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So, I have been shaving with a straight for a little over a month I believe, maybe a bit longer. Well, today the bug bit me again and I couldn't help but order another razor. Hope this doesn't happen to me too frequently might end up very poor but with a very happy face.
That bug can be the most annoying one, but also the most pleasant one. It has a tendency to come back over and over again don't you think?
If you have lasted over a month you should feel pretty safe, I hadn't even shaved with my first razor yet when I bought the second :)
It's not a bad disease, there are lots of worse things one can spend money on :D
There's at least a million straight razor's out there for you own :chapeau
Oh you have been bitten for sure. It is addictive this RAD, there is no 12 step recovery group, just us and we are all afflicted. Glad you are with us as we wonder the path to BBS. BTW several months ago I gave my barber a Str8 with enough gear to get him started. Last week when I saw him he told me that he had another barber use it to shave him and the comment was:" It's the best razor I've ever used." So you can see the fluid nature of RAD. It looks scary to use a Str8, but the shave is so well worth the time and investment and the fun just keeps on keeping on. Good luck, my friend. I'm glad you are one of us!!!:banghead:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ecdycis
Just two? :gl:
Just 2? The bug can bite u pretty hard and fast. In my case, I started over 2 months ago and as of now, I already have 12 SR!!! So I know what you're going through..Quote:
Originally Posted by Wullie
You really can't give them a proper REST if you only have 2. That's why there are 7 day sets!
Resistance is futile!
I have'nt even been shaving for a month and I have 5 good ones, 3 on the way to get restored, 4 blades waiting to have scales puton and two coming in the mail...:boohoo:
I got bit by the same bug! I first ordered an Edwin Jagger (which is just a dovo with a logo), and that same month ordered a Hart Steel. Loving the Hart Steel, the dovo jagger is alright too.
I've been doing this since february and have just bought my 8th razor... i try to rotate them, but what i really need now is a set of hones :L
I have been looking into getting a full wedge as well, but I need to get better hone materials. I had been borrowing honing stones from my friend, and his finishing stone is a Chinese natural 14000 grit supposedly, and either it was not lapped well enough or it will never be what it claims, but I feel it is in the low 1000s in grit so that is pretty much useless (just have to stop at 8000 now.) I was going to get a couple later stage stones but, I bought a razor instead;). I think I am more addicted to the anticipation of receiving new gear, getting my strop was almost as fun as getting my razor. Maybe on the bright side I will actually know what I want for gifts when people ask now lol.