Thread: Have you ever faced a situation like this? Hobby gone too far?

Hmmmm... I guess it depends what type of guy you are if you've gone too far.

I happen to by the type of guy that when I decide to do something I just go nuts. . Since I've started shaving (one month more or less) I've purchased a lot of stuff and tried a lot of things So I think that you're doing just fine. Sooner or later I calm down and the excitement of the new wears off and I just enjoy the hobby.

Personally, my girlfriend gets mad when I talk about shaving "all the time" so I've been there on that one. We don't live together yet so I don't have to worry about the bathroom situation yet!

Stultsy

Thankfully, my girlfriend loves straight razors and is quite fine with any amount I spend on my collection. As long as she gets to do her own shopping that is, though she's said a few times (whether or not it's in jest I don't know) that I am completely obsessed with razors.

We're getting ready to move to England so I think I might have to cut down on the spending temporarily.

Well, I just splurged and bought a boar hair brush, so I figured I'd do this as an exercise.

Hoffritz Straight Razor - $100 1987 dollars
Hoffritz strop - $20 1987 dollars
Synthetic brush - $10 1987 dollars (not so great this brush)
Badger brush - $0 (gift from my father in law)
eBay straight - $12 (useless)
eBay straight - $2 (useless)
eBay straight - $12 (being honed, finally a score)
2 Gold Dollar straights - $16 (useless and ugly)

Puck of Williams - $ 1.98
Spare Puck - $1.98
eBay strops (2) - $0.99 (haven't seen them, don't expect much)
eBay straight - $11 (haven't seen it, high hopes for a first restore)
eBay straight - $9 (haven't seen it, backup plan for a first restore or second restore)
I cheap VanDerSomething boar brush - $5 (meh... 'tsallrite, but I prefer the badger)

So, seems I'm in some $190 into this, and it's taken me 20 years to spend that much . That's leaving out the safety razor hone I bought thinking it was a barber's hone - this thing is small and has a curve on one side.

I have this uncanny ability to predict the future, so here it goes...

I will be spending too much on razors, stops, soaps and unguents in the near future. You will too.

Uncanny, like I told you.

"AND NOW IT'S FOUNTAIN PEN'S???"