The substance

For centuries, black powder was the most powerful, known explosive. It could be used to fire cannonballs, but was ineffective for mining and road building. It didn’t have the required strength to blast rock.

In 1846, an Italian chemist, Ascanio Sobrero, developed a new explosive substance called nitroglycerine. The power of this oily liquid was at least a thousand times greater than that of the black powder. It could easily blast rock into much smaller pieces. So small that one could not imagine it.

Unfortunately, nitroglycerine was unstable. Even the smallest quantity could cause an explosion, under excessively high or low temperature. Even under optimal-controled storage conditions, it stayed risky. Therefore, many countries banned its transportation, and even prohibited manufacturing it.

In 1860, a Swedish scientist, called Alfred Nobel, set out to stabilize nitroglycerine. After a research of seven years, he succeeded by impregnating a simple substance, kieselguhr (the diatomaceous earth), with nitroglycerine.

Kieselguhr is a porous rock that can be reduced to fine powder. By combining nitroglycerine with kieselguhr, the latter absorbs it, creating a special paste that can be shaped into “sticks”. In this form, nitroglycerine becomes much more stable.

Thus, it became possible to store, transport and use it safely without losing its real explosive power. Alfred Nobel called the famous mixture of nitroglycerine and kieselguhr “dynamite”.

Dynamite truly changed the world. Ascanio Sobrero had realized that, without a stabilizing agent, nitroglycerine was too risky to be used commercially. In fact, kieselguhr alone was of little use. However, the combination of these two elements enabled dynamite to become a revolutionary tool.

You have probably heard of the Nobel Prizes. They are awarded annually to individuals who have achieved excellence in one of the six following disciplines: physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and peace promotion among the nations of the world.

In 2024, following the example of Alfred Nobel’s dynamite, self-educated researcher, Thierry Laforest, after 11 years of research, created a combination of manual razor blades and a natural substance to regenerate the blades after final use. This combination became a source of powerful, transformative benefits for everyone.

Manual razor blades are perfect. That is why, there is the need of a divinely mandated substance to regenerate them over and over again. That leads us inevitably to a new era of the manual razor in the world.