The subject is Heresy

In my persona as Pope Razorfeld the First of the Church of the Steel Blade I wish to approach the controversial concept of single blade good, multi- blades bad. For yea, while there be among us the fundamentalists that shudder with dis-ease over the thought of even looking at a many bladed object let us remember that out first task as members is to not pity and shun the unknowing, but to give a reach out and enfold these mis-informed and misguided and lead them to the path of smooth shaving. Yea, a multi-object can give a reasonable shave the first few times but fails to produce a continual result. They do have their place. Emergencies do exist where the use is permitted in the by-laws of the C of the SB (and no dispensation is needed). Even the moderates among the brethren, those of the proponents of the DE and the SE, oft times are of negative toward the poor multi user. In this church of ours, where no hard and fast doctrine rules, I ask only that we all, regardless of our basic stances, open our heart and minds to those sad proponents of bad razors and quietly espouse the glory of the renewable blade and the joys associated with it.

As Pope I feel it is my duty to be the first to admit to a minor sin of usage of a (forbidden) multi blade disposable this morning. I encompass the use of straight, DE and SE razors as they move me each morning when I contemplate my morning Mass. I have the misfortune to suffer from, among various skin afflictions, very thin and sensitive neck skin coupled with a wiry beard. This morning my neck was overly sensitive to the straight I was using and I reached for a different razor to finish my neck. Without contemplation my hand took a double blade disposable razor and completed my shave. Be it known I keep a few of the forbidden around to remind me of the good in shaving. I have counseled myself and have said five Hail Lynn's and five Hail gssixgun's in atonement.

Be it also confessed, that months before my conversion to the joy of straights, DE's and SE's, I was a regular user of said demonic devices. By accident I was almost swayed to not venture down the righteous path when I had inadvertently bought a card of Venus disposables not realizing they were women's razors. They must be constructed differently than men's disposables because the resultant shave had me singing the Psalm of BBS. But thankfully my sub-conscious mind reminded me that the Universe had a higher path for me and I quickly sought out SRP for succor and conversion.

Be happy fellow scrapers and rejoice each day during your Mass of Shaving.

I suppose i should confess that a few months ago after a honing mishap i found myself in need of a shave and without a usable razor and had to use a fusion i had in the bathroom. I soon after corrected my mishap and returned to my SR.

Multi-bladed and/or disposable razors are not bad. If they were they'd have never become as popular as they are.

It's just that we needed to take back the power. To promote straight razor usage we need to point out the advantages of straights over other forms of shaving utensil, and that will often sound like non-straight bashing (and I guess sometimes it is). We tend to gloss over the disadvantages of straights. I think sometimes it's healthy to look up and take in the broader shaving landscape - we are really quite niche and are likely to remain so despite the excellent progress that's been made over recent years.

I keep a supply of double-bladed disposables on hand for mornings when I oversleep so I can shave my head in the shower in a rush. Doesn't happen a lot, but when it does I'm very thankful for them.

So therefore I say unto ye think not that thou knowest the follicles of Men! For yea! though I shave through the 5 o'clock shadow of the Valley under the bottom lip I fear no Gillette, for my straight art with me; thy scales and thy blade, they comfort me.

For to every thing there is a season, and time to every purpose under shaving:
A time to hone, a time to strop;
A time to rinse, a time to pat dry;
A time to soak the brush, a time to remove excess water;
A time to build lather, a time to apply lather;
A time to use the left hand, a time to use the right hand;
A time to go with the grain, a time to go against the grain;
A time to find rough spots with your fingers, a time to clean them up;
A time for styptic, a time for alum.

But what profit hath he that shaveth in that wherein he showereth? I have seen the travail, which straights have given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.

James.

Bless you Jimbo, my son, for thy knowledge of the way is extensive and vast.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the five o'clock shadow
I fear no evil for my way is lit by the brilliance of my Deacon Jimbo.

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Vicky.....Like.....what are they saying? Like .....do you know? are they for real....as if....Like,...........never!

I keep my old three blade in the cupboard "just in case", though my current default "just in case" seems to be that i just leave it until the next day.
This brings about the question of the bigger sin, to sally forth into the day unshaven, or sally forth into the day feeling sullied by the post disposable shave walk of shame.

One mans Heresy is another mans Dogma.

I still shave with my trusty 80's era Gillette Sensor 2-blade all the time; it gives a great shower shave on a hectic weekday morning!:) And sometime last year I got a free Fusion in the mail (one of those 5-bladed jobs). I got a couple of excellent shaves out of it before donating it to the wife for leg-shaving.

Having admitted these heresies, I still get my best, closest, by-far most enjoyable shaves with my straights, which is why I'm here.

"I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Barbasol, and Razor Burn was following close behind him. They were given power over 90% of the earth to antagonize by usury, dissatisfaction and discomfort, and by the multi-bladed objects of the earth."

Verily, I say unto you, brethren, that the sin lieth not in the instrument of shaving when found wanting and in need, but instead in the manner and methodology of the preparation for the Psalm of the Shaven!

Yea, though ye be destitute of gold, stricken by injury or affliction, or enslaved by that vexer of man known as "running late", I say unto you that your path out of damnation lies betwixt yon badger or boar brush and soap!!

Nay, do not be deceived, my brethren! Though the employ of a multi-blade instrument in your hour of need be not a damnable offense, though not in excess, lest ye be driven from the path of righteous shaves and skin as smooth as the hind quarters of babes, the fallacy of the so-called goo from a can will verily drive any man into the clutches of razor burn and discomfort, instilling in his soul a longing, nay, a yearning, nay, a RAVAGING HUNGER TO BE FREED FROM THE CHAINS OF OVERPRICED SHAVING INSTRUMENTS AND LATHER OF THE DRIEST VARIETY!!

Let us not forget our brethren who have come before, and let us pray for the salvation of those to come!

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Originally Posted by crouton976

"I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Barbasol, and Razor Burn was following close behind him. They were given power over 90% of the earth to antagonize by usury, dissatisfaction and discomfort, and by the multi-bladed objects of the earth."

Verily, I say unto you, brethren, that the sin lieth not in the instrument of shaving when found wanting and in need, but instead in the manner and methodology of the preparation for the Psalm of the Shaven!

Yea, though ye be destitute of gold, stricken by injury or affliction, or enslaved by that vexer of man known as "running late", I say unto you that your path out of damnation lies betwixt yon badger or boar brush and soap!!

Nay, do not be deceived, my brethren! Though the employ of a multi-blade instrument in your hour of need be not a damnable offense, though not in excess, lest ye be driven from the path of righteous shaves and skin as smooth as the hind quarters of babes, the fallacy of the so-called goo from a can will verily drive any man into the clutches of razor burn and discomfort, instilling in his soul a longing, nay, a yearning, nay, a RAVAGING HUNGER TO BE FREED FROM THE CHAINS OF OVERPRICED SHAVING INSTRUMENTS AND LATHER OF THE DRIEST VARIETY!!

Let us not forget our brethren who have come before, and let us pray for the salvation of those to come!

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The King James version

Its not your fault child, ditch the can and pick up a brush, the puck is your road to salvation.