Thread: Wet shaving magazine

Print Media is dieing a slow death. Someone should come up with a website about this stuff.

Originally Posted by gandrw

Jimmy I can't believe you left out hones from your vision of a wet shave magazine. Or would that be a sister publication .

See Geologist's Quarterly for a discussion of hones and their characteristics.

Originally Posted by sffone

I think that an on-line magazine might have a chance of success, but a print version would be too costly to produce, I would think.

I spend $55 for a two-year subscription to Roast (coffee)
I spend $42 for a two-year subscription to Skin & Ink (tattoos)
I spend $50 for an annual membership to the Nat'l Tattoo Assoc., which includes a bi-monthly, glossy magazine/newsletter

So, yeah; I'd spend a corresponding amount for a subscription to a wet-shaving magazine... and I'd read the articles and "look at the pictures"



After all, who takes a laptop, netbook, or eReader into the crapper? (if you do, 'fess-up)

Originally Posted by Slartibartfast

Print Media is dieing a slow death. Someone should come up with a website about this stuff.

Hello, Slartibartfast:

I agree with you. The print media is slowly dying. I mean there will always be magazines, but not as many, and they will probably look somewhat different.

Yet even an online magazine, to which you refer, needs to be run professionally to compete with the best of them. That's what I envision for both print or online magazine on the world of wet shaving.

I think it's a great topic with potential.

Stay well.

Regards,
Obie

Who Doesnt!?!?!?

Originally Posted by JBHoren

After all, who takes a laptop, netbook, or eReader into the crapper? (if you do, 'fess-up)

With respect,

I think considering a print publication makes for some interesting discussion and some nice speculation, but it's a bit like building a bridge or a canal.

While I can think of reasons why a bridge should be built, how it should look, and what its benefits might be - I have no idea how to go about building a bridge. I think it's only when someone with the know-how gets the fire in his/her belly that the idea can get off the ground.

I'd love to see a glossy magazine on the shelves heralding the joys of SR shaving. I doubt if there are many in this group who would not. Labour of love or not, such a project would require some hands-on knowledge of the publishing world, funding, advertising and distribution. Of course it CAN be done, but it would take a full-time, full throttle effort on the part of someone with some serious entrepreneurial skills to make it work. And even then there would be not guarantee of a return on investment for those involved.

Like a lot of us, I'd love to be on the editorial board of such a thing and help to shape it, but I'm not enthusiastic enough to re-mortgage my house for it. And I think that most new endeavours probably require that level of commitment if they are ever to see the light of day.

On the other hand, there are always people looking for ideas to launch a new venture. So, if anyone knows an editor at Conde-Naste or some other publishing empire, put a little work in their ear

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Ian

Originally Posted by JBHoren

After all, who takes a laptop, netbook, or eReader into the crapper? (if you do, 'fess-up)

I'm not sure it would be a good idea for any of us to take a glossy magazine full of pictures of vintage straight razors with us to the crapper......

so since i have posted this form topic i have been talking with a few friends of mine.

Some of them are currently link into some magazines and they thought the idea would a very good one to look into.


I am meeting with some management in a few days to just talk about my thoughts and ill be sure to show these types of websites to show how they is still a demand for it.

Obie you seem to have the most interest in this topic i will pm you in a few days with details from this little meeting and who knows maybe we will see where it goes from here.

Originally Posted by basil

so since i have posted this form topic i have been talking with a few friends of mine.

Some of them are currently link into some magazines and they thought the idea would a very good one to look into.

I am meeting with some management in a few days to just talk about my thoughts and ill be sure to show these types of websites to show how they is still a demand for it.

Obie you seem to have the most interest in this topic i will pm you in a few days with details from this little meeting and who knows maybe we will see where it goes from here.

Hello, Basil:

Thank you for your note. Yes, of course, I do have a measure of interest in such a publication and will be delighted to chat with you in a personal message.

My interest, however, comes with a big dose of reality that points a cautious finger at the feasibility of such a publication. Having written extensively for magazines throughout my professional career, I realize the complex trappings they pose.

The prospect for success weakens even more when one considers the publication's focus. After all, wet-shaving is not exactly a household word in this society. We're looking at a niche market. That means readership will be relatively small.

Still, it has a chance of survival if it is done professionally and smartly, and if it has strong financial backing. One can staple together several pages of something and call it a wet-shaving magazine. If I were to create such a publication, it would be a class act in every way, from its editorial focus to professional staff and slick design.

If you're going to do it, then do it right. After all, we spend time and energy on the colorful ritual of wet shaving with the straight razor. I imagine the ladies and gentlemen who practice this noble art would expect quality from a publication about it as well.

Regards,
Obie

Originally Posted by dkell

The copy of the magazine I have was a PDF that was distributed by email. He was going to sell advertisement as a means to keep the thing going. I know there was a flap on another board about this.

Do you perhaps still have the PDF version of the magazine available? I would really like to take a look at it