Does the colour of your cartridge matter...?

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Sure, this goes way beyond functionality and necessity but, I appreciate the style and look of many safety razors out there so why should I care 'less' about how my cartridge razor looks like?

The inherent challenge with cartridge razors is that the head is a significant part of the overall look - but it's not something that is part of the permanent setup as they are disposed off. I'm thinking mostly of cartridge razors where the exchangeable cartridge has a significant impact on the overall appearance.

Let's take Mach 3 razors as an example (as I just got two handles so it's near and dear to me).

Once fitted with the cartridge, the head becomes a very big part of the razor and how it looks:

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The cartridges above are btw Mach 3 Turbos.

I'll be honest in that I think these cartridges looks rather terrible on these particular handles and in an ideal world...I'd love to be able to get a completely black Mach 3 for my C&E handle...and a white one for the T&H one.

Would that make them shave any better? Of course not but part of why I enjoy the wetshaving hobby-collection-thing is that I also find many of these items very visually appealing.

Am I nuts? :)

Bonus question: Are there black and white Mach 3 cartridges?
 
I'm with you, DB. Aesthetics plays a big part in this hobby/obsession/way of life. For example, back in the day when I first got a Sensor Excel, I hated if the Chemist had ran out of Excel carts and I had to buy plain old Sensor carts. Sensor Excel are grey whereas plain Sensor are black and when you fit the black cart to the otherwise grey head part, it looked crap. It was even worse when a few years later, I bought a lovely TOBS Sensor Excel wooden handle. Always preferred the Excel carts for performance but I suspect that may be different now that my technique and prep have improved hugely. No way I'm going back to expensive carts anyway, especially with the stock of DE blades I have.
 
Sure, this goes way beyond functionality and necessity but, I appreciate the style and look of many safety razors out there so why should I care 'less' about how my cartridge razor looks like?

The inherent challenge with cartridge razors is that the head is a significant part of the overall look - but it's not something that is part of the permanent setup as they are disposed off. I'm thinking mostly of cartridge razors where the exchangeable cartridge has a significant impact on the overall appearance.

Let's take Mach 3 razors as an example (as I just got two handles so it's near and dear to me).

Once fitted with the cartridge, the head becomes a very big part of the razor and how it looks:

2znuww2.jpg

35ar5on.jpg


The cartridges above are btw Mach 3 Turbos.

I'll be honest in that I think these cartridges looks rather terrible on these particular handles and in an ideal world...I'd love to be able to get a completely black Mach 3 for my C&E handle...and a white one for the T&H one.

Would that make them shave any better? Of course not but part of why I enjoy the wetshaving hobby-collection-thing is that I also find many of these items very visually appealing.

Am I nuts? :)

Bonus question: Are there black and white Mach 3 cartridges?
I think that you were brought up in the same era of " Nuts" as me Paul...:D

Billy
 
Can't say that I've ever noticed or even thought about the colour of the cartridges for my Mach3 and sensor handles. In the case of my Mach3 I have a Trumpers faux ivory handle to which I fit the regular Mach3 cartridge, and in the case of my Sensor I have a shavemac faux Ivory handle to which I fit the regular Sensor cartridge. Both look fine to me.
 
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