Thread: What is WRONG with You Guys????

I started because of the challenged and stayed because of the superior shaves and the enjoyment that they provide. Most people do not know that I shave with a straight.

I started for purely economic reasons... I absolutely refused to pay the high price for any more cartridges. So it was either a DE or a Str8... and since I'm a minimalist about most things, I picked the Str8. In retrospect, I chose wisely .

I think the cost of disposable razors and the thing about throwing them away(I'm a packrat) started me thinking about it. For years I wanted to shave with a straight razor, I didn't tell anybody. I finally bought some "bargain brand" triple edge replacement blades and it pushed me over the edge. Those cursed Kroger blades would shave me once. The second time they would just go all over the hair but cut nothing. I found this forum and a few others and started reading. A month or so later and here I am. My shaving skill sucks, but I like learning a new skill. I'll give it 6 months to a year to improve and I have no doubt it will.
A buddy of mine was asking me if those strops really sharpened anything. I showed him how they worked and he got all upset. "You're pulling that razor toward yourself on half those strokes!" He thinks I'm going to freakin' die stropping the razor! LOL my stropping isn't the best, but I don't think it's life threatening. Kinda funny watching this huge(6'4", 260..not fat) bald black guy having a panic attack because "that razor is coming within six inches of your body!"

"What is WRONG with you guys????"

Shorter list would be what is RIGHT!

Anyway, I learned from my grandfather around 15. He was an old crusty fisherman type born and raised in Gloucester... I thought it was cool and of course just watched Croc Dundee (I know lame... but that is the truth)

I switched to the DE and junk throwaways in the service/college but kept the brush and soap.

I went to University in New Orleans, and went back this last summer for a friends wedding... I stopped in at Aiden Gills and got a shave... little did I know I would be back at it, learning all over again.

Funny how my left hand forgot how to operate the razor