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10-27-2009, 02:33 PM #1Senior Member
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10-27-2009, 02:34 PM #2
For me it was a mixture of 1, 3 and 4.
Not sure about cheaper as I have raging aquisition disorders..!
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10-27-2009, 02:35 PM #3I shave with a spoon on a stick.
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I had been using a DE for a few months and started reading more about how much better the shaves were on a Straight. I was also intrigued by straights in general though.
The reason i switched from cartridge/electric razors is comfort and to a degree cost.
I very very very rarely get in-grown hairs now and every shave is a good one. No diminishing returns, cartridge blades dull fast and electrics...well they are electrics.
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10-27-2009, 03:04 PM #4
For me it's all but the first choice
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10-27-2009, 03:19 PM #5.
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Started because of three and four, mostly three.
Sticking with it because of one, three and four.
Cheaper? No way. I've got RAD - and I love it.
"Cheap Tools Is Misplaced Economy. Always buy the best and highest grade of razors, hones and strops. Then you are prepared to do the best work."
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10-27-2009, 03:51 PM #6Retired Developer
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3, 1, 4, in that order.
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10-27-2009, 03:54 PM #7Senior Member
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None of the above and some of the above.
If I had to pick one thing that first got me interested in straight razors, I would have to say the mystique. The appeal of an old-fashioned technology(similar to what draws me to manual typewriters, old radios, fountain pens, Zippo lighters, and my '77 English Raleigh bike). The satisfaction of using a well-designed, well-made tool. The codgerliness, if you will.
That I will spend less money on better shaves over the long run and be ecologically responsible by not trashing blades--if I ever get this mastered--those are very good things, and not insignificant, but secondary.
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10-27-2009, 03:54 PM #8I just want one of each.
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None of the above. I purchased a straight because I thought the country I was moving to didn't have disposable razors.
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10-27-2009, 03:58 PM #9Senior Member
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Loved them from the first time I saw a photo of one when I was a kid. I do think that I get a better shave with a straight but even if I didn't I would still shave with them.
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10-27-2009, 04:25 PM #10Whisker Wacker
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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.
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