Thread: Bits and pieces

Bits and pieces of a misanthrope’s mind.

Aren’t you afraid you’ll cut your throat? Aren’t you afraid you’ll burst into flames gassing up your SUV?

I like Van Der Hagen shave soap. It doesn’t cost much. It doesn’t look like much. Doesn’t smell like much either. Best of all, my razor doesn’t know the difference. Maybe there’s something wrong with my razor?

I confess that the Mach 3 always worked pretty good for me but I always had the sneaking suspicion that if the first blade was doing its job right there wouldn’t be any need for the other two.

My cat is pretty sure she knows my shaving brush from somewhere…

On nicks, cuts, and razor burns: Rinse well with water. Don’t pick at it. Time is the best healer of wounds. Effectiveness of OTC antiseptics, antibiotics, vitamins, and minerals is hard to assess. Keep in mind that there is a tricky balance between killing bacteria and killing healthy cells with these products. Barrier creams and ointments provide palliation only. If you want to smell good, apply that scented stuff to something that wasn’t just shaved raw.

Perhaps I was a bad person in a previous life (or perhaps this one) but all the razors I see in antique shops look like they were used to sharpen pencils and rinsed in brine afterward. But if you ask, they all come with a great story usually involving murder, suicide, and post WWI political intrigue.

If a rifle is a scientific instrument for measuring stillness (Whelan) then a straight razor measures steadiness. Straight razor collecting measures the thickness of your wallet. The Fusion razor- gullibility.

I found the PCR thread deeply offensive. I reread it every day. Filth!

Using a straight razor must be good for earning man points but how do you work it into conversation in the real world (that place that isn’t SRP)?

Its kinda difficult to work straight razors into a conversation without sounding like a psycho killer...!

Even if you go into an antique shop and ask for them, you get funny looks. And if anyone spots your battle injuries and asks how you cut yourself and you tell them, you usually get the refrain from your first point..!

Good thread, thanks for sharing!