Safety razor become locked into buying their proprietary cartridges, for as long as the manufacturer continues to make them. Subsequent to introducing the higher-priced Mach3 in 1998, Gillette's blade sales realized a 50% increase, and profits increased in an otherwise mature market. The marketing of increasing numbers of blades in a cartridge has been parodied since the 1970s. The debut episode of "Saturday Night Live" in 1975 included a parody advertisement for the Triple Trac Razor, shortly after the first two-blade cartridge for men's razors was advertised. "Mad" magazine announced the "Trac 76", arranged as a chain of cartridges with a handle
The Silent Blade eagerness and enthusiasm." "The Silent Blade" won the Origins Awards for Best Game-Related Novel of 1998. The Silent Blade The Silent Blade is the first book of the Legend of Drizzt grouping Paths of Darkness. It is the third to last book in the Legend of Drizzt series and is followed by "The Spine of the World" which came out the next year. It was released in June 1998 from TSR and then later from Wizards of the Coast. "The Silent Blade" was written by R. A. Salvatore. It was republished in February 2009 as the eleventh book in the