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  1. 09-30-2009, 03:02 PM #1
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    Haha, yeah, sounds like you got it

    I told a friend of mine I had it last night and she said I should go to meetings

    I was just gonna get 1 as well...failed at that.

    Got a set of Norton hones and C12k...then recently bought a Belgian Combo stone (should be here tomorrow! )

    Now I need to get a grinder, wheels, and greaseless compound (getting tired of sandpaper )

    I have access to the tools for making my scales (relative has a woodshop) so I don't need my own...right now. But at some point, I WILL have my own.

    *sigh* I keep telling myself "it's just money" but still...

    I think maybe (at least in my case) the RAD/HAD was inevitable, and addictive personalities make it MUCH easier to slip into it...is there a cure? I dunno...but at this point, I have to say:

    If hating razors and hones is bad, I don't wanna be good!
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  2. 09-30-2009, 03:04 PM #2
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    Well I came from the SE/DE side to Str8s. Talk about a hard journey.

    Welcome to the fold and it is a good thing that SWMBO is on your side.
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    The only known cure ....
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    Be careful how you treat people on your way up, you may meet them again on your way back down.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JimmyHAD View Post
    The only known cure ....
    Hmm, what is the grit on that rock? looks like less than 4k?

    "Cheap Tools Is Misplaced Economy. Always buy the best and highest grade of razors, hones and strops. Then you are prepared to do the best work."
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    Well, it's very cool that we've managed to take a very tiresome bit of our daily lives and made it fun. I wish I could do that with other aspects of my life. As for RAD (my member name pretty much speaks for itself), I'm not sure that even death can stop it. I have this feeling that, as I approach the pearly gates, a clean shaven St. Peter will look at me and say "hey, is that a Puma?"
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    Quote Originally Posted by JimmyHAD View Post
    The only known cure ....
    http://straightrazorpalace.com/attac...tone_skull.jpg
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    Hmm, what is the grit on that rock? looks like less than 4k?
    Needs to be lapped.
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    Default Gleefully abandoning hope for a cure

    So RAD is incurable eh? I can think of worse fates. At least I'm in good company!
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    i think you are all rad!!!!lol! i started my addiction three weeks ago now and i offically have 6 antquie straights...three shave ready and the other three i'm working on now with restoring...it is as icedog put's it one of the most sensual experiances a man can have! i believe he is right ...i helps you feel more of a man to do something so old..look at the hundreds of manufactures and nowhow few there are....it's crazy! plus the environmental effect...your helping mother nature no more wasted disposable razors....
    i'm rad and have rad..lol
    you all are rad!
    have fun and keep this ancient art alive!
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    Im on this SR stuff for 4 months. The last Razor Ive bought was, ups, today. And I have shaving soaps probaly for the rest of my life.

    There is no hope my friend.
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  10. 09-30-2009, 08:00 PM #10
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    I wish that was my fiance's approach to me using and collecting straights.

    But I have the RAD bad. It doesn't go well with my online bargain hunting skills.
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