Thread: How much have you spent on shaving this month? and what did you purchase?

i don't want to count it all, but i believe it is more than 500 usd. It is not money thrown away, it is an investment!!

juko

This month I spent $118 on a yellow coticule...and Christmas is just around the coner, so it would be another razor that will be added to the herd.

About $120; Wish't I were rich!
Two 40mmx195mm Coticules, two slurry stones, six decent straights, a few old brushes, six old mugs/scuttles, about fifteen decent, little cleaning required, Gillette/EverReady/Gem, two good strops, assorted vintage blades/packs, and a few old soaps for trade. Month is not yet over.
And.. yes I am retired on antisocial insecurity, living alone!
Respectfully
~Richard

This month: 4 soaps at USD 9- each (+S&H to Norway).

Originally Posted by Deadcenter

I believe in the 'buy once, cry once' creed and would prefer to save up for a quality item than buying cheaper stuff and not being happy with it.

Hey Ron,

Just a note regarding my own experience.

You do yourself a great disservice if you think buying a more inexpensive razor off the classifieds as being inferior to new manufacture. The guys doing restoration take tremendous pride in their work, and it shows in the quality of the stuff they sell.

Most my shavers fall into the $40-$60 range of restored vintage razors from the classifieds. I do buy some that are more expensive, but these I plan to put into a display rather than shave with them (whenever I mention this the reply I ALWAYS get is, "NO, no! You HAVE to shave with it!" Lol! Well, maybe...).

I've even had a few that I bought for around $50 and they looked so nice that I wanted to put them on display! (They may not cost that much, but DAMN they're pretty!).

My favorite shaver right now is a Wade & Butcher near wedge that I bought from HNSB for $40. It shaves GREAT! As I'm gravitating toward near wedges, I bought 2 more this weekend from Sham for a total of $110 (average price of $55 each). That's 3 shavers for a total cost of $150.

That's the nice thing about ordering off the classifieds--you can order different steels, grinds, etc., for a low cost and find out what you like best. If you dump a lot of money into one razor, then you have one, and will never know if a different grind, steel, etc., is more friendly to your face; as well as whether of not a different kind of razor would be easier to handle and shave with.

I don't mean to discourage you from buying an expensive razor that you have your heart set on! Buy whatever is going to make you happy! But, don't assume that because it's a new manufacture it's somehow better. The first razor I bought was a Dovo "Best Quality" for $85 that had a warped blade. It's JUNK!! Period, end of story!

Just because a restored vintage razor is inexpensive, that doesn't mean that it's somehow it's cheap, inferior, etc., to a current manufactured one that's more expensive.

And, if a razor offered for sale on the classifieds has any issues, typically it's pointed out in the ad.

Moreover, a lot of guys selling on the classifieds give a money back guarantee. If you don't like it, send it back. (Stimpy52 always offers you a refund, plus $5 if he's misrepresented the razor! How can you beat that???).

Well, I can see I've posted another essay. (Sorry to the board on the thread drift).

Kent

Originally Posted by Rapier

This month ... last 30 days ... looking through my emails ... oh god ... but really ... it's only my second month ... aren't I allowed ?

-Thiers Issard Large High-Density Silvertip Shaving Brush, Blond Horn Handle (TI.26STCB)
-Plisson High Mountain White Shaving Brush, Horn Handle, Size 18 (PL-955049-18)
-Geo F. Trumper Extract of Limes Skin Food, 200ml (GT.140220)
-7/8 Wacker Jungmeister Spanish Point - blond buffalo horn
-5/8 Wacker Anno 1890 Hand Forged Covered Shank French Point - multi colored horn scales and dark horn shank covering
-5/8 Böker Edelweiss Round Point - white bone
-11/16 Blue Bell 99 Square Point w/Forged Spine - olive wood
-13/16 Wacker Best Traditions French Point - Laser Etched Spine - blond buffalo horn
-8/8 Dorko 1217 CASA GIL Carbon Steel Round Point w/Forged Spine & Rosewood Presentation Case - premium snakewood
-8/8 Dorko 300 Carbon Steel Round Point w/Forged Spine Stippling & Rosewood Presentation Case - olive wood
-Col. Ichabod Conk Bay Rum Shaving Soap, Large (CC-SSBRLRG)
-Taylor of Bond Street Sandalwood Shaving Soap and Bowl (TBS-SSWW)
-Kent / Mitchell's Wool Fat Shaving Soap & Bowl (KNT-SSBWL)
-Tabac Original Shaving Soap in Ceramic Bowl (TB-SS-BWL)
-Col. Ichabod Conk Almond Shaving Soap, Large (CC-SSALML)
-Col. Conk Black Mug for Shaving Soap (CC.99)
-Fendrihan Oversized Shaving Mug (FEN.MUGBLK)
-Thiers Issard 5/8" Flying Tudor Rose Historical Straight Razor, White Ebony (TH.BFHFLY58)
-D.R. Harris Arlington Shaving Soap in Mahogany Bowl (DR-40103)
-Thiers Issard 6/8" Natural Horn Replacement Scales (TH.68HRN)

Oh ... and a Sarah Scuttle and Bowl ...

I know ... it's a disease ... but I self medicate :-)

wow thats about $1500 or more

Metal, fasteners, bearings, wheels, motor, belts, etc....$1100 (roughly)

Making your own razors....I'm not sure yet. Gonna have to ruin some perfectly good steel first

Oh, and I sent a Thistle to Glen to get fitted with a new pair of shoes.

I been a bad, bad boy this month. Thankfully my beautiful girlfriend is not a SWMBO yet...


Mark

I haven't kept track, there's some new old straights, a coticule, various after shaves, soaps. Couple hundred for sure. I probably have averaged 200 monthly since I started straight razor shaving, which was going to be cheaper than cartridges and a spray can of Barbasol...yeah right.

Nada....I keep losing the auctions.

Originally Posted by BuddyRockefella

wow thats about $XXXX or more

Shhhhhhh ... I don't wanna know ... that's why I deleted the $ from my emails ;-)