Is there RAD Self Help Group?!?!

I started SR shaving last September and jumped in with both feet in January after being convinced I am not giving up the new joy of a really good shave.

Since January, I have upgraded my Strop to a beautiful 3" SRD Latigo and now have 13 razors and only 1 buyer's regret as my passion overtook common sense(but I will certainly keep the nice wb fbu 8/8 a long time and perhaps replace the scales more to my liking once I get over the pain of impulse purchasing).

It has been more than 25 years since I was addicted to collecting anything(at that time it was when the Baseball Card market exploded....sure wish I would have dumped those when they were worth something!).

It seems I spend more time cruising the bay & classifieds on different forums than I do any other online activity which has fully replaced my joy of playing Clash of Clans diligently(up to a full TH8 without paying real money to get it).

As someone who prides themselves on never being addicted to any drug I ever tried(except women), how does one bridle the monster known as RAD and be a gentle observer of the beauty our passion provides with so many different and interesting styles/sizes of razors without going broke?!?!?!?!

Pondering in Bavaria....good German beer in my hand.

Your truly,
An Ex-Pat Hillbilly from the backwoods of Kentucky

Maybe a few hours drive to the north west to Solingen will help!

You've come to the wrong group to find help with RAD. :beer1:

i've slowed down a little myself after realizing i can only shave with one at a time. feel like i'm neglecting my children or something. Oh, did i mention i pulled the trigger on my first new TI this morning? thanks to whoever posted the link to the sale at Lehmans Hardware :)

As far as myself and many other members here will tell you there is no cure for RAD and the only treatment available is......Buy More Razors!

I would not allow myself to become addicted and stopped collecting at 50+ razors..........

I suspect it is just a matter of self-control.
At least that is what I'm told..
Seriously though, it will, as with most things, slow down eventually.
For some that comes rather quickly, for others it will take a wee bit longer.
Like for me..

Time is the only help.
You will find what you like and SLIGHTLY slow down.

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!

There is indeed a 12 step program available for RAD. Only problem is that it doesn't work!!

:shrug:

Have fun!

That's ONLY $200 a week. Look at it that way cube18. :rofl2:

It ebbs and floods like the tide. One day I'm content and the next I'm bidding. If I could figure out how to not buy razors I could patent the idea and have tons of money for razors...

I get my own, "mad money" outside the budgeted finances, so what I spend it on is my own business.

Having said that, the stuff I buy, whether I use it the next day, next month, never or every day is irrelevant and just doesn't rent any space in my head, figure I have more important things to think about than if I bought a razor or any other stuff for that matter.

The best things in life aren't things....IMO.

There is a RAD self help group. It is an online group...they meet daily at ebay.com

It's easy really. What's the one thing allowing you to buy razors and other shaving paraphernalia......? Your computer. So, all you need to do is, make your last post on here ever, and snap that sucker over your knee! Done, and now you'll go through a bit of a withdrawal period but you'll be back to normal in no time. :)

I've tried to acquire a few grinds. (Wedge, 1/4 wedge, 1/2 hollow, full hollow) although I have a few of the same.
Now I'm working on type of scales. After that niche is covered, I'll tackle brushes.

There's only one remedy for RAD. Buy just one more.

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Originally Posted by hillbillyreverend

As someone who prides themselves on never being addicted to any drug I ever tried(except women), how does one bridle the monster known as RAD and be a gentle observer of the beauty our passion provides with so many different and interesting styles/sizes of razors without going broke?!?!?!?!

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My solution has been to keep somewhere around 20 razors in rotation. I buy a few new ones, sell a few that I haven't used in a while. This allows me variety, while keeping the bank account somewhat stable.

Take your wife or girlfriend shopping, that will fix your RAD for a couple months in about 3 hours.....:p

There are many here who will assist you with a RAD problem.....they know where all the good deals are. :rofl2: Visiting the picture threads will really help, too. :gaah:

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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!

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yes i was maybe referring to you a little bit (indirectly) :)

Well the good news is I have been pretty lucky with the eBay stuff. Learning quickly the honing process. Had one "shave ready" razor from eBay that seems to be truly shave ready that I'm using while I work on getting the others up to speed so to speak. I did appreciate the article, and wish I'd read it a couple weeks earlier. Knowing what I know now I'd have just bit the bullet up front and committed some money to getting started rather than piecing things together a little until I was in so deep there was no turning back and still didn't have what I needed yet. Live and learn! And I made it through another day without buying anything.

The only cure I know of if to be perfectly transparent with your wife to exactly how much you are spending or shaving products. Pretty sure your buying will stop in short order. Personally I try not to let me wife know