Laser Razor on Kickstarter - Yes Really

[vcoleiro1]

Thought this was a joke when I first saw it, but nope, it looks like these guys are serious.   They have just put up their campaign on Kickstarter to produce a Laser based Razor.
I think I'll need to see the working prototype first.  I understand they said they will show a demo using a working prototype. Makes me wonder why its not there on the campaign page from the start.   A working prototype is a KS requirement

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/skarp/the-skarp-laser-razor-21st-century-shaving?ref=category_popular

 

[Nintendo]

Thought this was a joke when I first saw it, but nope, it looks like these guys are serious.   They have just put up their campaign on Kickstarter to produce a Laser based Razor.https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/skarp/the-skarp-laser-razor-21st-century-shaving?ref=category_popularhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZk_Nw4M_Vk

Wait! It seems nice and all, but where's the speed (time it takes to shave) comparison demo between this and a conventional razor or electric razor?
By the way, your KS link leads straight back to this thread

 

[vcoleiro1]

SONY, now it doesn't

 

[Null]

Hurrah no irritation ^_^

 

[Ziz]

But, why are the inventors all unshaved or very poorly shaved?

 

[Null]

Because they're inventors.

 

[Holliefant]

When I shave... when... then I use a blade made in the 1930ies in Germany. Of course I have some maintaining with that blade, sharpening and things like that. But I always have a really good close shave with almost no irritations and apart from the beard and the soap no waste
I never understood how people can buy blades for 2-6 euros a piece, and most of them throw them away after using them 1-2 times... I am not an environmentalist but hey that is a really really stupid way to treat finite resources.  
 

 

[vcoleiro1]

Wooohh there sharky barber, I said a little off the fringe

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[Nintendo]

^ Is that Lara Croft?

 

[Kiga]

But, why are the inventors all unshaved or very poorly shaved?

Because they want no irritation!

 

[Wrath Of Khan]

Let's hope the campaign isn't a close shave!

 

[DrHAX]

id take a straight edge over this any day... 

 

[fusion_power]

Only ONE Laser? Not Three or Five?  :lol:
And why don't they show a working prototype? I thought this was mandatory for a KS Campaign nowadays... 

 

[rygD]

When I shave... when... then I use a blade made in the 1930ies in Germany. Of course I have some maintaining with that blade, sharpening and things like that. But I always have a really good close shave with almost no irritations and apart from the beard and the soap no waste
I never understood how people can buy blades for 2-6 euros a piece, and most of them throw them away after using them 1-2 times... I am not an environmentalist but hey that is a really really stupid way to treat finite resources.  
 

I have been using a double edged safety razor and a carton of 100 blades I got for around $20 (tried a variety first, since they are all different).  There seems to be a small but growing market for safety razors here, as I have seen a few popping up here and there, with ads on TV once in a while.  A few seem to be coming from Europe.  I just use a 50 year old gillette one.  I have another that has a thing you turn and the top opens to replace the blade, but I prefer the other one that has to be fully disassembled.  I may try to find one that has a different handle because the one I usually use has an aluminum handle that makes it quite unbalanced feeling sometimes.  I get a very close shave (not that this is something I strive for with my sensitive skin), and irritation depends on technique.  I switched because even on a bad day I have less irritation than with cartridge razors.  I do get a nick now and then.  It does take a bit longer than the cartridge ones, but the tradeoff is worth it to me.

When I used cartridges I would use them for as long as they continued cutting the hairs pretty well, so for a couple weeks usually, with 5 or more shaves a week.  At the price they were going for I couldn't afford to toss 'em after a couple uses, plus they seemed better to me after a few shaves.  Not as much irritation and cutting my throat open.

I probably wouldn't trust a laser razor until it had been around for a while and I felt the results were good.  I can't use an electric razor, even the super fancy somewhat expensive ones, because they don't do a good job and usually feel like they are ripping the hair out instead of cutting it, and my neck would always get chewed up.

 

[comradekingu]

Does it actually cut, or just treat shaved beard into perpetual submission?

 

[Nintendo]

It actually cuts it. It's not laser hair removal/treatment.

 

[Wrath Of Khan]

Are hipsters real or just very lazy people who don't want to shave?
Woman: Sweetheart you have to shave you look disgraceful with that beard!!
(Mans thoughts) Screw that I'm not shaving. I know what to say...
Honey, I'm not lazy I'm a hipster!
Woman: Oh you'r a hipster, that's so like trendy and shit!! (Yeah right who wants to sleep with Abraham Lincoln)

 

[dflatline]

I enjoy shaving and there's some satisfaction in doing it properly and feeling the blade cutting the hairs on your face. If you're getting irritation from shaving you're probably using a crap razor/blades. Get a double edge razor, some Feather brand blades and some decent soap. There's also pre-shave and post-shave products you might need and if you're using a double edge don't press on just use the weight of the razor they're heavy for a reason.

 

[DrHAX]

there apparently is a working prototype on their page they uploaded on the 25th. it shows a fiber but it shows the concept well.. Its interesting... but I've gotten used to shaving with just sheer water using the worst blades one can imagine...

 

[matzesu]

How dit this thing get the energy for such a powerfull laser its needs to cut beard hear??
If its from Batteries, than its as enwroimend unfriendly as one thimes razorblades..
Or more, as batterieacid is lot more dangouros..