Hi, My name is Derrick and I have a problem

[dyimages]

I thought I had this AD thing beat. When I started straight razors a year or so ago I did the typical newbie thing and bought everything and anything i could get y hands on. i quickly grew a 20+ razor collection, a number of stones both natural and synthetic, 5 strops and on and on..

Our business had to close and to clear up some debt I sold everything off.. huge mistake but it was better than carrying the burden of the business with me. I had myself mentally convinced that a straight was just to much maintenance.

So a month ago I was really missing the straight razor so as things had gone back to normal I ordered a new 6/8 Friodur. Not a vintage one but one of the more recent regrind ones. The razor arrived less than shave ready so I was most disappointed and had not the stones to fix the problem with. So I ordered a new 6/8 Bismarck. I should have looked at my old posts, I always said one razor was okay but once you bought the second that started a chain reaction that can not be stopped.

So in the past 3-4 weeks I have bought

6/8 Friodur
6/8 Dovo Bismarck
6/8 Morley
6/8 NOS ERN
6/8 Pipe Razor
5/8 Puma
5/8 duble duck
3 vintage Brush Handles
3 GNB badger knots
Vie-Long Horse Hair brush
Alembic Case
6 soaps/creams
Chosera 2k
Naniwa SS 5k
Naniwa 8k snow white
Welsh WT stone

And then there are 2 transactions in paypal I can not recall what they were...

Oh I hope I get to mailbox before SWMBO over the next few weeks.

[justinA]

I thought I had this AD thing beat. When I started straight razors a year or so ago I did the typical newbie thing and bought everything and anything i could get y hands on. i quickly grew a 20+ razor collection, a number of stones both natural and synthetic, 5 strops and on and on..

Our business had to close and to clear up some debt I sold everything off.. huge mistake but it was better than carrying the burden of the business with me. I had myself mentally convinced that a straight was just to much maintenance.

So a month ago I was really missing the straight razor so as things had gone back to normal I ordered a new 6/8 Friodur. Not a vintage one but one of the more recent regrind ones. The razor arrived less than shave ready so I was most disappointed and had not the stones to fix the problem with. So I ordered a new 6/8 Bismarck. I should have looked at my old posts, I always said one razor was okay but once you bought the second that started a chain reaction that can not be stopped.

So in the past 3-4 weeks I have bought

6/8 Friodur
6/8 Dovo Bismarck
6/8 Morley
6/8 NOS ERN
6/8 Pipe Razor
5/8 Puma
5/8 duble duck
3 vintage Brush Handles
3 GNB badger knots
Vie-Long Horse Hair brush
Alembic Case
6 soaps/creams
Chosera 2k
Naniwa SS 5k
Naniwa 8k snow white
Welsh WT stone

And then there are 2 transactions in paypal I can not recall what they were...

Oh I hope I get to mailbox before SWMBO over the next few weeks.

Man your past month sounds like mine, i've been constantly tracking two or three new packages a day, soaps from france, razors from all over, stones that cost more than razors, a tiny anvil, I think the only thing I haven't gotten one of in the past month is another strop, but its only a matter of time...

Good thing I have no SWMBO, but my housemates sure think something is wrong with me, and the postman started asking questions about why I get so many packages from all over.

[Birnando]

A fine new collection there mate.
Good on you for going all in once again after that bit of bad luck with the business.
They say the AD's will wear off a bit after a while, I'm sure they are right..

[dyimages]

The part that scares me is before i was buying anything and everything. Now I know what i liked and am just collecting those. None of which are "Flea Bay" specials that require work. This is worse then before

[Speedster]

Boy, are you on a tear! Fantastic and good luck appeasing the SWMBO. I suggest flowers unless she also shaves with straight razors.

[alb1981]

LOL SWMBO came at me last night with "So what are these Ebay transactions??" I told her she had already known about the DD, it had just slipped my mind to tell her about the wellington....So I am on an Ebay/SRD/classic shaving/Leesrazor/etc. etc. Ban until my birthday because I just purchased 1k chosera, scuttle, srd premium II strop, two semogue brushes, and a walking horse EB all in the last month and a half. But to be fair, I donated 2 strops, 6/8 vintage razor and one new 5/8 dovo plus a stick of arko to her friend who wanted to get into wetshaving so its fair right???? .....Hi my name is Adam, I may have a problem

[Maxi]

Dude,

You'd better camp by that mailbox....

[dyimages]

Glad I got to the mailbox first today

[ZeroCool]

Nice buys! Good luck intercepting I've only been able to snag one from the mailbox lol she's intercepted the other dozen or so

Now I've actually got her dropping straights in the mail to be restored

[sleekandsmooth]

lol, this is hilarious. I feel your story completly. My mastercard is kicking me in the a$$ right now. I have put almost $2500-3000 on it in under 3 months strictly on shaving gear and straights. I am going to get a dubl duck restored from Glen and then that is it till my card is at least under a $1000. with a 30% interest rate, I am taking a huge beating!!! Nice gear btw