Thread: Question is ?

I'd have to say it's all of the above. When I started, it was mainly due to the superior shave and irritation issues. Cost wasn't a big motivator when I started, but now it would be. Cartridges are ridiculously expensive and it seems to me that the only reasonable solutions are DE or Straight. DE blades are ~.10c-.12c per blade. (I haven't purchased blades for a few years now, but that's my recolection. Please correct me if I'm wrong there)

And of course the use of a straight is fun and quite a conversation piece.

Started because of one, sticking with it because of one, three, and four (and eventually two once it starts paying off)

Started because of one, sticking with it because of one, three, and four (and eventually two once it starts paying off)

Yup, it's cheaper for sure, uh huh, you bet. Why I was on my last $40 Norelco and I said to myself, "I better get me one of them cheap Le Grelots, a coupla Japanese horsehide strops, a scuttle, two or three Simpson brushes, a few pucks of Mitchells Wool Fat, oh, and a coticule natural combo. Why I oughta be able to get that stuff nice and cheap and get a good shave in the process.

Let's leave it at "the good shave," hmmmm?

hmm not an easy choise

no it dont give me better shave
no i didnt enjoi the razorburn
its sure not cheap yet
im not going for 1 yet either

good news is the burn was almost nonexistant at last try and despite a few weepers
the beard is actually starting to look like i actually shaved

That's hilarious.

Then again, a Simple Dovo, Williams Soap, Drug Store boars brush and a paddle strop, and paste can be picked up for about as much as 1 year supply of Fusion cartridges. So over the long haul, it COULD be cheeper, but once you start salivating for all the nice soaps, creams, brushes, hones, more and more razors, yeah, you spend some cakemo.

But there's just something wrong about paying $20-$23 dollars for those Gillette cartridges and the shave is, well, not that good.

I didn't start using a straight because I loved it. I liked the idea and the nostalgia of the whole thing. Never having used one it was intimidating. I found one made in Little Valley,NY, which is a special place to me, it developed from there. Now I can say I love it. The buying, honing, shaving, refinishing. Next project- make a brush! Great stuff!

Ed

I didn't vote. I started because it just seemed interesting and historical.

spendur,

You didn't vote? You being a moderator and all, tsk, tsk. I didn't vote either, but I get a free pass, not being a moderator and all.

1,3,4 for me too.