Thread: Forgive me - are razors male or female?

I ask because, well, like some of you, I am really falling in love.

My friend at work is getting really serious with a lady and he asks my advice. I don't really even know what I said, but he told me they had a chat and bonded a bit more.

That's a perfect metaphor for the stage in a relationship that I'm at with my razor.

So I wondered if blades are male or female because, well, they always seem so masculine to me, so to the point...or edge at least. I mean, the word straight is built into them...

To me, my straight razor is my samurai sword. It harkens me back to so many millenia when a man was defined by his relationship with his blades.

So my plight is that I want to think of my blade as a rock solid phallus, but I don't really want to refer to it using "he". But I really can't see myself calling it a she...

I don't know. They do refer to cars as women, and clearly they better serve the male metaphor of thrust...except you can climb into them. Can't do that with a blade.

When I brought up this question to my wife, she laughed and joked that I'm gay or at least metrosexual. She was just imitating the standard response, of course.

But I just think about and wonder why men don't want to appear to be turned on by the idea of a big, hard phallus. Didn't Larry Flint get us over that?

I certainly am not suggesting that I think of my blade as anything even remotely human, but I want to assign it a gender.

Really, my blade and I grew closer because I hadn't honed it/him/her yet since restoring it ten or so shaves ago. Clearly, that's neglecting my new lover, because I honed it/him/her tonight and it was the best shave I've ever had, ever.

And I will give proper love and attention and regular hones to my new stud, a Filarmonica by Jose Monserrat PCU, Doble Temple, 14. It belonged to my barber and was his work razor.

And when I'm richer for time and money, I really need to buy it/him/her new scales...dress my new lover up...

Well, love is in the air...I'm off to look at some More razor porn.....

- Lickthefrog

Thank you. That was lovely.

I'd definetely say your razor is a she. If you don't take good care of her, she will scratch your face and pull your hair. If you treat her well, she will caress you and make you feel nice and smooth. If you mistreat her, she will cut you and leave you bleeding. She's a fragile thing, so if you're rough with her she might break.

And after you've been dating her for some time, you'll feel compelled to brag about her to all your male friends. Telling about how you did the act right after taking a hot shower.

true, razors are like women, treat them well and feel great, treat them bad and feel like hell

Razors are definitely like women - can be nice and then one second inattention and you get a cut. They are also high maintenance. However, when everything's right they can make you feel great. Some razors are beautiful, like objects of art or women. Others are more like men - e.g. the meat choppers. For the record, sabres were thought of as "she" in the past history, as far as I know, but big swords have often been "he"? My 8/8 Filarmonica is definitely a "she"

Use of a razor is masculine because you are playing with fire. Most / many men dream of a fiery girl that only they are macho enough to handle, the same goes for the razor, I think. Obviously, if you can handle such girls (and / or a razor) - you have courage and skills. Courage and skills are highly valued by most men.

And, for the record, I do not like the idea of a razor as a phallus. Definitely am not turned on by the idea of a big hard phallus, especially one near my face. I wonder how nobody else picked up on that point. I am not a homophobe, have gay friends, nothing wrong with that, just not my thing. By the way, I recently understood that most gay couples do not have actual (anal) intercourse but just do manual and oral stuff. I did not know this. As another interesting trivia, in old-er spanish culture, if you are the guy DOING the other guy, then you are not gay, you are doubly macho because you do anything; only the guy who's taking it and enjoying it is gay; the same holds in the muslim world.

I was going nowhere in particular with this post. Anyway, enough rambling.

Cheers
Ivo

Blades and guns are definitely female in my book.

This is my razor. There are many others like it, but this one is mine. :-)

I think you'll need to getto know your razor a little more intimately before it lets you find out.

Originally Posted by alfborge

Thank you. That was lovely.

I'd definetely say your razor is a she. If you don't take good care of her, she will scratch your face and pull your hair. If you treat her well, she will caress you and make you feel nice and smooth. If you mistreat her, she will cut you and leave you bleeding. She's a fragile thing, so if you're rough with her she might break.

And after you've been dating her for some time, you'll feel compelled to brag about her to all your male friends. Telling about how you did the act right after taking a hot shower.

And if you're not careful and drop her, she may castrate you.

Originally Posted by Joe Lerch

I think you'll need to getto know your razor a little more intimately before it lets you find out.

This can be dangerous

Your all wrong!

I'm yet to find a woman that will allow me a set of 7, one for each day of the week.

Razors are male, like mates at the pub that say g'day when you walk in.

(if you do find 7 women like this then you are a very lucky man and you should be with them, not wasting your time writing posts on this forum)

Originally Posted by drsch3

I'm yet to find a woman that will allow me a set of 7, one for each day of the week.

Now you don't know what the razor would allow, because it's silent. But can you find a woman that comes in a set of 7? Now, that would keep you pretty busy!