Thread: When this changes from Shaving to Obsession

Highly debatable question - mine was after my first successful sr shave - hooked and obsessed

Originally Posted by gssixgun

My wife refers to it as "Razor Rattle" being a good wife she nods and smiles, and even presses pause on the DVR playback, lets me run out of steam and then presses play

I am pretty sure she by now understands that Bevel setting is really the most imortant part of honing too

My wife calls the whole thing man pampering.

The inlaws came to us for dinner on Sunday and when the father in law asked where I was she replied "In the bathroom, man pampering"

I did however find out that the father in law uses a wilkinson sword DE that he was bought at 15 by his dad. He actually has a pretty sweet little set up.

I only need to check my Ebay buying history to know that I am hopelessly lost in Razordom, a make beleive place, or maybe not, that exists somewhere in....The Twilight Zone!

Having just gotten a mileage reimbursement check in the mail...my first thought was to see if I could sign them all over to Larry A, in an effort to get a leg up on the collection...

That's no joke. I thought that.

its not an obession its a passion, some of us are just more passionate than others.

Originally Posted by Bullpen7979

Having just gotten a mileage reimbursement check in the mail...my first thought was to see if I could sign them all over to Larry A, in an effort to get a leg up on the collection...

That's no joke. I thought that.

Although Larry can hone quite nicely, I believe his razors should be put on the "razors to avoid" list. The last razor I saw reminded me of the term "lockjaw". Do yourself a favor and buy a clean razor.

I have only been using a straight since the start of december and I already have early onset RAD (have a Boker red injun and W&B in the mail on their way too me) and the point about having to remember not to talk about razors in public or to your friends happens far too often already. I can see this making me very poor but happy!

I believe the key to beating an addiction isn't to stop buying but to start selling. I'm only a year or two into this and I have the urge to make my own accessories and sell the over flow. I know nothing about wood working or pottery or anything else in wet shaving production and I'm already thinking of taking classes to cure my ignorance.

Originally Posted by Bullpen7979

Having just gotten a mileage reimbursement check in the mail...my first thought was to see if I could sign them all over to Larry A, in an effort to get a leg up on the collection...

That's no joke. I thought that.

I don't know the magnitude of such cheques, but Whipped Dog razors cater to a specific niche in the market - and that is the cheap niche. To his credit, whipped dog makes no bones about that (pun intended): "...all corners are cut to reduce the price...".

If you have the cash, why on earth would you buy an "all corners cut" razor? They may shave you fine, but I doubt even whipped dog himself would expect you to use his service as anything but a gateway or stepping stone to bigger and better things.

James.

Man thats some real hate for whipped dog going on in here.