Skarp laser razor

art_of_shred

I have a straight razor, and I love it. I got lazy and started shaving in the shower a couple of years ago, so it just sits now, but I've never had a better shave than the straight. It's just too much like a chore to do.

scottalanmiller

Can't use a straight razor in the shower?

MattSpeller

@scottalanmiller I think you just gave me a new nightmare - I am hesitant to use a straight razor while both feet are dry and planted squarely on the bathroom floor.

Dashrender

@scottalanmiller said:

Can't use a straight razor in the shower?

more likely to rust? assuming you just want to leave it in the shower?

coliver

@MattSpeller said:

@scottalanmiller I think you just gave me a new nightmare - I am hesitant to use a straight razor while both feet are dry and planted squarely on the bathroom floor.

Reminds me a bit of Psycho.

MattSpeller

@coliver thanks for that imagery to add to my nightmares

gjacobse

@MattSpeller said:

@coliver thanks for that imagery to add to my nightmares

Bates

coliver

@MattSpeller said:

@scottalanmiller I think you just gave me a new nightmare - I am hesitant to use a straight razor while both feet are dry and planted squarely on the bathroom floor.

I'm always amazed that my grandparent's generation didn't have more accidental deaths by straight razor... both of my grandfathers used one for most their lives... wasn't until recently that they started to use a safety or butterfly razor.

Dominica

I want Scott to do this!

@DustinB3403 said:

scottalanmiller

I'll get right on that.

Dashrender

@scottalanmiller said:

I'll get right on that.

For SpiceWorld next year.

nadnerB

Well lads, it's a no go on this one.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/10/13/laser_razor_snuffed_out_by_kickstarter/

gjacobse

@nadnerB said:

Well lads, it's a no go on this one.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/10/13/laser_razor_snuffed_out_by_kickstarter/

Well darn... I was so looking for to playing Darth Beard.

MattSpeller

called that one & good on KS for having a bullshit detector

DustinB3403

Yeah they raised their millions, time to move to the tropics A.I.R.?

gjacobse

@DustinB3403 said:

Yeah they raised their millions, time to move to the tropics A.I.R.?

I think that a number of criteria must be met prior to the donor actually being charged. And since it was suspended, they will not be, thus they got's no money....

nadnerB

aaaaannnnnndddddd it's back... on Indigogo
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/10/13/laser_razor_indiegogo/

You may yet shave your nads blade free.

DustinB3403

Wooh lets donate all of our money to something that doesn't exist... sounds great.

What I find insane about crowd funding sites like these is, once the "requested" amount is reached, that the funding page isn't closed for donations.

Seems like it totally makes sense.

If they need more money, they should have to open a new CFP.

MattSpeller

I read this elsewhere but it seems like the most probable answer to all this is that they're looking for VC funding and need a prototype. To get the prototype they need a ton of cash. Enter suckers on crowd funding. They may even have good intentions of following through in a few years if they ever make it to market.

gjacobse

@MattSpeller said:

I read this elsewhere but it seems like the most probable answer to all this is that they're looking for VC funding and need a prototype. To get the prototype they need a ton of cash. Enter suckers on crowd funding. They may even have good intentions of following through in a few years if they ever make it to market.

That may be. With the advancements in laser technology, fiber optics and such, there should be a spectrum that would work. The 'metal blade' has been a focus of Science Fiction and tech heads for a long while. If we are going for a laser scalpel, why not the razor.