Thread: Wired Magazine Lies!

My favorite magazine used to be Wired magazine. Until I read the short article about straight razors, and was started down this road to destruction... Claimed if someone shaved with a straight razor instead of blades, they would save (I think it was) $3000 in today's money over a lifetime.

I thought, "I'm 56 years old. I can't save that much money! I'll just shave 3 times a day." Alas! I've spent enough money now, (and it is much less than most on this forum), that I am now shaving 7 times each day to recoup my costs.

I work from home... software developer for Veterans Administration. I never answer the phone during work hours because I'm shaving. My boss is starting to suspect something is awry. My job is in jeopardy she says.

Yes, Wired magazine used to be a good magazine. Lately, not so much...

Alright, I got a pretty good chuckle out of this one. I thought you were going to be serious.


I know that none of use ever 'do' save any money using a straight, but it is possible.

I've heard old legends about strange men who only ever owned a single razor.

Oddly enough, many of these old legends even claim that they had only a single strop, and were still advanced enough to understand things like currency, and driving.

I'm not sure I buy it, legends being what they are, but they can't all be wrong.....

VeeDubb65, talking about old timers and their equipment...

I recently, went to Missouri to visit relatives. On a whim, we drove the back way to Kansas City thru Higginsville and visited the Confederate Old Soldiers memorial park. We were in the cemetery when some guy told us he was locking up the joint. Got to talking, followed him home, and bought two strops from him for $20.

One is just a piece of leather with a eyelet placed in it. Home made, and being used for pasted stropping now. The other strop is an old Illinois #6509, and was used by the park attendant's grandfather. Talking about some really, really good leather even after all these years. Some oil, and away I went.

The amazing thing to me about the strop is that it was obviously used. But, there wasn't a nick or mar anywhere on it! That old geezer must have been a perfectionist with rock steady hands, with unflappable concentration when kids grumped and complained outside the bathroom door.

Originally Posted by LarryAndro

My favorite magazine used to be Wired magazine. Until I read the short article about straight razors, and was started down this road to destruction... Claimed if someone shaved with a straight razor instead of blades, they would save (I think it was) $3000 in today's money over a lifetime.

I thought, "I'm 56 years old. I can't save that much money! I'll just shave 3 times a day." Alas! I've spent enough money now, (and it is much less than most on this forum), that I am now shaving 7 times each day to recoup my costs.

I work from home... software developer for Veterans Administration. I never answer the phone during work hours because I'm shaving. My boss is starting to suspect something is awry. My job is in jeopardy she says.

Yes, Wired magazine used to be a good magazine. Lately, not so much...

Yeah, notwithstanding the fact that I love my DEs and shaving with them just as much as my straights, and I've got enough blades to last me about 40 years, if I was to suddenly "save" $3000, and in my little dream world, could spend it all on shaving, I think I heard that someone out there will make me a 7 day set of custom razors for such a princely sum, even then I might have to add a few bills to the pile.

My grandfather told me when I was a little kid to believe half of what you see and nothing that you read.