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luxist.com - 9/17/2008

The World's Most Expensive Razor for $30,000

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Hommage , the Parisian purveyor of luxury grooming equipment, skincare and spa services for men, has created a limited edition, platinum-sheathed straight razor using the same ancient layering techniques as the Crusaders ' swords, for $30,000. Called the Damascene Razor , the blade is ...

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gadgets.boingboing.net - 9/17/2008

The Damascene: $30,000 worth of straight razor - Boing Boing Gadgets

— gadgets.boingboing.net — damscene-razor-from-hommage_AsLku_59.jpg Ever since I gave myself a Brazilian smile while missing all four follicles of my lanugo-ish... preteen moustache, I have eschewed the grand pomp of the straight razor. Why risk a sink full of ears and a mirror ... (more) The Damascene: $30,000 worth of straight razor - Boing ...

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The Damascene: $30,000 worth of straight razor
Boing Boing Gadgets — ... of my lanugo-ish preteen moustache, I have eschewed the grand pomp of the straight razor. Why risk a sink full of ears and a mirror drenched in arterial spray when the Gillette Fusion is the greatest shaving instrument ever created by man? But this $30,000 straight razor is still a lusty instrument: dubbed the Damascene, the steel has been folded 128 times in the same arcane fashion used to forge Escalibur, as described by Sir Thomas Mallory in La Morte D'Arthur. The World's Most Expensive Razor for $30,000 [Luxist] ...

$30,000 Damascene Straight Razor: Beware of Accidental Decapitation [Think Sweeny Todd]
Gizmodo — ... type looking for the closest shave imaginable—I give you the Damascene. Hand-forged in Germany with 128 layers of the same legendary Damascene steel used to craft Crusader's swords, this limited edition razor is not for the faint of heart (or empty of wallet). Careful though, my guess is that tiny pieces of toilet paper are not going to be sufficient to handle any cuts that might result from this Sweeny Todd masterpiece. Available for a ridiculous $30,000. [Damascene via Luxist via Boing Boing Gadgets] ...