The Argyle Sweater by Scott Hilburn for February 26, 2024

talk about razor burn!

It was a big (de)capital investment.

Cutting edge technology.

Gillette Guillotines were given out free. They made their money on the blades.

King Gillette was a real persons name.

Gillette him tinker and see what you get?

Considering the different methods of execution, Curly said it best: “A hot stake is better than a cold chop”.

Isn’t that a Gilletine™?

Wilkinson is so green with Envy!!

Unkindest cut of all!

It’s a far, far better shave that I get, than I have ever gotten.

Given the guillotine, why does he need the axe?

Don’t know who might remember but SNL did a skit waaaay back in the 70s. They had just come out with the 2 bladed razor and this skit satirized it by having razors with 2, 3, 4, even 5 bladed razors. It was hilarious…at the time. At the time no one would have believed that they would actually do it.

The best a man can get

Give me my double edge.

This cartoon had me on edge, I must say.

Waiting for the Norelco version.

LOL, great strip, Scott.

If it’s so good, what does he need the ax for?

Boy, the commercial for this must be really lovely.

The executioner was Igor Gillette!

In spite of all those blades, the executioner shows that manscaping wasn’t a thing yet.

Funny

His cousin, Manfred Popeel took that concept to the kitchen with his early Veg-O-Matic line which made swift work out of heads of cabbage!

LOL, don’t know who started the multi-blade razor thing, but I know Gillette started back in the single-blade (not counting the edge on each side) days and that was good enough for men for a long time. Some of the razors these days are ridiculous.

Politicians peep hole! I bet they could see what they were doing wrong from there. If only for a few seconds! 100% No repeat offenders.

And he’s holding an executioner’s axe, because ???

Hilburn, you are a sick hump. Love your work.

LOL!

The reign of King Camp Gillette was truly cutting-edge.

Sounds like a Cliff Clavin “fact”.

BORING FACT CHECK — DO NOT READ

Not really many centuries ago. The guillotine was adopted in 1789.

So why does the executioner need an axe then?

Not really a concern back then. I once saw an antique executioner’s axe and it was as sharp as a club.

Just cut a little off the top.

Cleaner than a cutthroat blade?

Grew a beard as soon as I could, never looked back, never regretted it.

Tis the worst a man can get.

And provides very thin sliced meat for your werewolves.

For a really close shave…

Why would the King care about how clean the cut is when it’s somebody he hates so much that he’s having them killed?

How are ya fixed for blades?

just wait ’til he starts his guillotine cream pitch…

Obviously this clever innovation came into popularity after Nearly-Headless Nick acquired his moniker.