What Does The Term "Safety Razor" Mean To You?

Discussion in 'Safety Razors' started by mantic, Oct 13, 2019.

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What does the term "safety razor" mean to you?

Poll closed Oct 16, 2019.
  1. The Classic Double Edge (DE) Razor

    8 vote(s)
    33.3%
  2. Any Razor With A Skin Guard (Double Edge, Single Edge, Cartridge)

    15 vote(s)
    62.5%
  3. Something Else

    1 vote(s)
    4.2%
  1. Primotenore

    Primotenore missed opera tunity

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    I don't even know what TOST stands for. :signs002:
     
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  2. david of central florida

    david of central florida Rhubarb Rubber

    That's a kick stand, not a safety guard
     
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  3. PLANofMAN

    PLANofMAN Eccentric Razor Collector Staff Member

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    All Rolls Razors have a safety guard.
     
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  4. david of central florida

    david of central florida Rhubarb Rubber

    Safety for fingers, and l to protect the edge, IT IS NOT A GUIDE TO PROTECT YOUR FACE. Its just a kick stand to keep frm ruining the edge.
     
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  5. canoeroller

    canoeroller Well-Known Member

    I would call any design with some sort of guard intended to reduce the chance of cutting or nicking yourself a safety razor. Some may not be effective, but are still safety razors.
     
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  6. Terry

    Terry Tool Admirer

    Well, no matter how you slice it.
    Considering what they were using to shave with.
    "Safety Razor" is a great sales pitch.
    tp
     
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  7. Enrico

    Enrico Popcorn

    The word "Safety" paired with the word razor; is a catch phrase sold to us all. Like many catch phrases it is used to guide, shape and yes even control us. We are sold many illusions in our lives, but in this case are we really safer. It's a skilled hand that truly gives you safety.

    What illusions do you have in your life?



    :eatdrink013:
     
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  8. Enrico

    Enrico Popcorn

    "The Original Safety Two"
     
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  9. Edison Carter

    Edison Carter Well-Known Member

    The One Soap Thingydingers
     
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  10. Rev579

    Rev579 Well-Known Member

    Safety : Guard
    Double : Two
    Single : One
     
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  11. PLANofMAN

    PLANofMAN Eccentric Razor Collector Staff Member

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    I was under the illusion...

    That the rolls has a guard. I have been informed that the rolls has a kickstand, but not a guard. I am submitting this vintage advertisement, in which the alleged manufacturer calls this device a "safety razor" several times.

    This is obviously a forgery, meant to make us think the Rolls is a safety razor. There are dozens of these so-called "advertisements" on the internet. Probably a disinformation campaign created by Rolls Fanboys.

    The authorities should be made aware of this grave injustice and vile deception visited upon our ancestors.
     
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  12. BlueShaver

    BlueShaver Premature Latheration Sufferer

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    Fairly clear tbh.
     
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  13. PLANofMAN

    PLANofMAN Eccentric Razor Collector Staff Member

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    I never realized that the Brits called the blade attachment point on the blade a "bladehole."

    I wonder if that became an inside joke at Rolls? "That manager keeps on harping about monthly quotas...he's such a bladehole."
     
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  14. wchnu

    wchnu Duck Season!

    The Original Safety Too. The original safety razors were the wedge SEs.
     
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  15. wchnu

    wchnu Duck Season!

    That can be said for any safety razor. The safety bar on a Rolls functions like any other.
     
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  16. wchnu

    wchnu Duck Season!

    Can we start impeachment hearings against the guys from Rolls?

    Maybe build a safe place in the forum for folks who feel they have been triggered by this outlandish deception.
     
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  17. wchnu

    wchnu Duck Season!

    Nice description.
     
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  18. MrEE

    MrEE Half Naked Shave Stalker

    @mantic, it feels like we're getting down in the weeds on this. Can you give us a little more context on your article? I thought you wanted a current definition.

    Language and meaning change over time. Safety razor doesn't have the same meaning it had 100 years ago.

    Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk
     
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  19. Kilgore Trout

    Kilgore Trout The Smart Bunny

    They should have named it 'The Platypus Razor'.
     
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  20. Robert1955

    Robert1955 Well-Known Member

    No such thing...I can cut myself with them all :)
     
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