Thread: When this changes from Shaving to Obsession

I know I am bad lol, I carry straights around with me sometimes just to admire and hold them. I need to get myself under control lol.

You know your hooked when your shaving gear and accessories exceeds the value of one or more of your cars (The one(s) in use, not one of the wrecks rusting in the back yard)

You know you're hooked when one day you find yourself in a strange house, in a bathroom with several other gentlemen you had never met 30 minutes ago, and you don't even think to feel awkward at all, and all you are thinking is "show us the good stuff!"



(That's pretty much how the first Oslo meet went down. Good times!)

I usually bring one into work just on the off chance there's a Show & Tell moment.

Originally Posted by sleekandsmooth

I know I am bad lol, I carry straights around with me sometimes just to admire and hold them. I need to get myself under control lol.

Originally Posted by ace

I don't really consider it an obsession at all. Sure I may have some razors, strops, hones, soaps, cremes, balms, styptic and some other stuff, but you need that stuff, right? The only problem I have is when my dog, Lather, and my cat, Faceturbate, start fighting in the shave den.

ace, you are too funny.

Originally Posted by commiecat

You should join the bald brotherhood, Glen!

That is a step I will never take.

#1 my wife hates shaved heads.

#2 when I was young my Dad bribed me into getting a burr haircut. He didn't like the result. My head is too lumpy.

you know you're hooked when....


....every tool in your shop is somehow applicable to fixing a problem with a razor.

You know you are hooked when you start to read "you know you are hooked" threads on internet forums devoted to straights.

James.

Originally Posted by gssixgun

You know yer hooked on this hobby when you start rubbing your face and the first thought through you head is that you are hoping to find stubble so you have an excuse to go shave...

So true and did you know that Broccoli helps whiskers grow.
I am told that brussels sprouts are a little bit better but
my SWMBO does not like them.

Originally Posted by niftyshaving

So true and did you know that Broccoli helps whiskers grow.
I am told that brussels sprouts are a little bit better but
my SWMBO does not like them.

It's not up to her. It's you that's trying to grow a beard, not her. You can paint them orange and tell her they're peeled, miniature cantalopes.