To be completely honest, this razor was not a razor I enjoyed using. After several weeks I got lucky and found one in my little town in rural Oklahoma. I searched at lots of Walgreen’s stores in both Dallas and Oklahoma City and not one was available for purchase. I tried ordering one through Walgreens website only to have the order canceled two weeks later by the company because they couldn’t get enough of a stock to fulfill all the orders. Only those who occupy Proctor and Gambles lofty boardroom level of executives know the answer for sure.Īt the time I had trouble finding one of these razors for myself. Since Gillette hasn’t introduced any more DE razors my guess is that these were part of a test market campaign that didn’t go as well as they expected, or they decided they could generate more revenue by selling their cartridge razors. (Although Sheldon from the Wet Shaving Club did come out with a Fatboy tribute razor about the same time as this razor was making its debut.). Alas, our dreams of a 21 st century updated Fatboy from Gillette was never meant to be. Everyone thought Gillette would be overjoyed and the DE drought here in America would finally be over. Much like the Heritage, the King razor sold out quickly. Gillette razor was announced wet shavers flocked to their local Walgreens stores who, at the time, were the only retailer to carry the razor. While the Heritage was only available for purchase on Amazon it still sold out as quickly as it went on sale.

This new razor came upon the heels of another Gillette DE razor called “ The Heritage razor”. All beautifully packaged in a blue and gold retro design. The line consisted of various beard oils, transparent shave oil, a cordless beard trimmer, the three piece razor (To remove beard stubble) with specially branded DE blades and a cartridge razor (For your neck). It was announced that Gillette was going to release a new safety razor as part of a new men’s care line named after the company’s founder King C.

Several years ago, as the pandemic raged on there was a flurry of excitement within the wet shaving community.

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