I am an acoustic guitarist and once upon a time owned a guitar pick that was made out of genuine tortoise shell (turtle shell). This pick always played and sounded amazing, till I lost it. It is now, and quite rightly, illegal to kill turtles for their shells and so you can no longer buy guitar picks from this material. SO!! I was on ebay looking for old artefacts that may be made out of the shell that I could fashion into guitar picks (this is not illegal!) and … you guessed it came upon a few straight razors with faux shell scales. A synapse was immediately branched in my brain!!

I have always had a slight knife fascination (Bowie knifes especially) but never had a need for a knife in my day to day life, So I thought now if I learned to shave with one of these things then… price of Mach 3 cartridges raising my blood pressure …. I started researching…. Started perving around the SRP etc and now I’m a pathological shaver and the rest is history!!

It is a love that dare not speak it’s name though!! Most people just think you’re weird if you mention it but who cares I love it and at the very least it gives the good lady a taste of her own medicine when it comes to hogging the bathroom!

Shave on!!

Ray