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The Death Of My Panthers Razor

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I just can't seem to find that perfect razor. I've tried the expensive ones and the cheap ones. I've vacillated between disposables and cartridges over the years. I used to swear by my Mach 3, but moved on when they added four and five blades to a cartridge. More has to be better right?

I thought I was really progressing when I bought my first Gillette Fusion ProGlide (and I disposed of my Schick Quattro immediately). Nothing could be better than a powered razor with five blades. But, alas, after a few cuts, I decided that the ProGlide was more hype than anything else. From there, I reluctantly went back to Schick: This time, I'd try the much ballyhooed Hydro 5. I hated to admit to myself that the Hydro 5 gave me a pretty nice shave. Smooth. The gel reservoirs, whether I admitted it or not, were light years better than the green strips. Plus, it had a pivoting head that I could pull down to do more precise trimming. It was still a Schick, and my subconscious mind wouldn't allow me to choose Schick over the venerable Gillette.

As fate would have it, while roaming through Wal-Mart one day as the wife shopped for some groceries, I spied a Panthers sign on top of a display of manual Fusion ProGlides for $9.98. Panthers! I just couldn't refuse that little Panthers logo, housed beautifully underneath the acrylic on that handle. I had to get it. Who cares that I had a powered ProGlide at the house? I had to get the Panthers razor.

As fate would have it, after using the Panthers razor for a while, suffering through mild bouts of razor burn, and burning through the measly two cartridges included in the box, I was wondering why I had ever switched. I kept using it though because it was a Panthers razor. It was Gillette. The NFL had a partnership with Gillette. I love my Panthers! Well, again, strolling through Wal-Mart weeks later, I was pricing replacement cartridges for my beloved Panthers razor when I got a mild case of sticker shock. I was lamenting the price, so I decided to walk around and commiserate about my dilemma when what do I see? A display of beautiful boxes of Shick Hydro 5 razors. Included in the boxes were not only my much yearned for Hydro 5, even if it was subconsciously, but also 6 cartridges, some Hydro 5 shaving gel and some Degree deodorant, all for $9.98. After comparing the prices of the ProGlide and the Hydro 5 cartridges, I had to do the unthinkable.

My Panthers razor is lying in state at the top of my sink, and I just had the closest thing to a perfect shave than I have had in a few months. I think you know the answer to the tough decision that I had to make.

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If I chose stuff just for the logo I'd have to drink miller lite. yuck!

A good friend of mine has the last name Miller, so he had been drinking it for the longest time until (at his wedding no-less) he told everyone at the reception "This stuff is fugging gross." And just sat down.

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