Quote Originally Posted by OCDshaver View Post
It was just a natural progression for me. Years ago I bought my brother some T&H shave cream as a gift. I knew he liked it but I didn’t use it. When I ordered there was a sample. So I tried it and liked it. So I looked into it further. Everyone was pushing safety razors. A little while later I was shopping for cartridges for my razor and was angered at the cost. Imagine that. I looked into DEs again and saw the cost of a blade being a few cents. So I tried it as a cost saving thing. I was shocked at how well it shaved. So I was doing the DE thing for a bit and liking the whole wet shaving experience. But I kept reading that a straight razor was the best. While at my knife shop, getting them sharpened, I saw a Boker there. So on a whim I bought it and tried it. Horrible . I didn’t know about shave ready. I didn’t know about honing or if people would do that for you. I tried other razors hoping the experience would be better. Some were marginally better. Later I found this place and bought a shave ready razor. Like everyone else, one razor led to two, two to three, three to four….strops, hones, soaps, brushes, aftershaves, balms. What was supposed to be a cost saving thing lead to an expensive obsession.
Reading that last sentence made me grin! No truer words my friend!!