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    Default Maybe I'm just a bad person but...

    Does anyone else kind of have a feeling of superiority over the mindless masses dragging what can, at best, be described as rusty plowshares over their faces every morning? I mean we (particularly here at SRP) use (in many cases) blades older than our grandparents and sharp as, well, a razor, to shear the hair from our faces. Not only is it less painful, but when practiced without the crazy out of control RAD most of us have, it is cheaper too. Some days I just can't help but feel superior. I just can't help it.

    Have a Guinness on the house.

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    same would happen to a stamp collector with a blue Maurizius

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    Quote Originally Posted by DPflaumer View Post
    Some days I just can't help but feel superior. I just can't help it.

    Have a Guinness on the house.
    Its the shave!tu
    It is easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled. Twain

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    I find myself feeling like that virtually everyday.

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    Superior? Not really. I shave alone.

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    I always say that if there was no SRP tomorrow, that I would still get up and enjoy shaving with my straight razors. To me it really is not a superior feeling, but a self indulgence and personal pleasure and It helps start the day just feeling good about myself.

    Enjoy!!

    Lynn

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    As best as i can describe it .... I enjoy the SR shave but i really enjoy it because my razor has a history,it was used before, it was restored by craftsmen here,i care for it so it can continue to have its place in now my history maybe my son will use it and continue its history.. its not disposeable and gone in a week! it has a story and with care it will last probably longer than me...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Deryan View Post
    As best as i can describe it .... I enjoy the SR shave but i really enjoy it because my razor has a history,it was used before, it was restored by craftsmen here,i care for it so it can continue to have its place in now my history maybe my son will use it and continue its history.. its not disposeable and gone in a week! it has a story and with care it will last probably longer than me...
    Exactly! I love the history associated with my razors too. It's a huge drawing point. And I feel like I'm continuing a lost art. Neither of my grandfathers nor my father shave(d) with a straight razor, so it's kind of like I'm resurrecting something long gone.

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    Living in a country where most men struggle to grow two or three chin hairs I sure do feel superior. Also the fact that many of those men have a fear of sharp things and I shave with a razor sharp blade makes me feel even more superior.

    I'm probably also just a little vain too.

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    Not me; I never give Them a second thought!

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