Will you outlive your blades?

[donnie_arko]

Haha, yes Chris is a young man and I expect he will outlive me by 20 year's or so, I will make sure he gets a chunk of my shaving supplies!
I've nobody in my family that will have the slightest interest in any of it. I must think about making a will before it's too late!
Take care my friend.

Paul.

Mine will be something like this.

Shaving gear - yes
Money - no

Unless they like Techs and The Fat, it won't be of much interest to anyone else...

 

[Ebberman]

Tell be about it!
I counted 30 brushes and enough balm to launch a ship on!

Paul.

Do you have boxes marked Synthetic Brushes, Badger Brushes, Razors Tabs Enclosed, Razors Tabs Not Enclosed, Razors to Go,
Shaving Cream, Simpsons Shaving Cream, and an unmarked trunk for blades? - As you guessed, I do. Not proud of it.

 

[Blademonkey]

Do you have boxes marked Synthetic Brushes, Badger Brushes, Razors Tabs Enclosed, Razors Tabs Not Enclosed, Razors to Go,
Shaving Cream, Simpsons Shaving Cream, and an unmarked trunk for blades? - As you guessed, I do. Not proud of it.

Yep, sounds about right apart from the synthetic brushes!
It's kinda got a little out of control, what can I say, it's an illness I tell you!

Paul.

 

[Ebberman]

Maybe we should start a national chain of "Chaps Banks" to provide shaving and writing implements for those Gentlemen who are struggling financially.

I don't think it works like that. If you work for something, you'll treasure it. Anyone who appreciates a fountain pen will already have at least one. You can buy 6 for £2.98 from Temu, and they are excellent. If you don't have one then you probably couldn't be bothered to put ink in, or don't know how.

 

[Zorro]

I don't think it works like that. If you work for something, you'll treasure it. Anyone who appreciates a fountain pen will already have at least one. You can buy 6 for £2.98 from Temu, and they are excellent. If you don't have one then you probably couldn't be bothered to put ink in, or don't know how.

Ah, Guilty as charged M'Lud.

Since my schooldays i have avoided real ink at all costs and am nowadays a converted and dedicated Pentel Energel fan. I buy box's of refills and pens, particularly the fine tip ones.

Regrettably, a lifetime in IT means my typing speed is good, but i write like a child.

 

[Steve]

I am 68 and have a couple of thousand blades so although they will see me out I have an 18 yr old grandson who I have introduced to "Proper" shaving so he can inherit them. That also gives me an excuse to buy more for the sake of my grandson

 

[Ferrum]

I'm somewhat older than @Steve, and I must have many thousands of blades of all sorts. I throw DE blades after 3 uses, and injectors/ACs etc after perhaps 8. At that rate on DEs, I'd use about 122 or so a year, which means that I probably have supplies for about two centuries or more. In which case, short of miracles, I won't outlive them.

My main wish is to NOT see my grandsons consign them to scrap, along with a very large razor collection which has taken me more than half a century to build up.

 

[Ebberman]

I have 48 brands. One of them, Treet Platinum, I have many thousands. Why? By buying wholesale, minimum 10,000, they cost me £2.50 per 100.
I'm 76. There is no hope of using them all, even one shave per blade.

 

[Boycie83]

I have 48 brands. One of them, Treet Platinum, I have many thousands. Why? By buying wholesale, minimum 10,000, they cost me £2.50 per 100.
I'm 76. There is no hope of using them all, even one shave per blade.

10,000? You dropped £250 on Treet Platinums in a single hit? Strong effort, sir!

I must have ~10,000 blades in the den but multiple brands.

 

[Ebberman]

10,000? You dropped £250 on Treet Platinums in a single hit? Strong effort, sir!

I must have ~10,000 blades in the den but multiple brands.

I spent money like water in my dope dealing days, but I think you are right. It was probably 3300 I bought, on two separate occasions.

 

[Louis]

Crikey, with my 700+ collection of DE blades, I’m feeling a little inadequate in the blade department. Better order another couple of hundred to be sure I don’t run out!

 

[donnie_arko]

Crikey, with my 700+ collection of DE blades, I’m feeling a little inadequate in the blade department. Better order another couple of hundred to be sure I don’t run out!

Make it 300. Take it to over the 1000 mark...

 

[mpf9ret]

I have thousands of carts, yet although shaving three times a week. I will have thousands when I die. I have several hundred DE blades which I imagine won't be dented much before my death either.

Any spare Schick Super 11 Ultrex ?

 

[Ebberman]

I have thousands of carts, yet although shaving three times a week. I will have thousands when I die. I have several hundred DE blades which I imagine won't be dented much before my death either.

Perhaps you need to shave every day. I do, and it reduces the mountain.

 

[wayne_m]

I have just enough I'll probably have a sharp enough edge on my last one for my deathbed shave.

 

[Ebberman]

I have just enough I'll probably have a sharp enough edge on my last one for my deathbed shave.

When I worked for the Sisters of Charity, I had to shave a patient the day after he died. The bristles continue to grow after death, and he needed to look his best for the funeral.