Thread: Why I started to straight razor shave, why I still do, and why I’m never going back

I just started into this for all of the reasons you've mentioned. I believe in the finer things in life. Not expensive things but things of quality. I hate the disposable, fast food lifestyle our countries have become. People say they're too busy but I say they've made themselves that way. Stop, slow down and enjoy life.

100% agree. I had no idea how much i was going to enjoy the SR experience last summer when i made the decision to stop buy stupidly expensive cartridges and learn a new skill. Now i wish my facial hair grew faster so that i could shave more that a couple times a week.

Excellent! Couldn't agree more!

For me, it was all about changing a lot of things, and one of them was to shift my perspective from being so obsessively task oriented, everything was a, "to-do" list, everything existed later, the next task to complete, and I found one day I was completely missing the, "now".

So, one of the first things I did, was change the, "task" of shaving in the morning, to an, "experience", something that allowed me to focus on the moment, and what I was doing, "now", for me, and all I can say is that it then led to many other changes in my way of seeing and interacting, and as a result, it has opened my eyes to a different way of seeing and experiencing things, and I feel happier for having done it.

The other reason, you get to own, for a brief period of time, some beautiful pieces of history, that have traveled through many hands, and as Spock says, "I find that fascinating."

Cheers!

Well said!! I started SR shaving for many of the same reasons about 4 months ago. I will never go back to using multi-blade cartridges! I enjoy the process of SR shaving, researching vintage SRs and SRs manufactures. It is something I CAN do every day that I enjoy. It has become my brain gym activity that gets my day going in the right direction. I still have lots to learn but that is also the great part about this art/hobby you never stop learning.

Originally Posted by Gehring9006

Well said!! I started SR shaving for many of the same reasons about 4 months ago. I will never go back to using multi-blade cartridges! I enjoy the process of SR shaving, researching vintage SRs and SRs manufactures. It is something I CAN do every day that I enjoy. It has become my brain gym activity that gets my day going in the right direction. I still have lots to learn but that is also the great part about this art/hobby you never stop learning.

And the shaves only get better

Well written and thanks for sharing.