Thread: TI can't make razors fast enough.

I for one am one of the desk jockeys.
I cannot be happier than when working on a difficult coding project, sitting at a powerful workstation 12 hours per day without other people (ok perhaps just 1 or 2 others, working on the same project) around.

My family is what keeps my feet on the ground. If I didn't have a wife to go home to, and kids to be responsible of, I'd probably still be doing that work. I don't like going home early. I like working late. And I wouldn't have stepped out of my consulting job to being an employee close to home, if not for my kids.

To each his own. It takes people like me as well to make the world go round.
I wholeheartedly agree that quality is important. But that is not exclusive to crafts.
Quality in code or software in general can make or break a company.

Originally Posted by Chrisl

Boker is making a few new razors. How long before we see one of the old companies get back into the game? Probably highly unlikely, but it would be cool to see an American company have a rebirth.

Chris L

Has anyone here used any of the new Bokers? Last I checked they cost ~$500 new

I think Lynn has one. Do a forum search for posts by Lynn containing the word 'Boker' and see what turns up.

Originally Posted by Bruno

I for one am one of the desk jockeys.

+1 , but I only do it because I don't know anything else... To be perfectly honest I'm fed up with the IT business!

Hopefully my "sit behind a desk" comment was not seen as a bad thing. My day job is basically behind a desk doing technical consulting, my strop business is hands on making things. I should have more correctly said it seems like the young guys I meet (and hire) today have no interest in making anything physical. They want a job where they are at a computer all day using only their minds. It is still creating, it is still hard work but I still stand by the hands on creating something physical with the hands is fading.

Hey, I've always had a business making something since I was 20 and have always tried to excell at it. In most cases I took a lost art and set the bar for others on what is expected. But, like most today I still prefer the security of the corporate world to care for my family instead of the variances of total self employment. While the razor/shaving movement is growing today, that growth could be gone tomorrow and a new fad will happen.

There will always be a few wanting a job producing somehting long ago lost, a grinder for Dovo, etc.... but they are few and far between.

Tony

Originally Posted by Sharp&Shiny

I have just bought 2 of these from De koorwinkel razor & shave shop in Antwerp & they both have issues See my post about Hard thiers .

What a coincidence, Paul! I've been in that shop last year. The lady that attended my quests was very nice to talk to. The stuff they had to sell were somewhat pricey though...

Originally Posted by Tony Miller

Hopefully my "sit behind a desk" comment was not seen as a bad thing. My day job is basically behind a desk doing technical consulting, my strop business is hands on making things. I should have more correctly said it seems like the young guys I meet (and hire) today have no interest in making anything physical. They want a job where they are at a computer all day using only their minds. It is still creating, it is still hard work but I still stand by the hands on creating something physical with the hands is fading.
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There will always be a few wanting a job producing somehting long ago lost, a grinder for Dovo, etc.... but they are few and far between.

Tony

No worries Tony.
I too like working with my hands. I like restoring straights, and I am slowly building my workshop by hand to try my hand at making a straight.
I spend quite a bit of time of this hobby, but doing this as a way to earn money and provide for my family is beyond my grasp. And to be honest, I think it would take the fun out of it, and leave me with stress instead.

I am lucky enough to really like my job as a programmer. I spend a lot of time after hours learning new things, reading books about programming languages / operating systems / ... to improve my skills and knowledge, and because I simply like doing it.

Imo, my job and my hobby complement each other.
My job provides the money that I need to provide for my family, and gives me the opportunity to spend a lot of time working with my hands without worrying about income.
My last finished resto took me over 20 hours. Then I spent an hour honing it, and I sold it cheaply.
The fact that I didn't need to worry about money allowed me to make a perfect-as-possible restoration for someone with a modest budget, rather than basing my price on the amount of time it took me.

Originally Posted by Bruno

I am lucky enough to really like my job as a programmer. I spend a lot of time after hours learning new things, reading books about programming languages / operating systems / ... to improve my skills and knowledge, and because I simply like doing it.

Hmmmm... I'm a programmer too. How many of "us" are there in SRP?
I think that a IT guy is the last guy you'd expect to use a straight razor, don't you think?

Originally Posted by Leon

Hmmmm... I'm a programmer too. How many of "us" are there in SRP?
I think that a IT guy is the last guy you'd expect to use a straight razor, don't you think?

Dunno. I am fascinated by C and C++, and especially the hairy stuff like partial template specialization.

I also like writing service applications and low level stuff to interface one system with another. I have written embedded software in assembly and C (2K of ram is enough for anybody), I have written applications for analyzing data that comes from a camera on a 'weather sattelite' (realtime analysis of images at 300MB/s), I have written kernel mode device drivers for real-time systems...

I don't like environments that 'protect me' from doing stupid things. By the same token, I have used a straight (well, shavette) since I was 17, and I have always been fascinated by sharp things.

Originally Posted by Leon

Hmmmm... I'm a programmer too. How many of "us" are there in SRP?
I think that a IT guy is the last guy you'd expect to use a straight razor, don't you think?

I'm in the IT.....I'm one of the annoying testers though.

Although everyday I wonder if there's something I'd be better at that I'd like more.