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I bought 7 straights off E-Bay this month and if I didn't get snipped on 4 of them the damage would have been horrible. BTW, Who has been snipping my Simmons Hardware Klean Kutter razors out from under me?. Sorry my post should say at "Least some help with it"
Change your keyboard to type Chinese...... You'll have a hard time finding razors in no time.
Or make yourself so busy during the week that just honing a razor a week is good progress...
don't visit anything online relating to razors or auction sites and you should be good
The Cure for RAD is Wife, Kids, and a job that wont leave you alone.
Start making them = problem solved
Just don't bid on them.
I am not sure about this one!!!! LOL! Over 20 years ago I made custom golf clubs for people when I use to play. I always was trying the next best thing to hit the market and shafts as well. When you tell yourself that making them is cheaper you are really lying to yourself!!! :rofl2:Quote:
Originally Posted by Substance
Never did or will say it is cheaper to make them,
It Just gives you less time & money to shop for new ones LOL
Rad cure = no money + no time
YMMV
then again my "Dad's Toys" piggy bank is getting rather full so I started looking for a brush not long ago,
Then i got a nice big 12" near solid horn 2 days ago and my view may have changed to just looking for the fluffy half of the brush.
This is not an A.D. But just looking and planning ahead
But if that Filli with the right combination of condition, size & price comes along all R.A.D. Control will be negated.
If you have the right equipment and all it would certainly be cheaper to make.............the problem is, you keep making and making and making and if you never sell them then hence the hobby comes very expensive.Quote:
Originally Posted by Substance
Ha! Anything over two is a collection. But, you really need to rest one. Proven to be true - get two at least.
Ha, ah! A little variety is a good thing. I should at least try other sizes just to see.
Ha, ha, ha! Every self respecting man has to have a blade for every day of the week!
Ha, ha, ha, ha ... I'm getting steal from every country, in every size! I need a Kami too!! Oh and stones! Got to get stones! Hahahahah ... all the way to the poor house surrounded by a sea oh steel!!
Nothing wrong with collecting. I keep mine in shadow boxes in my den so I can look at them, possibly use one now and again, but generally use the same ones over and over.
Boredom is the only cure after you have been bitten. It'll come - but you'll have a nice collection!
I am sorry to inform you that there is no hope and no cure this debilitating disease. But there is temporary happiness with each delivery then the search again. it's a never ending battle.
Sell the ones you don't really like. Keep the good ones for your collection. Buy some razors with the sole intention of selling them. If you you look hard you can find deals on ebay. Its tough to beat RAD and HAD, but hey I have a nice collection of stones and razors. Good luck with your battle.:chapeau
I implemented an 'Antique Store Only' rule a while back.
Havent bid on an ebay blade in months.
Gotta get up off my a$$ and go out lookin' for them.
I did the exact same thing 35 years ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by Michael70
As far as RAD is concerned, buy razors 'til you run out of money. Then it will stop��
Making the blade is only a small bit of the cost
Up front costs
Grinder - made my own $1300 - excluding hours spent making researching finding bits
Forge - to forge & heat treat - made my own $300 ( thermos couples & gauges hoses etc ) excluding hour spent making
Or a Heat treat oven if you don't want forge - not as cheap as the forge
An anvil of some sort if you do want to forge- make your own post anvil - A couple hundred again
Steel Stock - how much you got to spend
Scale stocks - again what you want to spend
Consumables- gas, oils, belts, polishes, sandpaper - endless as you go
Time & materials spent making practice RSO's honing your skills - cost of all above plus time & materials until you get it right ( how quick do you learn?)
Oh yeh then there's that whole honing side cost for rocks, plates etc
In the long run with multiple builds & sales the some of the cost reduces but until then they are a lot dearer to build
First blade costs thousands but may get minimal return
Just the hidden costs you need to think about for it to be cheaper
how much cheaper is your handmade str8 now?
LOL
7 in one month!?!?!?!Quote:
Originally Posted by THORandODIN
Hahaha...you gotta a long way to go buddy....that was "Tuesday" for me back in the day.:rofl2:
I think I could sell ones I made easier than ones I bought. Have plans to start forging blades in the next year or so! Got just about everything I need to build a gas forge. Finding an anvil won't be to hard, have to get a power hammer, tongs & stuff I can make. 2' X 72" belt grinder will take some money But I now have 2 welders so I may build my own. Need to get a torch set. but that's not a biggie. Find them at farm sales all the time. I have about everything else I might need. Can't wait to get to it!
Slawmeister
Time is the cure.
Most likely, eventually you will slow down and perhaps pretty much stop entirely once you've found some you liked and you've been in the game for a few years. For some, it takes longer than others to reach that point.
Notice I said most likely... :)
Over time and buying many it has slowed a lot. I still have a few that I would really like to find at a really great price. I spend very little time looking in comparison. So I grew that time that has passed is one influence, another is disposable income and available time are other factors. At this point my have far exceeds my needs so I'm good for now. Tomorrow though...
Totally agree! When I first got into this I said I would buy just one and be happy. Then came a second one quickly and the third came quicker! Now I have not gotten into it like some but I am at 9 current in the rotation and sold the 10th due to me and it not really meshing. I would like to pick up a few more good Henckels to have since I have fallen in love lately with the one I bought.Quote:
Originally Posted by Attila
The internet and ease of shopping has killed the American pocketbook for sure! At one time when I was cigar smoking almost 20 years ago I had a mail order set up and not for the dog sticks but the good cigars! At any given time I had 500 cigars on hand and in one year spent several thousand on cigars!!!! Yes, you heard me correct! I was out of control and quite honestly over my head in terms of an addiction.
It was a sickness I would say. I still love the every so often fine cigar but have had to put it into perspective of course.
You will slow down eventually or you will be out of money unless you are a rich man and when you do and need to liquidate at a cost we are here to assist you of course! ;)
Cure? Theres no cure..
FEED IT :roflmao
Well, got 3 of the seven shaving sharp so far, disaster with the 4th. Going to have 2 more on the way, a second Landers Flary & Clark "Gold embossed" "Universal" and a "Rifleman". My head hurts.
This is only way for me. As soon as i'm back here I have thousands of dollars in hones and razors in my to buy list. And the bay, don't get me started. I'll look at every stone and razor lised...Quote:
Originally Posted by TristanLudlow
Get your mother, or mother inlaw, or ex wife, to come over and supervise all your eBay purchases. That'll get control of the problem.
I bought a lot at first when so many seemed unique and one of a kind. As I've seen probably tens of thousands of razors on the bay I now have a lot better sense of my personal taste and what is unique. I now only buy unique ones. But remember you can always sell some later as your collection matures, the next generation will contract RAD as well.
if it had file work on the spine then it could have been me!Quote:
Originally Posted by THORandODIN
sorry old chap!
:o
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