Why are you shaving with these Str8 Razors? Are you cRaZy?


That is the response I get from virtually everyone I mention this to. I work with a bunch of engineer techno-geeks so maybe that's why.

But frankly, I don't know why *I* am so caught up in shaving with a str8.

Why are you?

Is it a macho thing?--you know proving to yourself you are a real man? (I have to admit this is one of my motivations).

Is it because the shave is so great? ( I can't claim this as my starting reason because it wasn't for quite a while)


I have to admit, it is just absolutely fun, one of the best things I have ever done in my life--but I can't figure out WHY!!

Maybe it is a suicidal impulse? Self-reliance? Re-enactment of History?

Perhaps it was inevitable for me. Long ago I eschewed power tools and now work mainly with hand tools, especially 19th Century wooden planes and japanese tools. I guess I am a partial luddite in that I believe that just because a technology exists doesn't mean it is a good idea to use it. Hell my boat is even a sailboat.

Maybe I just like the fact that a str8 razor doesn't have a genetic code that can be cloned. Each one is an individual--like me.

And may be finally I feel that

*skill*

Is a rare and valuable thing--and worth developing and preserving.

Sorry. I had to get that off my chest.

Please chime in if you feel like it--or insult me if you feel like that. Have at it.

Regards,

Paul