I've been a member since 7-22-15 I didn't get my first razor till about a week later. That's when the disease first took hold. Less then 3 months later here's where I'm at. Where are you at post pictures.
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I've been a member since 7-22-15 I didn't get my first razor till about a week later. That's when the disease first took hold. Less then 3 months later here's where I'm at. Where are you at post pictures.
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No way... I might have to admit I have a problem if I see it all in one spot.
Nice start on a collection there though :)
Ha! I'm not sure you realize what some of these folks have collected....like rooms full. I'm starting to throw out clothes to make room in my dresser (under a fake bottom panel so I don't have to have the "how many do you need?") discussion.
Check out the 'show us your shave den' thread. Lots of guys kits are on display in there.
Nice start ya got there!
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I would have to lay it out on my lawn and take a picture from the roof I think otherwise your going to get shelves upon shelves of stuff stacked behind stuff and currently in three rooms (closet, bath and shop)
I'd need to get a wider-angle lens.
I think I need help... :)
Bottom line, there's not enough pixels, never mind 1's and 0's, to portray my collection in any meaningful light.... never mind the $$$ spent on said collection.
Regards
Kaptain "More is better, right?" Zero
I don't think I have photos of the entirety but here is a list:
2x single edge razor - 1 o/c, 1 safety bar.
2 or 3 d/e razors, slowly giving them away.
3x straight razor.
2x hanging strop - 1 homemade roo, 1 gift from a friend(unknown leather).
1x paddle strop - homemade with about 5 different pasted pads (pastes given to me).
2x hanging pasted strop - gift from a friend.
3x shaving brush - one will be given away at some point.
1x bowl of omega shaving soap.
1x puck of Edwin Jager shaving soap.
1x large plastic bowl of blended soap ends.
1x medium plastic container of cream ends and used lather.
2x bottles of aftershave.
3x bottles of cologne.
1,3,8,10,12 k hones (1 of each).
1x barber hone.
1x 400g atoma lapping plate.
That's the lot.
I don't know it's spread out down there somewhere.
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I think it would take me days to lay out everything, and multiple photographs. :(
I really should start just shooting pictures so I can get some stuff sold, so the rest of you can have even more in your collections! :D
No that's about it, and I can see it getting less, I recently gave away 2 or 3 razors - safety and shavette, and a brush.
Particularly as a beginner I think overcapitalising is a terribly detrimental thing, you can't figure out the square root of bugger all if you change your razor and/or soap/cream and or strop on an almost daily basis. All you learn is how to use lots of stuff badly.
This is a travel kit. [emoji12]
Serious.
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Finding all my stuff would be the hardest part of documenting my loot. Opened a drawer the other day and found 5 SRs I had forgotten about.
The OP is starting out with a good set.
This statement should be prominently displayed in the beginner's section, even with that Australianistic phrasing!
Somehow, some way, some day, I hope that I can figure out how to insert the phrase "you can't figure out the square root of bugger all" into a sentence!!!
The nice thing about us straight razor users is that MOST of us do not have thin skins!
:)
Nicely put ed.Have lost count how many razors I have purchased, well over 100. Pretty much stuck to two razors for the first six months, both 5/8 full hollow. I would encourage anyone new to read your beginners tips.
Oh my, I'm not sure this is a good idea;
It has been years since I took pics of my meager collection, but here's a few old ones with some of the stash.
Anyways, here's my travel kit for honing:
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And here is my hone-station:
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And a few of my custom razors that I had an old pic of:
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The level of sickness is great I see my future and it looks pretty awesome. What a cool hobby to have loving the pictures.
I am trying not to let myself fall to the sickness. I only have 7 SRs. I will have to take a pic tomorrow to show you.
Now Now I am not going to be like you guys now. I swear I have enough razors, but I could use another 5 or 6 brushes so that doesn't count.
Ok stop me if this sounds familiar to anyone. I told my girlfriend I'm going to buy two SR and then I can save money on buying disposable razors. Just what I've spent in 3 months I could have bought disposables for the next ten years.
Ummmm, yes, you may stop now!
Every time I buy a new razor I cringe and think about how this was supposed to save me money originally...before the fever and obsession kicked in. At least I'm not supporting Gillette anymore. In fact to replace my Fusion blades I think I need a Dubl Duck Wonderedge, a 7/8 Wade and Butcher with a smile and barber's notch, a Filarmonica and a Puma 69.
How crazy are we??
Well if you open a separate bank account, separate credit card and have all your stuff synced with paypal to a UPS store, you are warming up.
If you hide your blades and soap in boxes in a closet and bring them out month later, we can talk.
If you know a guy named Torloff from Norway making you a custom strop,
If you know a guy named Maurice from Belgium sending you a coticule.
If you know a guy named Mike from South Africa who sends you a Zulu.
If you know a guy named Andrew from Baden and your on a wait list for a brush.
You decide to take your significant other to Europe for vacation and devise a plan to ditch her for 3-5 days to get Mastro Livi to make you your own custom razor and matching strop.
Yeah then your full blown RAD.
I did this once upon a time, the link below is to the thread where I posted most of the stuff I had at that time. Needless to say, it's grown beyond recognition now. I've got a good 4+ years of collecting behind me. I've even rid myself of those things I just don't covet.
http://straightrazorpalace.com/honin...tml#post936742
Enjoy!!
H
I'm relatively new to this but it's a start. I'm already trying to get rid of some so I'm not sure if I'm going to catch the bug.Attachment 214918
I'm sorry Gent's but sh$t! That's most of em. I have about 10 more, ok, 15 in the drawer that suffer my regular rotation. Later this month will be one year SR shaving for me. I didn't have room in the photo to add the synth hones... Strops...
Cartridges? Hell, that crap was cheap compared to this sport.
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