/586272/7 "2011-06-21T09:59:35Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > I used one to shave my ass. Once. But where and for how long? ---
**Author:** ![Khendrask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@Khendrask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khendrask)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-used-a-100-000-razor/586272/8 "2011-06-21T15:27:58Z")
That is just… silly. Nope… never used one, and wouldn’t. For one thing, for less then $100,000 I could go to a barber every single day for the next 15 years for a shave. For less then $100,000 I could also just have all the hair I wasn’t interested in removed permanently. Is it worth it? Absolutely not. The blades just might be okay (still not worth 100k), but iridium? Platinum? The materials of the rest of the razor offer absolutely no benefit from an inexpensive disposable or cartridge razor. I can’t even think of the vain twit with WAY too much money to spend who would be interested in like this. It’s not even as if you would store it under a crystal dome in the reading room for people to see, ya know? ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-used-a-100-000-razor/586272/9 "2011-06-21T15:36:12Z")
I found it telling that at no point did they actually say in there that this razor cuts better, closer, or more accurately than a disposable razor. The closest they come is saying that the point is 5000 times thinner than a human hair…which, really says nothing at all. You’d think they could link to some test results or, hell, even a picture of “guy with super razor vs. guy with a Gillette.” ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-used-a-100-000-razor/586272/10 "2011-06-21T15:43:20Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > I used one to shave my ass. Once. I didn’t know it was rated for veterinary work… ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-used-a-100-000-razor/586272/11 "2011-06-21T15:46:36Z")
> [@the Zafirro website](#): > > The platinum hexagonal screws on the Zafirro Iridium are custom machined to extremely tight tolerances on CNC Swiss screw micromachines designed for advanced biotech applications. 'Cause, you know, CNC Swiss screw micromachines designed for _regular_ biotech applications just won’t cut it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-used-a-100-000-razor/586272/12 "2011-06-21T15:49:43Z")
Depends.What price do you put on a nice, close shave? ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-used-a-100-000-razor/586272/13 "2011-06-21T15:55:43Z")
I added it to my “cart” for purchase. It had a shipping option of “personal delivery” for an additional $1500 I shit you not. They also would not take my credit card info on-line since the amount was so high. I was instructed to call them. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-used-a-100-000-razor/586272/14 "2011-06-21T15:59:53Z")
“Utilizing expertise in fields as varied as rocket engine manufacturing, nanotechnology, and particle physics” Why wouldn’t I want any of those things near my face? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-used-a-100-000-razor/586272/15 "2011-06-21T16:04:29Z")
It’s not used to shave. It’s used to flaunt how you’ve got a $100,000 razor. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-used-a-100-000-razor/586272/16 "2011-06-21T16:10:28Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > It’s not used to shave. It’s used to flaunt how you’ve got a $100,000 razor. [I can shave while sitting on my Hang Fung Gold Toilet.](http://most-expensive.net/toilets) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-used-a-100-000-razor/586272/17 "2011-06-21T16:26:55Z")
So this isn’t a joke? It looks like a joke to me. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-used-a-100-000-razor/586272/18 "2011-06-21T16:39:37Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > 'Cause, you know, CNC Swiss screw micromachines designed for _regular_ biotech applications just won’t cut it. 🙂 Pfft… maybe if you’re a hobo or something. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-used-a-100-000-razor/586272/19 "2011-06-21T16:55:09Z")
It’s a joke. Think about how many instances over time you’ve dropped the razor in the shower or knocked it off the little shower ledge onto the floor of the where it hits hard enough for the head and handle to separate. Then think about dropping this and the hypothetical ultra thin sapphire blade cracking like glass. It’s all shenanigans. ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-used-a-100-000-razor/586272/20 "2011-06-21T17:04:22Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > So this isn’t a joke? It looks like a joke to me. I think it is genuine attempt to part rich fools from their money. It would be pretty restrained for a parody site. Also, the “About Zafirro” says it is a [Bright Light Ventures](http://www.brightlightventures.com/) company. There is a common theme of niche products and services. I don’t think the [PinzaCord](http://www.pinzacord.com/) is a parody, there is a review on [Wired](http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/06/pinzacord-lays-the-smack-on-your-tangled-cables/). I can see the reasoning here. After all, there are watches that sell for tens of thousands of pounds. I’d be willing to bet that the 99 limited edition razors do not exist, but would be built to order if anyone actually bites. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-used-a-100-000-razor/586272.md?page=2)