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Various news from artisans, vendors and more as it relates to the wet shaving community.

New Occam's Razor Crowdfunding

Occam's Razor

Another crowdfunding razor project is spinning up on Kickstarter; this time from The Blades Grim and it's called Occam's Razor. The #razor promises to simplify your life and your shaving with easy blade loading and extraction, easy cleaning and anti-clog design and no more skin irritation, razor burn or razor bumps. It will be made from stainless steel and come with a lifetime warranty.

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Shaver Heaven Closing Down

Sheaver Heaven - Going to Heaven

Australian artisan and purveyor of fine shaving products has decided to close its doors. After two years, they've decided to take a break - they will however consider producing #soap for vendors willing to place large orders. Other orders will be shipped out one to two weeks after being placed, with the website staying up until it's all gone.

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Aluminum Above the Tie Razors Coming

Above the Tie - Aluminum Razor Prototype

Above the Tie is working on an aluminum #razor due for release soon; the prototype is seen here. The total weight of the new razor is 38g (1.4oz) while the handle is 26g (0.9 oz.). This razor has not been anodized yet so the appearance is a little strange looking... It will be resolved during the last step of the production process where it will be tumbled and then anodized (whereas the stainless steel is bead blasted). The price will be around half of the cost of their stainless steel line.

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Vendor Italian Barber in the Hot Seat

Italian Barber Fiat

Another day, another #drama in the shaving community, it seems. Though troubles with shaving vendor Italian Barber do go back a ways (see below), in the past couple of days - concerns of removing negative reviews from its website (here and here) as well as "coming under fire" for questionable advertising on a razor (here and here) has left people scratching their heads.

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