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... :hmmm:
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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... :hmmm:
thats how i feel when i get up in the morning. i hope for stubble its like being a kid in a candy store
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 have actually gone through a lull. I have been missing shaves for up to a week at a time. Of course, I have been leaving earlier, arriving later and usually fall asleep long before I ever get to bed.
Some may have noticed my absence here. Now to go catch up on my work.
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.
You know yer' hooked on this hobby when...
1. ...an interested friend comes over to experience his first straight shave and you realize it takes you over an hour just to show him all the razors, soaps, hones, rescaling materials you've amassed. (and you know he'll be hooked because he doesn't even notice how long it took to see all your gear)
2. ...you get to thinkin' that using FaceTime with a new straight shaver on the other side of the country might make it easier for you to give him pointers - not that I've done anything silly like that before;) BTW, thanks, LinacJr. and RNMike's wife for holding our iPhones for us:)
3. ...you have to remind yourself in social settings that everyone doesn't want to hear about straight razors
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!"
:rofl2:
(That's pretty much how the first Oslo meet went down. Good times!)
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.
Someone I know has it so bad he checks his dogs face for stubble.
You know you have it bad, when you check the forum every hour on the hour to see if something new and exciting you haven't learned or experienced before gets mentioned!!
Also, You know you are hooked when SWMBO cuts you off and limits you to 2 drawers in the shave den!
M
your friends look at you funny when you call a butter knife a snurdler...in public :w
This is an honest admittance.
Since i've started honing i have a problem with constantly keeping the ALL kitchen knives sharp enough to shave arm hair, even the cheap ones. I have a solingen pairing knife, which i put through the hones as i would a razor and had a complete comfortable pass with it! I thought it was really cool.
My wife (who is a good cook) appreciates this though. More then the use of straight razors.
Too many truths in this thread.
You bring a straight to work and finish honing it during slow times.
I actually used to do that very thing. I had a suspicion I might be hooked when I began to know the names of the USPS, FedEx and UPS carriers that service my area ...... and I have a problem keeping the boxes that the stuff was delivered in .... almost no room for me. :aargh:
When you clean out your shed that was full of junk for years and turn it into a work shop.
You know you're hooked when dozens of other men on the internet know your name and what you've been up to.
I do the same actually. I was most pleased, when I was on the farm last time, to see the old man come out of the bathroom with a tissue up against his face (he shaves with a battery powered cartridge razor, which never ceases to raise a contemptous smile on my face), walks into the kitchen, which happened to have to be full with house guests at the time. I looked at him and said, "What?! Did you actually cut yourself shaving did you?!" He said "No!" and I said, "If I lend you my 8/8 or my 13/16 cut throat, it might make you pay more attention. Do you want to borrow one?" His reply remains umprintable, but it got a good razor conversation going amongst the guests and myself.
Mick
Is face-trubating in public a crime?:nono: