Razor Personality

[Benjisco]

At what point does an inanimate object cease being just an object but almost grow a personality?


I have been learning to shave with a worn out, but reliable, old Diamond Spear razor it must have delivered 1000s of shaves before it ended up with me. Over the past months we have become almost close, I have learnt to respect the razor in return it feels like it has learnt to shave me, lost some of its sharp corners that I may have stuck into my jaw line a while ago. It almost feels like a kindly older person in my life that is willing to live with my faults and pick up the slack when my technique wasn't quite good enough.


I have recently purchased a Celebrated Hollow Ground Razor by Wade & Butcher from Jim Millar of this online community.

On receipt of my order we agreed that I would let him know how it shaved. Its taken me 3 attempts with this razor to get a finish on my shave that I would consider good enough to email Jim and say that it is a great razor!
We just had to learn to get along with each other. I am still quite inexperienced shaving with a straight and the razor isn't as patient as my Diamond Spear, in fact it has punished any bad form I have had in wielding it with more cuts and nicks than I care to admit.


So this morning, as I was giving a quick going over with the strop we ha a little conversation at least in my mind anyways, we decided to get along providing that every stroke I do, I do properly and that all my pre shave preparations were up to scratch and not slap dash as they sometimes can be.

With the agreement in principle ringing in my ears I proceeded to have one of the most enjoyable shaves iv had with a finish that im most proud of.

Anyways im aware that this sounds like the ramblings of a mildly schizophrenic crazy man so ill finish now but thanks for reading