Thread: The Becoming

Greetings, I've been on SRP numerous times to seek out the finer points of the art of shaving and have never left confused or disappointed.
After receiving a cut-throat as a present 18 mths ago, I plucked up the courage (and knowledge from SRP) and vowed in Dec 2010 never to use disposables again and I'm still going strong.
It's difficult to convince others of the benefits and superior end result, but although I advocate - I'm not in it to convert the heathen as it were.

The difficulty I face is convincing my significant other to part with enough roubles to feed the habit - no-one warned me of the creeping addiction that slowly enters the consciousness of a virgin shaver.
I find myself unconsciously spending more and more time checking auctions, second-hand sales and Ebay for the elusive bargain and drooling over antiques and vintage specimens.
Terms such as jimps, scales, Spanish point and carbon percentage are beginning to invade my vocabulary. I wake to thoughts of lathering my face and fall asleep designing razor boxes.

I feel so dirty and infected... and I think I like it.

join the band wagon. The addiction will continue until your wife bands you from purchasing more razors. this happened to me after about 10 razors I think you need to rethink converting the masses. It is quite fun.

Some suggestions. First, you have to have "private" money. You find vendors who will work on a cash or MO basis and you have them send product to your work address. Integration into a joint lifestyle which is often examined for new products that "show" up can be handled by "I won the raffle at the club!", "I got it with points from the card", or "I've had that for 6 months" and a look that says "where've you been?".

I'm sure you can come up with some new stuff and you'd be doing a service to us all by sharing.

Originally Posted by Howard

Some suggestions. First, you have to have "private" money. You find vendors who will work on a cash or MO basis and you have them send product to your work address. Integration into a joint lifestyle which is often examined for new products that "show" up can be handled by "I won the raffle at the club!", "I got it with points from the card", or "I've had that for 6 months" and a look that says "where've you been?".

I'm sure you can come up with some new stuff and you'd be doing a service to us all by sharing.

Man that's awful!


Welcome to SRP! Good luck with your RAD!

I know the feeling...I've been reading this forum for weeks and now I just purchased my first blade of ebay.....now I need to purchase one more....it's been soooo difficult not to buy even the cheapest bargains just to see if I can bring it back from neglect! But I stand strong......with 112 ebay auctions watching...LOL!

Keep repeating that to yourself..........