Thread: When this changes from Shaving to Obsession

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...

thats how i feel when i get up in the morning. i hope for stubble its like being a kid in a candy store

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...

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!

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.

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.

Ohhhhhh Boy I am way passed it then, I kicked her out of the Shave Den many years ago

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.

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...

You should join the bald brotherhood, Glen!

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

Originally Posted by LinacMan

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 like your number three as it happens a lot to me. I think it's a problem when your wife is waiting on you to get out of the washroom. When your shower takes 5 min. and the shave take an hour!