Quote Originally Posted by izlat View Post
Yep, I'm sure most of the guys of past did not enjoy their straights as much as we do
Ah Ha thats the whole point here. You are not supposed to enjoy your straight. Its a shaving impliment. You have lost sight of the fact that to us this is more of a hobby and therefore we do it for enjoyment more than anything else (most of us anyway). Thats why we accumulate all the multiple razors and soaps and brushes and other paraphanelia. If the shave was the only factor we would all be using mach whatevers or just have one or two straights and one brush and one soap. The same as people who go out and drop several grand on a fancy watch. If telling time was the important factor we would all be wearing basic Seiko's or Casio's.

Guys of the past viewed shaving much as modern guys who use a cartridge system or electric, drudgery and if some one came out with some revolutionary shaving system tomorrow all these guys today would be running to buy it just as the guys did years ago.

Just one man's opinion of course. Take it for what its worth.