Thread: Acquisition disorders - not again!

Gentlemen,

After almost 50 years, the dearly beloved is accustomed to my flights of fancy. She shuffles into the shave den, glances at the razors and the brushes and says, "They grow like rabbits."

No worries we all have been the same path.
Make sure you set aside for hones, and strops too. I assume you already have a bunch of brushes, cream, and after shaves, else set a side for those too .
You are among brothers (ahum enablers) here

In the last 3 weeks I have picked up a total of 24 razors. Why do you think I restored that machinist chest, to hide all my ill gotten gains.

This to shall pass,back in the day I had 100s of razors,now I have ten,I had 15 strops,now I have two.
I had every Hone known to man,sold most of them.
Had all the so called great soaps,to me they were all the same,today I use Cella, Palmolive and Tabac,all cheap stuff.
Aftershaves, I have tons I never use,are in a box out in the garage somewhere,100s of $$ worth of stuff.
As an aftershave,I use cheap whichhazel cut 50/50 with cheap bayrum,I may not smell like a french whore,I smell like I came from an oldtime barbershop just my way.

I think for most of us who have been at this for years you come to a place where you look at your inventory and say "why do I need all of this junk". I've whittled down my razors by more than half and my strops by 90% and have probably 7 or 8 hones of which maybe 4 I really use. If it weren't for my DDs which are really a collection I seldom use I'd have just a handful of razors.

To tell you the truth I'm happier these days.

Originally Posted by AZBronco

You are all making me laugh! Good to know I'm not the only guy doing these things.

When my wife does recognize something new in my collection and asks when I got it, I just kind of look at it like yesterday's news and say, "I've had this for a while now..."

I hear ya on that one!

It still gets me from time to time.......like this afternoon.

Originally Posted by CaySea

It still gets me from time to time.......like this afternoon.

Can't let 'em get the best of ya............it works both ways. They spend money too!!!!!

When the wife says, "Honey, how many of those things do you have now?"

I answer with an approximate weight in pounds rather than the number of pieces.

The last time I was busted was over fishing gear. Had gone to Capt Harry's and came home. The wife asked, "So what did you get at Capt Harry's?" I replied, "I got some leader material, some hooks and a pair of pliers." She snapped back, "I saw a receipt on your dresser for $487.00." I responded sheepishly, "It was a really nice set of pliers." :-)