Thread: Stop saying we gonna save money!

Originally Posted by ledemon

"Switch from disposables to classic wet shaving and you´ll save a looooottt of money"
Well this statement is absolutely NOT true.. I just spent almost 500.00 in my VERY FIRST wet shaving kit,,

If you were looking to straight razor shave to save money, which is appears you were because you now comment on the higher prices, I think you simply spent too much on your first step when you could have saved a lot of money. I've been shaving with a Mach 3 safety razor for years now, and I just got into straight razor. I bought a vintage Old Spice mug and a usable vintage badger brush on eBay for $10 (sellers do ship to Mexico). Larry at Whipped Dog, whom many members here recommended, got me set up with a nice shave-ready vintage razor for $25 and a $14 poor-man strop that should last years if I wanted it to. Member "Mastershake" (Scott) sells great homemade soap (Bald Frog Soaps) for $1.50 per oz. I'm sure both Larry and Scott would have shipped you their merchandise no problem, and the PayPal currency conversion makes paying simple. So you could have spent around $50+shipping getting started but chose to spend ten times that.

I go through one Mach 3 cartridge per week, and at their price I would have spent $50 on them in five months time, not including shaving cream. In one's lifetime, even if he buys a quality razor, strop, brush, and scuttle, he will save thousands of dollars on razor blades and shaving cream--at least I will. I think it's important to remember that every man used to use a straight razor to shave less than 100 years ago. While I'm sure things were cheaper for them because of supply and demand, most probably only had one good razor, strop, and brush at a time, so I don't see how you won't save money compared to safety razors if you were to keep your current kit until the parts wore out.

SENIOR MEMBERS: Please continue telling newbies they can save tons of money straight razor shaving! If they treat it like a daily necessity and not as a collecting hobby, that statement is perfectly true, as you all know. One of the major factors in me deciding to take the plunge was your assurance that straight razor is better than safety in quality of shave, limit of waste, and savings in money--aside from my own interest in the art as a hobby. Keep spreading the word for others!