2 years with Same razor, brush, and soap..

[Troggie]

Today marked my 2nd year shaving with the exact same razor, lathering with the same brush and using the same soap.. and when I say same soap yes I mean the soap cake I bought 2 years ago. I started it more of a way of showing the economy of the hobby than anything else but during that time I have lost my job, found a new one .. which happened to be 2600 miles away from where I lived.. moved to start the new job, started school back up to better myself at my current job and list can go on and on.
Now for the soap I was using CADE ( alas poor CADE is no more today was the last shave with what remained ) and for me I can go 2 or 3 days before I anyone notices I haven't shaved so that is one reason the soap lasted so long. My razor was one I purchased when I first started shaving with a straight 3 years ago but was somewhat abandoned when my "collector's itch" started and I at one time had a stable of about 50 razors, all of which have since been sold. So I also broke a habit in the process too.
I keep my own razor honed and touch it up every 6 months to a year since it sees what most would call light duty. I do have a few blades that are missing scales that I need to start working on but since all my shop equipment was sold for the move ( had to fit 2600 sq ft of items into a POD that only held 1200 sq ft of stuff. ). I feel like I am starting my journey anew in the fixing/honing area and can't wait. Now to just get my wife to say yes to go to Antique stores.. LOL.

Happy shaving to all and as with any hobby enjoy it for not only the shaving aspect but the challenges that can ensue as well.

Andy

[bill3152]

Nice post! The hobby is very interesting and satisfying. One day I took the badger to some plain dove soap. I bowl lather and dropped a little glycerin in. Not bad at all. I could do that every day.

[rkw216]

If you want it to, life can be simple.

[okbow68]

Wow two years that could show some cartridge shavers how to save some cash!

[Troggie]

Yes life can be extremely simple or very complicated depending on perspective. I took up the challenge as a 1 year endeavor to show my wife I could go without spending any more on my hobby. It then stretched into 2 partly because or me wanting to see how long I could go and partly due to life happening. I am now itching to restore some more razors and get a new set of honing stones to play with to increase my skills in that area. So much fun and so little time to do it all.

[gooser]

great post !!

[donv]

Congratulations to you and your success in the face of adversity!! So, I'm curious, now that you need a soap, what will it be? Return to the trusted Cade? Or is it time for a change?

[Ryan82]

Hey Troggie, long time no see.

You've definitely proven you have more discipline than 99% of our population

Have fun.

[Troggie]

Congratulations to you and your success in the face of adversity!! So, I'm curious, now that you need a soap, what will it be? Return to the trusted Cade? Or is it time for a change?

Well you see before I started this I had just orders some Momma Bears Lemon Ice, and Rosemary Mint soaps. I opened the Lemon ICE and did a lather to toss on my face just to see what it was like. Nice and cooling, which with the temperatures heading up will be a nice. I will probably order another puck of CADE at some point but now I can start experimenting with soaps again.

[Troggie]

Hey Troggie, long time no see.

You've definitely proven you have more disciplne than 99% of our population

Have fun.

Yeah.. about the time I took on this endeavor I banned myself from the forums as they tended to cause me to want more.. now I have gotten back on I will see if that still holds true or if I can be a more productive contributor without feeling the need to buy every razor I see on here.