Thread: We Cannot Take it With Us.

Well unlikely you would get all of them. One of them belonged to my great grandfather. I am hoping a nephew or perhaps a grandchild might get that one. There are not as many Henckels as I would like there to be. I have a lot of stuff. It needs to be organized, displayed and sorted. Soon I will be past all of my other construction obligations and will be working through that. It will not look quite as elaborate as the shave museum you have though.

I'll find out when I have kids.

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Well... Mine is a bloody mess at the moment.
At least I have taken a leap of faith that ensures organization and display in order to enjoy it more.
At some point, the eggs should be in line? Only then can instructions be established.
Will make it easier in the eventuality of life.
I reckon?

This is a nice thread Hirlau.

Pixel and Neil's passing hit me hard as well.

Miss Neil's wit, and the forum just ain't the same without Pixel calling, "bullsh&t!" and laying down some one-liners that used to have me in tears. Nearly broke my heart when I saw him starting to sell some of his treasured Palmera's. I remember I had posted a pic of a razor with what I thought was just the box it came with and he was on that thread faster than a fat kid on a smarty proclaiming, "That's a genuine Palmera razor coffin box", wish I had of had it, would have sent it to him.

In terms of my collection, my son is already wading through it, has been using a Gillette Fatboy, and loves trying the different soaps, he doesn't want to try a straight yet, but he knows he will and really wants to, and he knows how much I cherish my collection and it goes to him.

He knows which razors I consider the one's I'd never part with, and I said if you were to sell any of them, these are the one's I'd want you to keep...geez? Can you guess which one's??

But the boy get's them, and after that, it's up to him what he does with them....

And I have a will, and that stuff is in there, same with the few watches, guitars and some other crap I have that has some sentimental meaning to me....

I'm sure that mine will be all boxed and sent off to some church sale(with out even asking for a tax slip).



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At this point in time, I'm 28, it is agreed that my father will wade through my supplies. Possibly my brother snagging some stuff as well. We've always been prepared, as my grandfather died in his 40's. I'm probably the most materialistically sentimental, so any pahysical things from my family aren't valued at much nor would the be upset in the afterlife if I pitched everything. As for my razors, I only have a few that are important and neigh everyone knows about them.

This topic has been on my mind as well... I don't have a huge collection, but I do have other collections that need paring down as well.

I don't have a *family* per say, only the Mrs. and I'd rather not have her just chuck out all the stuff after I'm gone. Best I pare things down a bit, and the rest... well, I'll make a note in my retirement present, a book titled "I'm dead, now what?"

Hopefully, I've got a long way to go, but the thought crosses ones mind.... 120 years old does seem a bit far fetched.....

So, I'm going to try and divide the pile I keep moving back and forth with the "for sale" box remaining empty. I neither need, nor use everything I have.... I do like to mix it up a bit, but only because I feel guilty ignoring this razor or that strop, never mind some of my natural hones.

Thank you Hirlau, it's something worth thinking about now and then, instead of just filing it away with all those collections I never seem to do anything much with.

Regards

Christian

Condolences on Pixel..

What a depressing subject.

I guess I should sell everything before I die and buy drugs with the proceeds haha or at least some thing useable that will give me pleasure.

Disclaimer : I do not condone drug usage , I was merely attempting to be funny

Personally, I think the best thing to do is to have a legal Will written up for the disposal of your estate. As long as the possible executors/executrixes know where the copies of the Will are you are done. Even then, as in life, there are no guarantees you will get what you want. That being the case, stop worrying about it and enjoy the here and now.

Bob

Nice thread...interesting. I have told my family they can go through my collection and keep what they like. I have tagged my father's Gillette Executive and asked them to keep that as a family heirloom. I told them to sell the rest on eBay or sell to a collector if they can locate one.

They say you can't take it with you when you you go, but I might just pack a small Dopp kit with a few essentials...you never know. I would hate to get to the other side and find everyone growing beards because no one thought to bring a shaving kit with them. And where I will end up it will likely be very hot...