Thread: Breaking up the monotony of shaving.

As with anything, something new will eventually become old. Obviously this is the case for you, and fair enough as you are entitiled to your opinion. I daresay that most of us just keep buying new stuff, which means that monotony doesn't really set in, but this is more of a bandaid instead of a solution. At the end of the day it is what it is, simply shaving. This probably isn't what you want to hear, but if your next venture to keep it all exciting is to straight shave while walking a tightrope across the Grande Canyon, maybe this hobby has run its course for you.

Originally Posted by Ryan82

As with anything, something new will eventually become old. Obviously this is the case for you, and fair enough as you are entitiled to your opinion. I daresay that most of us just keep buying new stuff, which means that monotony doesn't really set in, but this is more of a bandaid instead of a solution. At the end of the day it is what it is, simply shaving. This probably isn't what you want to hear, but if your next venture to keep it all exciting is to straight shave while walking a tightrope across the Grande Canyon, maybe this hobby has run its course for you.

I think that where we differ is that the act of shaving has never been a hobby for me. It is a necessary part of my daily routine. Although it has been a long time since I have had to wear one I am required to fit test for a respirator at work. If i could, I would have a beard starting tomorrow.

I would probably still have patchy forearm hair from testing how sharp my latest razor is! That part of it is a hobby to me. Creating a new set of scales and shining up an old rusty hunk of steel bringing it back to life is fun. Grinding a new blade, deciding what materials to use for the scales, and getting it all proportional. It gets the old brain cells firing and I don't have to do it, therefore it is a hobby.

Getting back to the actual act of shaving. I don't look at and admire how good of a job I did on the finish of the razor I am using. I have cheap ugly blades that do as fine of a job as any expensive one out there. I am not that much into odors but even if I was I work in a scent free environment so I wouldn't be able to use them. It is a mundane everyday task that needs to be done.

For most of history you would fit right in. Don't lose sight of the fact most of us view this thing as a hobby. That is not the norm, it's more of an aberration. You are the norm.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

You are the norm.

No one has ever said that about me!

I have had my share of RAD and HAD etc. For many reasons if I have to shave straights are the way to go. The fun things that I have found and learned along the way support but have less to do with the act of shaving itself.

The Shaving Gods must be mad at me as I nicked my jawline this morning. Took a good 15 minutes to stop so may be nick is the wrong term!

Tim