Originally Posted by
cube18
I guess its not just me then. I have spent roughly $600 in the last 3 weeks on this stuff! Started out buying a Muhle safety razor and travel sized art of shaving kit at a local store. Shaved twice with that set-up, and decided straight razor was what I'd really been after. So I bought a Dovo Best Quality online along with a col conk honing stone on a paddle and an Illinois 127 strop. Shaved once and couldn't get the neck or chin area at all, so I assumed the razors fault and set out "honing" on my little paddle hone. Then I found this forum and realized it wasn't the razors fault but my technique. But by then I was convinced I'd screwed up the edge of the Dovo with stropping/honing technique. Watched Lynn's videos (along with countless others) and decided I needed some real honing stones. So bought the Norton 220/1000, 4000/8000, and a naniwa 12k. Along with a POUND of crox crayon. In the meantime figured I better find another razor to "practice" on. So of course I bought an $18 Gold Dollar in NOT shave ready condition to prove to myself I could get it shave ready. Of course in shopping for the cheapie, I found some "steals" on eBay. So I bid on a couple, and won. Bid on another, and won, etc.
Having all this hardware I can't just have a travel sized set of cream, after shave, etc. So got me some Mitchell's Wool Fat. Some Col. Conk Bay rum, and some Taylor Old bond Cream.
And if my wife wasn't irritated with me enough, she found it almost unforgivable that for her birthday yesterday I took her to a restaurant that happened to be across the street from the only barber in my area that carries Proraso products. (Had to try out some after shave).
I think I might be the guy that whoever wrote the article on the home page about "Capitalization" may have been talking about. Good news is, I'm about 12 shaves in and the chin and neck are starting to get easier. Making progress, need to quit spending money!