Multi-blade razors

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If you are of a certain age you may remember when Gillette brought out the first razor with 2 blades, it was very revolutionary at the time. They ran an advert for years that had an animation demonstrating the efficacy of 'Twin Blade Technology'. It was 'clinically proven' that it gave the optimum shave possible.
The first blade cut off the hair and also pulled it out of the skin slightly, so the second blade would snick the extra bit off and the hair would settle back down slightly below the skin. After shaving with the 'Twin Blade' the hair would actually need to grow a little before it even reached the surface of the skin. It was 'clinically proven'.

So what the flying fk do the extra three blades on my five blade fking razor do then?

Don't know why this has been bothering me lately. Anyone else remember the ads?

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snowy slopes said:

Its just the way technology moves on. remember back in the day, football boots were similar to what you wear in a warehouse now, just with studs in and the ball was leather and rock hard when it got wet. Now, boots are like slippers and the ball is plastic and lightweight.

Its the same with razors, gillette have realised that more blades shaves even better than two...

Yeah but that's the point, it was impossible to better the shave of a twin blade!
I know it's all just marketing bullst but it's been annoying me.
Like the washing powder that has been improved at least 20 times that I remember, it must have been bloody rubbish when it came out.

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That just dragged up another old advert memory.
It was for the rechargeable Phillishave.
3 blokes on holiday somewhere in a beach front washroom. Our good looking hero is happily shaving away using his rechargeable Phillishave while a foreign sounding johnny is frantically looking for a socket for his electric shaver. He's going "No eleck-trizitay Monsieur?".
The final bloke has just foamed up and is using a normal razor. Normal razor bloke is smiling across at Phillishave man and nodding in the direction of johnny foreigner in a conspiratorial way that says "Huh, idiot!"
Handsome Phillishave man fishes, blows off the shaver and runs his fingers across his square jaw. As he turns to walk out normal razor bloke puts his razor under the tap only to discover there is no water.

Now that one was a long time ago.

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Very enlightening stuff here, I've been shaving 30 years and never thought of trying these suggestions. Going to have to give it a go now.

"No eleck-trizitay Monsieur!"