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... I am a wet-shave-aholic. I have been unshaven for less than 24 hours. :icon_rolleyes:
I suppose my story is a familiar one; seduced by the promise of cheaper shaving, having been a brief cartridge user, I bought my "outfit", after some intense on-line research, in mid July. I already had some L'Occaitane, so just purchased a Merkur 34c, an Edwin Jagger best badger and 100 Derbys as a job lot from Amazon.
That was supposed to be it, done deal, nothing else needed, cheap shaving sorted. But, a Parker 99r followed, then some Proraso, then a lovely silver tipped brush from Shanghai (with a beautiful chrome stand), some Cella, and a proper selection of blades to play with. Oh yes and lovely 3x mirror from T K Max, blocks of alum, shaving scuttle, ....
Initially I did have a bit of guilt but I am much better now. I now realise that I've simply just acquired a new hobby that I wasn't expecting and I'm quite sanguine about the 1961 Gillette Slim adjustable that arrived last week from the States, via Ebay, and yes, the rest of the stuff that'll I no doubt also acquire in the future.
What is the fascination? Why is it so enjoyable? It's certainly meditative, maybe tinged with a slight danger? My skin is certainly so much nicer now than when it was being regularly scraped by a scaled down electric lawnmower. But money saving, give me a break :icon_lol:
So there you are, that's me.
Any thoughts on how to store/display my increasing population of shaving requisites?
I suppose my story is a familiar one; seduced by the promise of cheaper shaving, having been a brief cartridge user, I bought my "outfit", after some intense on-line research, in mid July. I already had some L'Occaitane, so just purchased a Merkur 34c, an Edwin Jagger best badger and 100 Derbys as a job lot from Amazon.
That was supposed to be it, done deal, nothing else needed, cheap shaving sorted. But, a Parker 99r followed, then some Proraso, then a lovely silver tipped brush from Shanghai (with a beautiful chrome stand), some Cella, and a proper selection of blades to play with. Oh yes and lovely 3x mirror from T K Max, blocks of alum, shaving scuttle, ....
Initially I did have a bit of guilt but I am much better now. I now realise that I've simply just acquired a new hobby that I wasn't expecting and I'm quite sanguine about the 1961 Gillette Slim adjustable that arrived last week from the States, via Ebay, and yes, the rest of the stuff that'll I no doubt also acquire in the future.
What is the fascination? Why is it so enjoyable? It's certainly meditative, maybe tinged with a slight danger? My skin is certainly so much nicer now than when it was being regularly scraped by a scaled down electric lawnmower. But money saving, give me a break :icon_lol:
So there you are, that's me.
Any thoughts on how to store/display my increasing population of shaving requisites?
