# How many blades will Gillette razors have in 10 years? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 9, 2003, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-blades-will-gillette-razors-have-in-10-years/212143 "2003-11-09T00:39:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-blades-will-gillette-razors-have-in-10-years/212143/21 "2003-11-09T04:30:31Z")
Wait just a minute. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-blades-will-gillette-razors-have-in-10-years/212143/22 "2003-11-09T04:31:27Z")
I’d rather shave with a 1920’s style Death Ray. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-blades-will-gillette-razors-have-in-10-years/212143/23 "2003-11-09T04:35:43Z")
Sorry that took so long. 54 blades. My razor has 54 blades. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-blades-will-gillette-razors-have-in-10-years/212143/24 "2003-11-09T05:20:39Z")
I’ve got to agree with the guys who like the Mach 3. I have very sensitive skin, and the Mach 3 is by far the best shave I’ve had. And what I really like about it is its ‘open’ head design, because you can flush water through it. So it never gets clogged. Great razor. ---
**Author:** ![Creative\_Munster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Creative\_Munster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creative_Munster)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-blades-will-gillette-razors-have-in-10-years/212143/25 "2003-11-09T05:24:38Z")
If you can afford the Mach 3, it’s the way to go. Agreed. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-blades-will-gillette-razors-have-in-10-years/212143/26 "2003-11-09T05:32:45Z")
I like the Mach 3 too, though I think I get a closer shave (slightly) out of my old Sensor XL. But the spring-loaded pivot deal is very nice, and I believe is the reason I get far fewer nicks than I did with the Sensor. Plus the handle just feels far better in the hand. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-blades-will-gillette-razors-have-in-10-years/212143/27 "2003-11-09T05:47:07Z")
Seriously. Mine’s got 54 blades. Closest shave I’ve ever had. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-blades-will-gillette-razors-have-in-10-years/212143/28 "2003-11-09T06:32:45Z")
How many more blades could it have? And the answer is none. None more blades. Oh, and Weirddave? My razor goes up to 11. ---
**Author:** ![StanDup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@StanDup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StanDup)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-blades-will-gillette-razors-have-in-10-years/212143/29 "2003-11-09T06:35:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Weirddave \* > \*\*In 10 years? Hmmm… > > The **Gillete Mach 10!** > > The first blade calls the whisker out! > The second blade insults its family! > The third blade slaps it around for a while! > The fourth blade kicks it in the nads! > The fifth blade holds it down! > The sixth blade lops off the top of the whisker! > The seventh blade lops off the bottom of the whisker! > The eight blade cuts out the root of the whisker! > The ninth blade pisses on the empth follicle! > The tenth blade DARES it to grow back! > > Coming to a store neer you, November, 2013! > **PRE-ORDER YOURS TODAY!** \*\* ::snort:: snrff…Kmmffmf… \>giggle\< BWAHAHAHAHAHA… I’m a 14 year old girl, and found this hilarious. Is there somthing wrong with me? ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-blades-will-gillette-razors-have-in-10-years/212143/30 "2003-11-09T06:39:01Z")
Mine goes to 11. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lobsang \* > \*\*That reminds me of one of my recurring imaginations for a future device… > > A door-frame shaped device which is programmed to know exactly what should be in a human body and what shouldn’t (dirt, disease, or even unwanted fat). You walk through it, and all the unwanted molecules get zapped out of existence. > \*\* Larry Niven had just such a device in his book \*\* A World out of Time\*\*. You step in & all the waste products that accumulate in your cells are transported to the receiver. Instant fountain of youth. Sorry for the hijack, but since I have a beard I haven’t shaved in 4 years. ---
**Author:** ![Nvme77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Nvme77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nvme77)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-blades-will-gillette-razors-have-in-10-years/212143/31 "2003-11-09T06:40:25Z")
Weirddave- My husband said “that’s a keeper” Printing it out …emailing to the masses… With your kind permission, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-blades-will-gillette-razors-have-in-10-years/212143/32 "2003-11-09T07:30:25Z")
Mach 10… _snort_ Loved it. ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Owes\_Bess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c37758/32.png) [@Alan\_Owes\_Bess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Owes_Bess)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-blades-will-gillette-razors-have-in-10-years/212143/33 "2003-11-09T11:15:51Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Lobsang_ > That reminds me of one of my recurring imaginations for a future device… > > A door-frame shaped device which is programmed to know exactly what should be in a human body and what shouldn’t (dirt, disease, or even unwanted fat). You walk through it, and all the unwanted molecules get zapped out of existence. It’s already been thought of. Larry Niven, Ringworld etc. ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-blades-will-gillette-razors-have-in-10-years/212143/34 "2003-11-09T11:27:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by danceswithcats \* > \*\*I’d rather shave with a 1920’s style Death Ray. \*\* AHHHHHHHHHHHHH _hits head on desk_ WACK-WACK-WACK-WACK ---
**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-blades-will-gillette-razors-have-in-10-years/212143/35 "2003-11-09T11:48:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lobsang \* > **A door-frame shaped device which is programmed to know exactly what should be in a human body and what shouldn’t (dirt, disease, or even unwanted fat). You walk through it, and all the unwanted molecules get zapped out of existence.** You didn’t happen to come up with this idea after reading Larry Niven’s _A World Out of Time_ by chance, did you? ---
**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-blades-will-gillette-razors-have-in-10-years/212143/36 "2003-11-09T11:50:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cerowyn \* > \*\*You didn’t happen to come up with this idea after reading Larry Niven’s _A World Out of Time_ by chance, did you? \*\* Or what **Fugazi** said. :smack: (And, **Alan Owes Bess** I think you’ll find that Niven only used the idea in his “State” books, not the “Known Space” series.) Sigh. I have **got** to start finishing the thread before I jump in. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-blades-will-gillette-razors-have-in-10-years/212143/37 "2003-11-09T11:54:21Z")
And I shall shave with a **NINE BLADED SWORD**. NINE-bladed! Not two, or five, or seven, BUT NINE BLADES! Personally I think more blades = good. Love the Mach 3, but I will have to try the 4-bladed thing. I guess there’s a critical mass beyond which there is no greater benefit in adding more blades. “The all-new Mach 20 - skin yourself alive in the privacy of your own bathroom.” ---
**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-blades-will-gillette-razors-have-in-10-years/212143/38 "2003-11-09T15:10:56Z")
I read some New York Times article about the competition between Gilette and Schick. Appearently, Gilette says they’re coming out with a completely new shaving system unlike anything currently out there sometime later this year… the best guess was ceramic blades. I like my Mach 3, but it is hard on my skin if my hair’s long. I used a Schick Tracer, I think, when I was on vacation and I forgot my Mach 3 - that was a mistake. It would have been less painful to tweeze. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-blades-will-gillette-razors-have-in-10-years/212143/39 "2003-11-09T17:44:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Nvme77 \* > \*\*Weirddave- My husband said “that’s a keeper” > > Printing it out …emailing to the masses… > > With your kind permission, of course. \*\* Sure, go ahead. Make sure one of the people you email it to is a Hollywood talent scout who will finally recognize my genius and recruit so that I CAN LEAVE ALL OF YOU PEONS BEHIND AND RULE THE WORLD AT LAST! Er…_ahem_. I mean sure, I’d be flattered. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-blades-will-gillette-razors-have-in-10-years/212143/40 "2003-11-09T18:31:28Z")
No Mach 3s for me, baby. I’m with the Sensor XL crowd. I tried the Mach 3, and found the blade mechanism to be too big for any precision shaving. I could never tell just where the thing was going to be cutting. When I saw the comercail for the 4-blader (Schick, I think), I had to do a double take and make sure I wasn’t unknowingly watching _SNL_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-blades-will-gillette-razors-have-in-10-years/212143.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-blades-will-gillette-razors-have-in-10-years/212143.md?page=3)