Gillette's amusing deliberate photo misrepresentation

[Fred123]

The “Up to 8 months of shaves” with just 8 cartridges obviously refers to younger males with soft whiskers as per a post I did in another topic.

Razor blade quality issues

My wife’s late father only ever used the old safety razors and I would get Wilkinson Sword blades for him from Coles or Woollies. They were, and still are, the only blades they stock, but when I worked at Coles during the Xmas holidays after Grade 10 in the mid 1960’s, I was at the counter that stocked razor blades, and there were many brands. I recall that one brand was “5 O’Clock Shadow” but it appears to be long gone along with many others. When I was young, I used King Gilette blades and…