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Blogs Liberty and Power Stubble Trouble

Oct 7, 2007

Stubble Trouble

by Liberty and Power

Shaving is a tedious daily chore. But to a dedicated team of obsessive dermatologists, biometricists and neurologists, creating the perfect razor is the holy grail of grooming. Simon Garfield takes a wry look at the virbrating, rubberized, five-blade world of cutting edge technology.