Dark Ages of SRP

The title of the thread was taken from gssixgun today in a honing thread. To paraphrase he mentioned the use of the term 'overhoning' that would appear frequently as an explanation of for a lack of success at honing I guess. So I was wondering if there were other beliefs that were once 'set in stone' so to speak, that have since been discredited, or highly modified?

There are more than you can imagine. Just for starters; a razor has to rest, you need to custom the razor for the beard, you have to shave with only hot water. others will add to the list quickly.

How about the hanging hair test?

Let's see:

- Coticules are for finishing after 8K only.
- You need the belgian blue before the yellow coticule in a natural progression.
- Tamahagane has special properties that guarantee magical shaves.

Chronik!!!!

I'd forgotten about resting razors! With that also went the idea that you mustn't strop after shaving, since (the wisdom went) the serrations were cockeyed from the shave and would get pinged off by stropping. "Resting" the razor would allow the serrations to fall back into line.

drink the koolaid the mother ship is coming

You'll save tons of money once you start shaving with a straight or a DE. :rofl2:

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Originally Posted by kettlebell

You'll save tons of money once you start shaving with a straight or a DE. :rofl2:

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See now that actually was true back then, NOS and Mint condition razors were easy to find on E-bay and pretty darn cheap.. You could easily get a really good kit for less then $100, including a Swaty BH :p

I remember a Sticky from one of the old Admins that broke down the costs per year, and it was darn well accurate, that in less then 1 year you were too the good... That even included the 2nd SR :p

Hot water opens the pores and boiling water ruins the temper of razor steel.

I've no reference, I feel bad (scientist).

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Originally Posted by kettlebell

You'll save tons of money once you start shaving with a straight or a DE. :rofl2:

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I still beleive that to be true... At least that's what I tell Her. :rolleyes:

Cheers.

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Originally Posted by gssixgun

See now that actually was true back then, NOS and Mint condition razors were easy to find on E-bay and pretty darn cheap.. You could easily get a really good kit for less then $100, including a Swaty BH :p

I remember a Sticky from one of the old Admins that broke down the costs per year, and it was darn well accurate, that in less then 1 year you were too the good... That even included the 2nd SR :p

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Actually, when you do the maths... assuming it's 4$ per cartridge (25$ for 8 at amazon + tx, same at wallmart) and 1 cartridge per week (which was approx. my usage when I stopped 18 months ago, but I still have a pretty laughable beard at 30 y.o., so that's a really safe figure, I assume this would have had to jump to 2 cartridges per week eventually), times 50 weeks (still a safe figure, I usually skip 1 shave per week, mainly due to laziness or lack of time or whatever), that's 200$ per year. Assuming I die at 80y.o. (another safe figure consider family history), that's another 50 years of shaving ahead of me for a total budget of at least 10 000$ (not considering inflation and money value across time).

Cheers.

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Originally Posted by Pi3

Actually, when you do the maths... assuming it's 4$ per cartridge (25$ for 8 at amazon + tx, same at wallmart) and 1 cartridge per week (which was approx. my usage when I stopped 18 months ago, but I still have a pretty laughable beard at 30 y.o., so that's a really safe figure, I assume this would have had to jump to 2 cartridges per week eventually), times 50 weeks (still a safe figure, I usually skip 1 shave per week, mainly due to laziness or lack of time or whatever), that's 200$ per year. Assuming I die at 80y.o. (another safe figure consider family history), that's another 50 years of shaving ahead of me for a total budget of at least 10 000$ (not considering inflation and money value across time).

Cheers.

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You're right! And assuming cartridge razor manufacturers will increase the number of blades by 1 per 2 years and the price accordingly, you'll be buying 30-blade cartridges at $29 each plus inflation by the time you turn 80. Shaving will become something for the wealthy elite and those sensible enough to buy SRs :beer1:

I need to spend more money on razors, hones and whatnot.