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ive told a few people and they think its eather a wast of time (since there are way better razors out there) or they think im a loonie, then i tell them i hang out on a website dedicated to it with a bunch of older gentlman discusion just about everything you can think of and they just shke there head and wonder why the only girl in my life is my dog and my hens.
There is shaving and there is "shaving". As a teen my mom wondered what I was doing in the bathroom for so long...I was "shaving";)Quote:
Originally Posted by ace
All kidding aside, if I find the rare opportunity to do so, I might soak in a tub then eventually shave, then clean up the area...if I'm really lazy and slow, it might take up to an hour?
Most think it is awesome. A couple of colleagues at work are given straight razors a try, for various reasons. Not because they are really 'into it' like I am, but because they have skin irritation from their cartridgs, or because it's much cheaper.
What also happens is that people are now asking me to sharpen their kitchen knives, and a couple of people have also asked me to forge them a kitchen knife. The fact that I forge knives puts me way up on the manliness scale with most people. I'm a systems engineer, but everybody knows 'computer people'. Being a skilled engineer is not the big badge of distinction it once was. But the ability to fire a forge and shape metal on an anvil is rather unique among the people I know.
Bruno --
So, real men make steel? Cool!
No MLA, Real men make steel HOT and then beat the $h!t out of it! :)
Mick
I am wondering about the razors that made the cut. There must be some interesting stories there. But it might make for a longish post...
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Originally Posted by pixelfixed
Not long at all,My Palmeras,a few Fillys, a few sheffields,a few Wackers and two Jwests,all 7/8++ Oh and two Powell customs,that it.Quote:
Originally Posted by WW243
No sentimentality involved? Just big beautiful razors that are superior shavers?Quote:
Originally Posted by pixelfixed
I feel like the person who is closest to me is slowly accumulating data and I'm not sure how the backlash is going to go just yet. But I am hearing things from her like: so you don't want to buy that $280.00 crankset for your singlespeed anymore? And, you seem to be moving away from craft beers......have you noticed that the hems on your pants are fraying? And, why is a sharpening stone sitting in the bay window?
Nope,are just very fine tools that work well for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by WW243
No differant than my machine tools in my shop,My guns,my knives, My cast iron cookware.