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Razor Acquisition Syndrome hit me hard....it's time to stop!
I've only been straight razor shaving for a month and I've already bought several vintage razors! In the beginning I said "I just want one more for when I send my Dovo off to be honed" but that turned into two ivory-scaled razors and three more vintage razors from various companies.
:gaah:
Time to join Razors Anonymous. You have recognized you have a problem, that is the first step.
Have someone set your computer settings to block eBay and other online auction sites and burn the piece of paper with the password.
Destroy your credit cards. Disable your PayPal account.
Never mind - doesn’t work. Enjoy the razors you have and learn to hone and restore so you can buy cheapos that need a lot of work. The time you spend restoring is time you don’t spend buying.
Good luck.
You just got started my friend. Dont worry about it until you hit 50 razors. Then think about quiting. Then after you hit 100 razors you will know you have a problem. Then, when you f8nd a good way to keep them all you will find you got room for more so fill the spaces.
Its not a problem. Plus by then you will be good at honing and restoring. Have fun with it and just keep in mind that we have members that have many hundreds of razors.
Jerry,
Thanks man.....I could see someone soaking up 100+ razors then running out of space. Probably a better addiction than the common ones. LOL
You are not alone
This is why i bought a cabinet with many drawers for my razors. I can now store 200+. So i dont have a problem if you ask me. Now when i cant store any more... i will admit to having a problem. Ha.Quote:
Originally Posted by AnglesMatter
I don't allow myself to have more than 15 razors at a time, less if I can help it. I just have my daily shavers with a few special razors. If I ever want a new razor I try to sell a razor I already have that I don't use as much.
Some of us have advanced RAD, the numbers are much much lower, but the price tags are much much higher.
No you won't. You'll build another cabinet! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Gasman
I see its not how many razors you have its how much space for new ones you can make! Where did i put that table saw.
That seems rational, a little too rational for meQuote:
Originally Posted by Christian1
Good for you! SRAD may be an incurable addiction, but it's a pretty benign one. A good straight razor is a joy to use and look at, so why not?
RAD is a disease with no cure, the best you can hope to do is control the symptoms.
For straight razor shavers, the disease seldom stops with RAD. Pretty soon you start collecting hones, strops, brushes, soaps, creams, preshaves, aftershaves and balms, lather bowls and scuttles. The only limit is your budget, storage space, and the tolerance of SWMBO.
I’m 8 months in and have around 30 razors but I always forget about a few. In addition only 3 strops, 3 brushes and half a dozen soaps. Is that bad? No way it’s been fun! :y
Edit: I got rocks too coticule and wasaka jnat. I swear that’s it
You have to get enough razors so that you can justify buying the hones you need to learn to hone and save money not sending them out.
That's seems logicalQuote:
Originally Posted by tintin
I’ve been SR Shaving for nearly 40 years and it hit me about ten days ago. I bought 4 NOS Pumas, a Thater 4125/6 B brush, some Martin De Candre Soap, some Castle Forbes Cream and I added a few Old Spice mugs to my collection and I bought a shaving bowl. So join the club. I’ll be lucky if my wife doesn’t RUN MY ASS OFF.
Get another cabinet!:rofl2:Quote:
Originally Posted by Gasman