Thread: coarse heavy beard & hollow

Originally Posted by gugi

Your approach requires an investment of thousands of dollars.

Well he has bought 30+ new razors from John Crowley in the last few months, so I suspect he's pretty committed to that approach by now.

Originally Posted by mparker762

Well he has bought 30+ new razors from John Crowley in the last few months, so I suspect he's pretty committed to that approach by now.

I plan to reach 100 razors at least. I am a compulsive collector; swords, pocket knives, guns, fountain pens, watches and now razors both new and used. Juan.

Originally Posted by juannaredo

I am a compulsive collector;

I was like that once, too. Ever since I started collecting wisdom instead of worldly items, my life has just got so much better.

Originally Posted by BeBerlin

I was like that once, too. Ever since I started collecting wisdom instead of worldly items, my life has just got so much better.

I'm a bit of a compulsive collector myself. I reached over 100 razors a long time ago. I didn't stop but became far more discriminating. I have collected guns, pocket knives, tobacco pipes and bicycles. After years of doing it I have determined that it is the action more than the item that entices. When Steve McQueen died he had 10,000 pocket knives and over 100 rocking chairs. Regrettably he couldn't take any of them with him. Not even one.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

I'm a bit of a compulsive collector myself. I reached over 100 razors a long time ago. I didn't stop but became far more discriminating. I have collected guns, pocket knives, tobacco pipes and bicycles. After years of doing it I have determined that it is the action more than the item that entices. When Steve McQueen died he had 10,000 pocket knives and over 100 rocking chairs. Regrettably he couldn't take any of them with him. Not even one.

Are you sure about that?

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

I'm a bit of a compulsive collector myself....I have collected guns, pocket knives, tobacco pipes and bicycles.

I'm beginning to think I'm a compulsive elitist. hah!
I jump into something really intensely, and find the 1 or 2 pieces that really do it for me and eschew the rest: I.E. Telefunken audio tubes for bass amps, the Bodley Head edition of Ulysses, John Coltrane, gut strings... which is why I don't think I'll end up with more than half a dozen razors. I don't want to have to worry which one I'll bring with me on vacation, or which one to use that day. Some guys can handle that, I can't. I want a couple great options, not hundreds. I might still buy, clean, and resell them, but I suspect we all have better things to do with our lives than hoard and obsess over razors. It's ok that we do once in a while. Find what works and move on. That's just me. I need to practice.

(steps off box)

Anyone have a Puma they don't need?

Originally Posted by bassguy

Anyone have a Puma they don't need?

Sure. But none that I don't want...

Originally Posted by bassguy

I suspect we all have better things to do with our lives than hoard and obsess over razors.

Unfortunately not all of us. There are hones and vintage Campagnolo parts as well.

Originally Posted by BeBerlin

I was like that once, too. Ever since I started collecting wisdom instead of worldly items, my life has just got so much better.

Remember, neither wisdom nor razors are cargo in the eternal journey. Juan.

Originally Posted by juannaredo

Remember, neither wisdom nor razors are cargo in the eternal journey. Juan.

Only time is.