Thread: When this changes from Shaving to Obsession

Man, the face-turbating thing is wrong. WRONG! Still, I do it sometimes as looking at some razors posted. If it looks a good shave, One must ponder! Still.......Faceturbating???? I would call it rubbing the beard in anticipation! Yeah! That's it!!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Man, the face-turbating thing is wrong. WRONG! Still, I do it sometimes as looking at some razors posted. If it looks a good shave, One must ponder! Still.......Faceturbating???? I would call it rubbing the beard in anticipation! Yeah! That's it!!

That's a long winded way to say 'Foreplay' isn't it?!


Mick

I suppose it could be called "shave foreplay" If you actually have the razor in hand, ready to shave!
I digress!

Originally Posted by ReardenSteel

You know you're hooked when your shaving arsenal of razors, soaps, creams, brushes, aftershaves, strops, and etc take up more room in the bathroom than SWMBO's stuff does.

I haven't shaved with a straight razor in about a year! I have been a solid straight-razor shaver since 2004 until last year I went to Classic Shaving's store and purchase a Merkur DE razor and 2 packs of blades. The blades are almost used through and I just ordered a Hart razor today! I can't wait to use the straights again. I guess I just got bored with the 3 that i had and really enjoyed the ease and newness of the DE razor. Can't wait to try out my new steel in a couple days!

I guess my answer is it is more than just shaving after you have been at it for 8 years or so and the newest razor I have owned, until today was a Wade & Butcher from the 50's and it still works..my next youngest is a french tipped razor with buffalo horn scales from the 1870's from Plymouth Hollow CT. You have got to love quality craftsmanship!

Originally Posted by PaulKidd

Which in turn leads to various emotional/psychological disorders (ie, RAD, HAD), then to poverty, homelessness,
disgrace, etc.

So keep your hands off your face!

Yes, but a clean cut bum...

Originally Posted by MickR

That's a long winded way to say 'Foreplay' isn't it?!


Mick

Huh....I thought that rubbing one out and faceturbating were one and the same...

You can never call a necessity an obsession . Shaving, and shaving correctly, is a daily 'necessity'. It's like the old saying: ' buy a man a fish and he eats for a day ; teach him to shave and his beard is gone... Or something like that...(:-)

buy a man a razor and he cuts himself, teach him to shave and he will be buying many razors??

Originally Posted by Jimbo

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

James.

And find yourself unable to disassociate yourself with 90% of the comments made.

in reply to "3. ...you have to remind yourself in social settings that everyone doesn't want to hear about straight razors" on the first page, it's so true...I'll have friends coming over to drink and hang out a bit, and i'll say, "hey, come look at this badass custom design/scales/etc" and they just smile and nod. But I did ask my friend yesterday, as I was showing him Max's work, if he thought it was weird that I look up razors all day, wishing I could buy them all..he said no, he does the same thing with stuff he's into.

I just thought I was getting all OCD with an interest, as it's happened before. Firearms, actually....that, "Must.Buy.EVERYTHING" kinda feeling lol