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04-21-2015, 12:58 PM #1
Something else to ponder is that there is a much larger community of straight razor users/restorers that are not members here. We only represent a portion of what's truly out there. I have run into many people that use a straight, hone, and restore that are not on any forums. Blasphemy I know but when you figure this, it doubles or triples (or more) the number originally pondered.
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04-21-2015, 01:18 PM #2
Between a few of my acquaintances there are something over 5000 renewed; and among others at least 2000 that need work.
I didn't count my few.
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04-21-2015, 02:48 PM #3
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Thanked: 138Doing our share of the work here in France.
I must be above 40, but the amount is here again is thousands
We even have a few professionals who can do an absolute stunning job when marvels get out of their slumber.
Sadly though, we can't save all. Many people deem them too dangerous and put them in the trash, and we have our fair share of people who traditionally eat hedgehogs and use straigths to shave them. It is well known here that you have to get up early before they take them all...
That's not counting those destroy by cell rot, broken blades, and razors used for other purposes (scratching paint for example)Beautiful is important, but when all is said and done, you will always be faithful to a good shaver while a bad one may detter you from ever trying again. Judge with your skin, not your eyes.
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04-21-2015, 04:38 PM #4
50+
Getting a rusty cracked blade shaving gives me the most satisfaction.
Knowing that it will not corrode into oblivion... priceless.
Thanks for all the help and how-to information.
Going out to find more razors.
Cheers.
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04-21-2015, 06:55 PM #5
I'm happy to re-home and save any Boker that anyone feels the need to be rid of!!
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04-21-2015, 08:14 PM #6
Every razor I have saved I have also baptized in lather in the name of the boker, the kropp, and the honeless ghost, amen.
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04-22-2015, 02:49 AM #7
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04-21-2015, 09:56 PM #8
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04-22-2015, 12:06 AM #9
Restorations are one part of it. Taking good care of razors that would have otherwise been neglected is another. But I think the more impressive feat is the work to preserve knowledge and learn new things in order to preserve and enhance straight razor shaving in general. I find the overall impact of this niche hobby quite impressive.
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04-22-2015, 08:13 AM #10
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The hedgehogs get a hot lather shave before dinner? Dang you folk are fancy.
But no, in reality it's nothing fancy, said people are part of nomadic populations, romani mainly. They are used to live poorly, and the tradition of eating edgehog started when food was scarce during WWII, and stayed as an important cultural element.
As the european edgehog is a protected species, this has lead to many arrests and sentences, and contributes to the ill fame of the overall population (they are currently so hated that there start to be segregation in the transports), while swimming pool owners and night drivers are the main cause of death.
Sigh. Feel the need to lighten the mood after that.
Alright : three razors which are the closest thing I have to family razors were used by my fiancee's grandfather to castrate pigs. THEY WILL BE SAVED AND RESTORE THEIR HONOR AT PROTECTING MALE ATTRIBUTES (well, in that case, their beard...)Beautiful is important, but when all is said and done, you will always be faithful to a good shaver while a bad one may detter you from ever trying again. Judge with your skin, not your eyes.
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