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(This post was last modified: 03-07-2019, 11:04 PM by Shavemd.)
I received an Email today from Avi that Raw Shaving is closing production as of today. Many of you know my fondness of the smooth and efficient razor, I will not go into detaiis but it saddens me that such a wonderful razor will no longer be available. Avi did a wonderful job creating the razors he did. He has been a true gentleman with great customer service

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#2
Yes I got an email too from him. I met Avi at big shave east and we have stocked his razors for a few months. Very nice guy - great products. Sad day for the Shaving world.


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#3

Merchant
St. Louis, MO
I would imagine the cost of development and production without some volume was a killer. Matt can attest to this better than any of us.

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#4

Soap Sniffers Anonymous
Edmonton
As a consumer I really was interested in one, but the upfront investment was a deterrent, it was a want not a need, as such have yet to buy one and guess it’ll never happen now


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Merchant
San Diego CA
Sad to see that. He had just expanded retail and I had hopes that would his push into mainstream stores would help elevate wet shaving beyond our niche. Hopefully Avi is on to something new!

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Merchant
St. Louis, MO
(03-07-2019, 11:49 PM)Blackland Razors Wrote: Sad to see that. He had just expanded retail and I had hopes that would his push into mainstream stores would help elevate wet shaving beyond our niche. Hopefully Avi is on to something new!

No offense, but a $360 razor is not going to either be "mainstream" or take wet shaving "beyond our niche".

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#7

Merchant
San Diego CA
(03-08-2019, 12:03 AM)dominicr Wrote:
(03-07-2019, 11:49 PM)Blackland Razors Wrote: Sad to see that. He had just expanded retail and I had hopes that would his push into mainstream stores would help elevate wet shaving beyond our niche. Hopefully Avi is on to something new!

No offense, but a $360 razor is not going to either be "mainstream" or take wet shaving "beyond our niche".

Look, I'm just being positive. As a business owner in this space I think a simple tip of the cap to our fallen brethren isn't too much to ask. Also, both Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman are decidedly mainstream so no snarky quotations necessary.

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#8

Merchant
St. Louis, MO
(This post was last modified: 03-08-2019, 12:40 AM by dominicr.)
I'll refer back to my original post. As I'm sure Matt can attest (and yourself) it takes some volume to recoup costs and cross over into profitability. I think our concepts of "mainstream" might be different.
I am acknowledging the challenges, not celebrating the demise.

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#9

Member
Melfort, SK Canada
It is too bad. Perhaps Avi and his friend mentioned on their website will make a few razors and sell them through another vendor. I can't see him giving up that talent. That website also took a lot of work too. Best of luck to him in the future. I'm hoping he'll still be around.
#10

expert shaver
Panther's Stanley Cup Champs
I wouldn't call this closing as sad more unfortunate. However, you can get the R10 as a set with the razor stand directly from Raw Shaving.

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