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- Thread starter erikag
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I highly doubt it. We are blessed
This is why i ask. I found this on internet archive and its from february 29 2000. It doesnt even bother to say shave in the shower or leave the shave gel lather on for several minutes on your face before shaving as to soften facial hair. I checked on archive for gillette, bic, edge shave gel, merkur, edwin jagger, muhle/muehle, and proraso and none of these guys for the first quarter of 2000 had bothered to post any real specific shaving tips! If in mid february of 2000 someone did a google search, ehat kind of shaving tips would they expect to find then?
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Why do you say that? You highly doubt it...
Our form of traditional wetshaving seemed to take off in 2010s
Im talking about cartridge razor shaving....
Or was cartridge razor shaving just as bad back then?
Yup
@erikag, the majority of folks on this forum have used cart razors, but found them lacking for one reason or another. So most of us have found our way to a more traditional form of wet shaving utilizing double edge safety razors and/or straight razors and those are the main focus of this forum.
But were shaving tips crap on google the first quarter of 2000???
I discovered traditional wet shaving in 2010, from a variety of websites, but all of those started 2005 or later.
Before that, I could only speculate. But I’d venture to say that the forum like options were few and the info/collective knowledge in the resurgence of traditional wet shaving was thin/scattered.
As far as the knowledge in regards to using cartridge razors?……
Well, I have to extrapolate, from my own experience (and what I’ve read from others over the years), that we learned from 3 places:
1. Hand me down knowledge from our fathers (if we were lucky).
2. Marketing and commercials, “showing” us what to do.
3. Trial and Error! My mom bought me my first razor, my dad didn’t shave, so here’s where I sit primarily.
The few internet resources that existed until the early 2000’s, were small niche communities, and I doubt many of them were dedicated to shaving. There may have been a .alt community, but not sure.
Before that, I could only speculate. But I’d venture to say that the forum like options were few and the info/collective knowledge in the resurgence of traditional wet shaving was thin/scattered.
As far as the knowledge in regards to using cartridge razors?……
Well, I have to extrapolate, from my own experience (and what I’ve read from others over the years), that we learned from 3 places:
1. Hand me down knowledge from our fathers (if we were lucky).
2. Marketing and commercials, “showing” us what to do.
3. Trial and Error! My mom bought me my first razor, my dad didn’t shave, so here’s where I sit primarily.
The few internet resources that existed until the early 2000’s, were small niche communities, and I doubt many of them were dedicated to shaving. There may have been a .alt community, but not sure.
So if i wanted to google shaving tips the first quarter of 2000, i wouldnt find very specific shaving tips then like shave in the shower?
I wouldn’t think you’d have found many tips on the web at all, no. But why are you all about this whole thing leading to tips about shaving in the shower?? That’s not even a thing.
HMan
Doften Savant
Yep, I started having a lot of irritation issues using the OG, shower gel and cart method. My friend's son had a DE, and that got me interested.