Thread: Born in the wrong decade?

I'm with RT on this one. I shave with a staight, write with a fountain pen but would not give up internet, electricity, cell phones, cars, planes, MRI, anesthetic, dental care, etc.

I would not want to sweat bullets everytime one of my kids sneezed because bloodletting and prayer were the only remedies.

Heck, without internet I would most likely not even be shaving with a straight, restoring razors or making custom scales. Even voicing your opinion 20 years ago would only be possible to nearby individuals who couldn't care less about your weird interests for sharp things.

Today's construction feats are spectacular, are pushing the engineering capabilities and no less ingenious for the current technology level. Yet, we don't remark on them because we are accustomed to technological mirracles, instead we marvel at the historcal seven wonders of the world.

Yes, the old stuff has its appeal and feeling of continuity, but the new stuff adds its own value. I think we just take the new for granted and don't give it the true appreciation it deserves. Same as straight razors were treated in their heyday. My father told me he shaved with a straight when he was yound and it was about the only option in old USSR. Now, he does not miss it.

I, peronally, love the old and the new.

I'm with RT and Vladsch on this one. A little old, a little new. Keep what's good and throw out the rest....

Man...its only been a few weeks and already I dont know what I would do without this forum...besides the shaving questions, its like a gathering place for all of us...what would you call us..."eccentric non-traditional traditionalists"??

I'm a traditional non-eccentric non-tranditionalist

JL, I would characterize us simply as gentlemen who spend a little more time and effort taking good care of ourselves and are not afraid to admit it.

To me, old things, whether is be cars, motorcycles, or str8 shaving, have character. Do you think another Sistene Chapel or Mona Lisa could be made today and have the same influence on the world? I think not. The days of those types of talents are gone.

-Rob