Thread: Less is more?

So, even newbies like me know about RAD. PAD too, that is "Paraphernalia Acquisition Disorder". BUT. Butbutbut. Is having more stuff really that good? Beyond a few choice razors, a boar's brush applied to some inexpensive soap and some basic honing gear, how much of the stuff accrued is really beneficial? Is it better to avoid paying for a vast array of equipment than to spend right up to the limit of disposable income?

For those with a dizzying mass of kit, how much more enjoyment do you get out of having loads of stuff than you do with a bare-bones kit? How does the curve fall on this one? Is more more or is less more? The magpie effect works in the short term, the immediacy, but I wonder what it does further down the line.