Why is more blades more common on Razors but one is considered better?

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So I’ve seen ones that’s use safety Razors and others that are just built into a handle. But I think there is more blades it is supposed to be safer? But one blade gets you a better shave, but all the commercials show more blades get better shaves.

How does all of this work?

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Anonymous 0 Comments

I know this!!!!

I saw this in The Economist a very long time ago and the title of that small article was “You re getting a fifth blade… whether you want it or not!”

Gillette had a graph that showed sales vs number of blades, and that graph went up. Marketing department forced them to add blades because “it increased sales”. Causality doesn’t matter: the graph was clear.

NOTE: here it is! https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2006/03/16/the-cutting-edge

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