Thread: What's your favourite aspect of shaving?

Favorite aspect?

From a rational point of view, it should be the shave itself

but for me the favorite aspect after many years has been the collecting of razors for cheap and restoring them, I like my razors with character so restoring is mostly limiting to getting them functional rather than beautiful; pretty much like myself, although cleanly shaven I'm almost decent looking

Originally Posted by DZEC

I find it incredibly satisfying to bring a flea market rusty piece of metal back to the point at which I can get a really good shave with it.

Originally Posted by TristanLudlow

For me the favorite aspect after many years has been the collecting of razors for cheap and restoring them, I like my razors with character so restoring is mostly limiting to getting them functional rather than beautiful; pretty much like myself, although cleanly shaven I'm almost decent looking

Originally Posted by MrHouston

My favorite aspect of SR shaving is playing with steel. I love the challenge of bring a 100 year old razor back to life, esp. the blade. And then being able to get a good shave with it!

Imagine being able to sharpen steel so fine you can slice hair with it — I can do that. Now, this sounds hokey to say on this site, because you are all tough masculine bastards. But I’d argue that there aren’t that many people in the world that can do it.

Thank you.
Yes, "taking a rusty piece of junk" and giving it a new lease of life or honing a razor thats been sitting in a draw for over 100 years is a very rewarding experience. In this high tech, fast pace world we live in the simplistic act of honing a piece of metal to the point of shaving hair with it is not something many can nor want to do.