Thread: How did you get hooked?

I've been hooked on sharp edges since my childhood, knives, axes, razors, the point of a fresh honed fly hook, you name it. As a toddler, lurking in the doorway watching my dad shave, guess it's always been there...............

I'm with Jerry on this one. I tried many different ways of shaving, electrics were always the worst ripping my hairs out, so it was always the Mach 3s for me. I hated the thought of that plastic sitting there for so long in the landfills, long after I'll be gone even, I hate that thought. I try to avoid anything platic whenever possible. I do woodworking and try to build things I need rather than buy them. On my last trip to costco I saw the price of Mach 3s go out of my affordability, I knew I had to look for a new solution. So i decided to get set up for straight razor shaving. I'm two weeks in now and I've found it very enjoyable so far. I'm not getting the same results as the mach 3s yet, but I've got a lot to learn still, I know I'll get there.

I really like the thought that if I care for my tools and maintain them properly some day someone else can inherit this stuff and enjoy it as much as I do.