Thread: Are you the only one?

It would be cool to find someone in my family that's a straight or even a DE shaver, but I doubt it.
Both my dad and brother are electric shavers.
My grandmother told me my grandfather used to shave with a straight before I was born, but he traded it for the convenience of cartridges. Too bad he got rid of his straight, so I only got to salvage some of his creams and aftershaves.

Originally Posted by davisbonanza

One Sunday last month there were a couple of razors on my ebay watch list ending soon. My girlfriend and I went out for a bit and I thought we would be back in time for me to bid on what I wanted but when I realized we would not, I called my dad. I asked him to log on to my ebay account and bid $26 on a pair of old Sheffield razors, in fair condition, and leave it alone
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I use GIXEN - Free eBay Auction Sniper

Set it and forget it. It works fine and saves you from bidding wars, forgetfulness and being late.

Originally Posted by Bruno

I use GIXEN - Free eBay Auction Sniper

Set it and forget it. It works fine and saves you from bidding wars, forgetfulness and being late.

wrong topic?
I may have to report this to an administrator
Or is your account hacked?

Yes and no.

My wife shaves with a straight

But im addicted...
I think about it all the time, and go on about it even more. I have driven my wife, our flatmates, my friends at church, at uni & extended family crazy going on about shaving so much! (And strangers to)

Im obsessed.

+Buckler

Originally Posted by chief

wrong topic?
I may have to report this to an administrator
Or is your account hacked?

I should have quoted:

Originally Posted by davisbonanza

One Sunday last month there were a couple of razors on my ebay watch list ending soon. My girlfriend and I went out for a bit and I thought we would be back in time for me to bid on what I wanted but when I realized we would not, I called my dad. I asked him to log on to my ebay account and bid $26 on a pair of old Sheffield razors, in fair condition, and leave it alone
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Originally Posted by GhostRida

I'm the only one i know, a workmate is thinking of trying one.
My wife doesn't really support it, she criticises the amount of things needed for it and time spent reading on this forum. She's like "it's just shaving get over it".

Awww, I feel for you. I guess that makes Buckler and Spike lucky that Pearl and I, their SWIMBO'S, are straight shavers and members of SRP too!

You must teach the young Padwan the error of her ways.

I've heard that my two estranged brothers are wet shavers along with an uncle or two on that side of the family are wet shavers, but I doubt any of them uses a straight. One of those brothers used to use a shavette, but I doubt he's gone back to that. I also set my FIL up a year and a half ago because he was bugging me to, but he sliced the pad of one of his fingers off on his first attempt and that was that. I hear that gear is coming back my way soon. My wife thinks it's sexy though so that goes a long way to making me feel good about straight shaving.

X

I have not found anyone else that uses a straight, and most of my family thinks that I'm nuts. My oldest son is interested, and my youngest daughter loves to watch me shave when she visits.

Allen

I seem to have the exact opposite experience. Despite being the only one I know who shaves with something not featured in an ad, most people I tell of this are actually quite intrigued by it. Maybe just because it's odd that someone who's 25 would be interested in something so "old" or "traditional". Or maybe because history repeats itself and things that have been forgotten become fresh after being removed a generation. Either way, it's an interesting topic to discuss and the girls really seem to love it. I mean only real men shave with a straight...

Originally Posted by methodin

I seem to have the exact opposite experience. Despite being the only one I know who shaves with something not featured in an ad, most people I tell of this are actually quite intrigued by it.

Me too. Lot's of people in the family think it's "cool" for me to shave. But some of my friends think I'm crazy.

Originally Posted by methodin

Maybe just because it's odd that someone who's 25 would be interested in something so "old" or "traditional".

Yeah, I'm in my early thirties and it's cool to have long wet-shaving and straight razor conversation with older people. They are intrigued and happy to talk to a youngster so into straights and general wet-shaving.

Originally Posted by methodin

Either way, it's an interesting topic to discuss and the girls really seem to love it. I mean only real men shave with a straight...

Oh, yeah, the women. My wife thinks it's "hot" for me to shave with a straight razor.