Thread: Straight Razor hobby reactions

Most guys either say...

1) "WHY?!"
2) "That's bad as hell but I could never do it, I'd be too scared!"

Women say...

1) "Hot" and then "May I feel your face?"

To the men I say...
1) It's actually cheaper
2) You can go days or weeks without shaving and shave without irritation or clogging as a cartridge does.
3) You're not going to cut your throat open! It's not like using a machete! It's a light touch
4) Shaving will be something you actually get excited for instead of something you view as a chore.

To the women I say...
1) I actually used a sharp axe ... Permission granted. Feel away

Wife recently said: haven't you had enough of this razor thing? Why don't you go out and shoot?

Could be because it ~20 degrees F. Outside!!

My wife's female coworkers seem to think it's cool that I shave with straight razors, the guys don't seem to care. My coworkers gave me the sideways glance thinking "ummmmm, okay you weirdo" So now I only mention it if someone specifically asks me about it. I guess asking or telling someone about personal grooming habits (outside of SRP of course) is like asking them what brand of toilet paper they prefer. Do I really want to know or do I even care? However, if I ever see some guy wearing SRP gear or tumtatty's shirts I would strike up a conversation with him.

Originally Posted by Maxi

My entire family and inlaws were all "supportively skeptical" when I started out....calling me a rennaisance man, etc. But it fit with the scotch, cigars and smoking jackets.

Lots of people have given me weird looks. However, things changed when I dedicated a whole shop to it, and then started being revenue neutral. Now all of a sudden, I was a bit of an entrepreneur. No one bats an eye anymore.....

LOL this is exactly my story.

My wife says "you're an idiot".

My mother says "everyone should be shaving like that" (from an eco point of view)

Almost everyone else has made reference to bleeding out when I mention it.

SWMBO has so many different hobby's, all her animals, doll collecting, ect..ect..et alia. So when I took up wet shaving it gave her feeling of relief, now "I" have a hobby so she feels now that she isn't the only one in the imidiate family that get's all those small brown packages from the post service!! 3 years of wet shaving now and almost have it figured out!!

FYI: The rest of the family just thinks I stark raving Bonkers

Well, it seems that a few of my wifes co-workers went out and watched 'Skyfall' last week. A part of the conversation offshoot from that was in relation to whether or not a man would like to have a gift of a 'barber' shave with a cut-throat, since no one today uses cut-throat razors anymore, and a general doubt over just how good a shave it could it be.
My wife, hearing the conversation, spoke up, and had the whole office in shock (apparently), when she told them that I used a cut-throat razor regularly and that it does a better job than todays razors. That, if I was anything to go by, a man would probably like the gift of a barber shave.
When she told me about this conversation, I told her that most blokes would be curious about cut-throat shaves and would most likely be happy with that sort of a gift. I also told her that they are disposable blade razors used in barber shops and that a real cut-throat is a little different to use.


Mick

I agree, women are most impressed. Men are competitive and jealous in nature. They just say I am crazy and that they would cut their throat! Some of these are guys who race top level motocross. Something I surely would never do! I tell them I would wind up killing myself. I don't fear the occasional nick!

Her office contains just two men...Well one man and a bloke who bats for the other team. The rest are women. All of them were in said shocked state (Men and Women) at my apparent level of crazy (or extreme manliness) .


Mick

Anyone else hearing crickets? Suile, I have a live and let live approach to life, and please don't take offence, but I feel a little uncomfortable with your last comment. I'm not sure I want to know where you're heading there, but if it has something to do with "Straight Razor hobby reactions" feel free to explain. Again mate, no offence meant, or taken for the matter of that. Just a little outside my comfort zone.


Mick