So to begin I have just started about a little over a month ago of SR shaving. I LOVE LOVE LOVE it, but to my "surprise" the other day I was at my father's house while I'm home on my winter vacation from college and my younger (15 year old) brother had a few of his friends over. Well one of them went into my room, saw my straight razor in my custom made stand for it and my brush (made it in my father's wood shop, took a week, pictures up soon) and proceeded to use my razor for what it was not meant for. I came home the next day, found it in the kitchen with the BIGGEST dent right in the middle of it :dropjaw:, I then found out that the little p***k decided to use it to sharpen a PENCIL! I can honestly say that I don't believe that I've ever been that upset in my life. Just try to imagine what I'm feeling. That was my very first straight razor, and I did feel a bit of a depression saying goodbye to it, because I know that it was supposed to last me years and years with PROPER use.
And yes, the little p***k is paying for every cent of the SR that it was worth, and his father is buying me a new strop to apologize.
-Joshua