Thread: Is it really quiet on this site at the moment?

Cheers Kev,

I guess what makes me slightly different to some newbies is my appreciation of art (in the traditional form of art - paintings etc... it is obvious most members here appreciate the art of a nice razor). With my limited budget I have acquired some nice pieces over the years, and once I started researching razors, I realised that they are art too, just in a different form. Even if I cant use them well to start, I can still enjoy looking at them

Originally Posted by AndrewJM

Cheers Kev,

I guess what makes me slightly different to some newbies is my appreciation of art (in the traditional form of art - paintings etc... it is obvious most members here appreciate the art of a nice razor). With my limited budget I have acquired some nice pieces over the years, and once I started researching razors, I realised that they are art too, just in a different form. Even if I cant use them well to start, I can still enjoy looking at them

It's true Andrew you don't have to be an artist to enjoy art, but getting inside the head of the artist gives us a different perspective. The great thing about all these beautiful custom razors is they are meant to be used and appreciated. When we use a razor like the purist we can understand from first hand experience what the artist intended (looks or function or both or maybe something else we had not realised)

from a practical side, I need to shave everyday…. and I want to enjoy that as much as I can, but its not always the things we expect to make us happy that do. Many a cheap razor and soap has brought joy to many a man (and woman) and be it customs or vintage or new, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and long may that be so….

Enjoy buddy Enjoy

I guess when it comes to shaving with a straight it would depend on whether the main objective is to get a good shave or collect expensive jewelry/art. That latter is not strictly necessary to achieve the former. For a number of reasons, other than how well a straight actually shaves, the latter may increase the overall pleasure/experience of the exercise of shaving with a straight. If you can afford to combine the two, I say go for it.

Bob