obsession.

About 3 months ago i transitioned from my dovo shavette to my first straight razor (dd goldedge) and got bit bad by the razor bug. In about a 8 week period i ended up with 10 razors,6 vintage barber stones and a terrifying need for more. All my razors are vintage except the craig barr and their is something about them that just fascinates me, with so many makes and models that each one is slightly different and unique . Anyone else in the same boat?


ps -thank you Chris Ellison for doing the honing on most of them

More than you need, but not even close to want you want.
Sounds like about everyone here.

Yup on that boat for sure....my logic is the following....
If I acquire razors at a certain rate, and all that I bring in are shave-ready....I may never have to hone one....hehehehehe

There are a lot of us here that are into this for a lot more than just shaving. I have a substantial collection. I have way more razors than I can shave with. It is the organizing that has made me feel more like a hoarder than a collector. I think of all the pictures of peoples stuff that I have seen Geezer is the only one that seems to be exceptionally well organized and displayed. I am trying to organize and sell off some of my stuff in an attempt to make it more enjoyable for the long haul. Wait Sharpton has some crazy cool organizational stuff too. Until I get my stuff better organized I think I need to curb buying. Working hard trying to convince myself this is the right thing to do.

Am down to 10,am going sell off half of those.

Welcome to the club!!!!

I've been there and done that, but now I've 'moved on' to something sensible. I'm collecting tin lined French copper cookware ...... ::roflmao

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Razors are cool and those of us of the OCD persuasion have WAY too many. Nothing wrong with that if you have QUALITY in your collection, IMO. Things with wear go to newbs to practice and shave with, junk is no longer considered, and quality things which there are silly duplicates of get sold or traded to others who do not have them in order to complete their perspective collection. Limiting one'self to nice examples of things of interest is the way to go, IMO. No sense gathering up every known razor. The end will never come. Go with things you like and expand from there. Put together a plan for organizing and restoring, researching and recording history. Be certain you know what is collectible if you want to collect. 1000 razors of poor quality are not worth 10 of excellent quality from a collector's standpoint. JMO.

Not to admit OCD, but to add a vote for Rezdog's and Sharptonn's organization notes...
I have 12 after 18 months and when I was trying to decide which to strop and use, I couldn't remember which I had shaved with last :shrug:, let alone when they had last been honed.

So first I arranged them in my storage boxes in specific slots, thereby facilitating a legitimate rotation, AND started a spreadsheet on them with where and when I got them, when they had been honed, who did the honing (I just did my first), with or without tape and with what stones if I know. Just looking the spreadsheet makes me feel good that I've started before I lose records from my email or receipts, and it reminds me what a nice assortment I have of manufacturers, country of origin and grinds/sizes. Now I think I'm going to zero in on balancing the mix some in the future, based not on just what I see available, but what I read about on the forum, and hear excellent reports on.

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I've been there and done that, but now I've 'moved on' to something sensible. I'm collecting tin lined French copper cookware ...... ::roflmao

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Thats funny Jim.my wife just sold 10 pces on C.L,did not want to polish the stuff anymore.

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Thats funny Jim.my wife just sold 10 pces on C.L,did not want to polish the stuff anymore.

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I just wipe the exterior with a paper towel to avoid water spots. The frypan, and the saute illustrate what it is like if you don't wipe after washing. I don't polish. Took me awhile to figure it out. The hammered pieces, which I do wipe, end up with a patina but not mottled/spotted like the aforementioned.

The tin gets dark but that is alright. A bit of a learning curve to use silicone utensils to avoid damaging the soft tin, but the advantages, for those who like tin/copper are there. YMMV ........ :)

@ Tom, Harold

Well said.

With most things folks acquire there is a difference between collecting and hoarding or acquiring. A good analogy is with watches. A watch enthusiast buys whatever strikes his fancy and as he tires of them sells them at a loss and buys more. A watch collector has a theme to his madness, maybe japanese watches or chronographs or American Pocketwatches or complicated watches. He is well versed in the items he collects as far as what makes them tick-har har and the history of the companies that made or makes them and may even do his own servicing. He is far less likely to part with his collection unless he has duplicates. Of course some folks can be both with two separate collections. One part is a serious collection and the other is just hoarding.

So which are you? Are you a razor enthusiast or a razor collector? I'm both. I collect Dubl Ducks but hoard other razors though I have thinned out my enthusiast part quite a bit.

My name is Art and I have a problem lol

Obsession....Thats why we're all here!

Pete <:-}

At least you are admitting you have a problem. My habit is still under control...ok. Maybe not.

Well I can categorically state without fear of contradiction, that I am addicted. But I don't care! Love my addiction!

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Beautiful stuff! If it wasn't for the usual tin lining (which I can't get re-lined here in Portugal), I'd have more copper pans - the SS coating ones are really expensive, specially those that work on induction.

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Awesome looking pot. My wife and I are foodies and cook a lot. She would die for that stuff

Dude! Jimmy's got a pot obsession! :D

Now the question Is,what do's Jimmy cook in those Pots? have never seen him in any of the food/recipe threads:)

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Now the question Is,what do's Jimmy cook in those Pots? have never seen him in any of the food/recipe threads:)

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COOK in them? NO WAY! They are NOS! :roflmao

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Now the question Is,what do's Jimmy cook in those Pots? have never seen him in any of the food/recipe threads:)

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Just humble fare so far. Basic American meat & potatoes, beans/pasta type stuff. Nothing fancy but the pans. Go to the internet or my old copy of 'joy of cooking' for the recipes. Got a copy of James Peterson's 'Sauces' to try and widen out. If I ever figure out anything worth posting in there I'll be sure to do so. :angel:

Just bought more stuff lol !!!

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Just humble fare so far. Basic American meat & potatoes, beans/pasta type stuff. Nothing fancy but the pans. Go to the internet or my old copy of 'joy of cooking' for the recipes. Got a copy of James Peterson's 'Sauces' to try and widen out. If I ever figure out anything worth posting in there I'll be sure to do so. :angel:

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Looking foreward to some Floridian/Cajun style cookin.:)

I think he is closer to some Cubans. Good food from them, I understand. Get it on, Jimmy! ;)

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I am trying to sell off some of my stuff in an attempt to make it more enjoyable for the long haul.

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:rofl2::rofl2::rofl2: :rofl2:

Yeah,.....me too Shaun but it doesn't help when you continue to buy blades faster than you sell 'em :shrug:

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Yeah,.....me too Shaun but it doesn't help when you continue to buy blades faster than you sell 'em :shrug:

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AND if you have an enabler or two around it just gets to be more fun!