New DE razor from King C Gillette

Probably wouldn't expect much more for the price. Works for 89's and most other razors at a price.

Bakelite? Does anyone still make the stuff?

...Today, thermoplastics dominate the industry. Thermosets are just a tiny slice. But Bakelite is still being made, for wide-ranging applications.

“Almost all brakes on cars, mass-transit trucks, even aircraft are made from phenolic resin,” said Julia Harp, vice president of Hexion Specialty Chemicals Inc. Hexion was formed in 2005 from a merger of Borden Chemical Inc., Bakelite AG and two other companies. Bakelite AG, of Iserlohn, Germany, dates to 1910 when Baekeland founded the company with Rutgers AG.

Bakelite still has some of its classic applications in automotive and electrical products. But the material also is used in space shuttles, Harp said.

Sumitomo Bakelite Co. Ltd., a phenolics maker in Japan that dates to an early license, no longer uses the formal Bakelite trade name on its materials, a spokesman said. But Sumitomo Bakelite does use some names that are well-known in history, including Durez, Vyncolit and Rogers...



Personally, I always liked Gutta-percha better.
 
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