Am I Going Mad ?

[aseidman62]

About 10 weeks ago, my son convinced me to go to a barberwith him for a straight razor shave. The barber used a disposable blade for hygienicpurposes and when we were done I told my son that in the “olden days” they used“real blades”. That night we got curious, did some research and within a fewdays bought our first razor on Ebay for $37 dollars. I had it shipped right to Larryat Whipped Dog and he sharpened it for me (and gave me great advice - what anice man).

Anyway, our first shaved were a bit sloppy. A few extrawhiskers left here and there.. a few slices of flesh (nothing serious.. in factI get the idea of not even feeling the blade now). Anyway, we have gotten prettygood with the razor and enjoy the shave so I suspect we are converts.

At the same time, I have this never ending urge to cruise theweb at night and see what’s out there. As of today, we have three straights. ATennis, Boker & Fredrick Reynolds. I am now shopping for Lapping Film so Ican try to hone the new razors on my own.

My family thinks I am strange (not just because of this new hobby) but now they think I havegone mad. My wife recently told a friend of my new hobby and made her smilewhen she saif her dad only used a straight and she will never give it up nowthat he is gone J

Anyway, I thought I would post some pics of our razors andget some feedback from the other nuts out there. I wanted some variation…. Herethey are:

[cudarunner]

Welcome to the most friendly, helpful and informative site on the web!

Also welcome to RAD (Razor Acquisition Disorder!

[cpcohen1945]

Welcome to the club! That's a very nice set you've acquired.

Don't ask us for help when you have 30 razors, and want to stop collecting.<g>

Any other questions -- bring them on!

Charles

[sharptonn]

Yes, acidman. You are probably already mad! Forget the lapping film and go down to the honing forum and there are some great beginner's tips. Do not skip the stropping forum either or all is for naught! Good Luck!

[rolodave]

Yep, you have the disease. Those "acquisition snakes" bite deeply and cause terrible yearning for more stuff.
Welcome to SRP and have fun.

[mainaman]

3 razors? That is just the beginning, but no worries you are among friends here

[aseidman62]

good because I have the shakes for more.

As for honing.. why spend all that money for a rock when i can spend it on more razors ?

Am I missing something ?

[henryconchile]

My family thinks I am strange (not just because of this new hobby) but now they think I havegone mad.

Yes, you have gone mad. But, lucky for you, so have the rest of us on SRP. I like to think of it as sensible madness.

My wife thought I was strange too when I started getting into SR shaving last month and she saw what I was buying. Here's one conversation that we recently had after I opened a mailed box I received from an online purchase:

Wife: What's that?
Me: It's 100% vegetable glycerin. I got it online because I couldn't find it in any of the local pharmacies. I even had the pharmacists look behind the counter for it, but they couldn't find any.
Wife: That's because no one uses it--only wierdos like you.

[PortlandJosh]

I caught RAD last weekend and went from 1 razor to 10... Now to get them shave ready this is going to be fun. welcome, and you are in good company as there are a lot of new guys here as well as old timers. My wife's response when she got home from being out of town last weekend (now you see why last weekend i bought 9 razors hehe) and i asked her if she was upset that i bought a bunch of old razors was "no, now i don't feel guilty about all the clothes i bought!"

[Johnus]

If you stay under 25$ a razor,including shipping, it's a healthy hobby.