# 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:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-used-a-100-000-razor/586272/21 "2011-06-21T17:06:25Z")
For $100,000 I believe I could find a barber who would stop by my house, before and after work, to give me a shave every day for the next 10 years. ---
**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, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-used-a-100-000-razor/586272/22 "2011-06-21T17:23:52Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > For $100,000 I believe I could find a barber who would stop by my house, before and after work, to give me a shave every day for the next 10 years. But would his razor be made of sapphire? ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-used-a-100-000-razor/586272/23 "2011-06-21T18:33:59Z")
Heh…it’s a Zafirro Iridium Face Modulator! ---
**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, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-used-a-100-000-razor/586272/24 "2011-06-21T20:36:35Z")
> [@astro](#): > > 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. You mean onto my platinum coated shower with the diamond encrusted faucets pouring water piped directly from Alpine glaciers? ---
**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, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-used-a-100-000-razor/586272/25 "2011-06-21T21:25:49Z")
> [@astro](#): > > Then think about dropping this and the hypothetical ultra thin sapphire blade cracking like glass. My shower floor is lined with baby seals, thank you very much. ---
**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-used-a-100-000-razor/586272/26 "2011-06-21T23:25:42Z")
> [@Alka\_Seltzer](#): > > 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. Looking at the “[Terms and Conditions](http://www.zafirro.com/pages/Terms-and-Conditions.html)” clause, they state that it can take six to ten weeks before you receive your order. So it’s not exactly stocked on the shelves. If they really wanted to impress me they would have used a diamond blade rather than a sapphire. I’m presuming, of course, diamonds are more wear-resistant. Pet peeve: so this is the “artisan economy” Thomas Friedman is talking about? ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-used-a-100-000-razor/586272/27 "2011-06-21T23:45:06Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > 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. That’s probably not a credit thing. It’s just that if you’ll spend $100,000 on a razor, they have a few other items they’d like to introduce to you. ---
**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2011, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-used-a-100-000-razor/586272/28 "2011-06-21T23:49:59Z")
> [@Greg\_Charles](#): > > That’s probably not a credit thing. It’s just that if you’ll spend $100,000 on a razor, they have a few other items they’d like to introduce to you. Warranty on the razor is void unless you buy their special shaving cream at $10K/ounce. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-used-a-100-000-razor/586272/29 "2011-06-22T00:05:05Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > 'Cause, you know, CNC Swiss screw micromachines designed for _regular_ biotech applications just won’t cut it. 🙂 Umm, isn’t a razor designed for shaving humans a form of biotech? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-used-a-100-000-razor/586272/30 "2011-06-22T12:08:08Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > You mean onto my platinum coated shower with the diamond encrusted faucets pouring water piped directly from Alpine glaciers? Directly? Plebian. Every molecule of my Alpine water is hand polished by nubian slaves prior to being carefully placed by a team of coat-tailed butlers in my private water tank. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-used-a-100-000-razor/586272/31 "2011-06-22T23:17:00Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > 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.” Would we actually be able to see something 5000 times thinner than a human hair? ---
**Author:** ![Candyman74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-used-a-100-000-razor/586272/32 "2011-06-22T23:40:04Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > 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. How would you use ten Honda Civics more than a Ferrari? Surely one is enough. Maybe a second for when the first is being repaired. The other eight? Get the Ferrari instead. It’ll be more fun. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-used-a-100-000-razor/586272/33 "2011-06-22T23:51:15Z")
> [@Khendrask](#): > > 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? Think of it this way: figure out how much you spend every six months for shaving materials (razor and blades.) Compare that to your annual income. Let’s say some guy spends $15 a month on shaving materials and his annual (gross) income is $90,000. These are numbers pulled out of a hat, so they’re probably not realistic. 90,000 / 15 = 6000 (the proportion between annual salary and razor cost.) If I take the $100,000 price tag and multiply it by 6000, I get $600,000,000. Anybody that makes $600 million a year (gross) would be spending the same amount to shave as the first guy, in proportion. And that’s with assuming that the $100,000 razor only lasts a month. Is that razor a “forever” razor? Or do you have to replace the blades periodically? That would be the target market. You could pay someone to come to your house every day to shave you, but what happens when you’re not at home? Or when you decide to sleep in and wake up at 12? Or when you decide on a quick shave to get rid of the 5 o’clock shadow before going to the opera? Your barber would have to be constantly on call and following you around 24x7 to match the convenience of the razor sitting in your bathroom medicine cabinet. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-used-a-100-000-razor/586272/34 "2011-06-23T01:14:38Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > Heh…it’s a Zafirro Iridium Face Modulator! But…where’s the face-shattering kaboom? There’s no face-shattering kaboom! ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-used-a-100-000-razor/586272/35 "2011-06-23T02:04:31Z")
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