Yep! One solitary Mach3 and a can of gel has somehow grown into 12 DE razors, 2 shavettes, 5 brushes, the world's supply of blades, soaps, creams, oils etc etc, you know what I mean.
Hi Michael cushion, I went on eBay and ordered some 20mm by 2mm thick neodymium magnet discs and simply super glued them to the base of all my brushes thus allowing them to hang the right way to dry correctly and also with the disc being of good size they stand the right way up too without wobbling, I think it was about £4 for about 5 of them but they get cheaper as you buy moreMe too. Even have the local antique shops saved on my phone and frequently searching eBay. @Stoke-on-trent-shaver what did you use to hold the brushes in place? Love the shelf.
Keep telling yourself that.......I don't go looking for this stuff locally. Everything I is purchase online. I'm not that into DE gear even though I do enjoy DE shaving. I'm not a collector. I had 5 DE razors and once I found that I liked the Gillette Old style Open Comb, I sold (on Ebay) the rest.
One inexpensive boar brush is all I have and I'm not interested in more brushes. I do like some variety in soaps and cremes but nothing fancy there either (TOBS, Stirling, Prorase and Cella).
As far as the gear is concerned I'm more interested in straights. I shave with straights far less than with DE's however. All the straights I currently use (6) are inexpensive vintage straights from Ebay.
All the DE's and straights that I wasn't interested in and wasn't using I sold on Ebay and used the proceeds to buy more soap and creme. I have enough supplies (blades, soap, creme) to last about 1 1/2 years.
I'm pretty much just into using what I have now rather than acquiring more. If I need to look at something on Ebay I look at inexpensive vintage straights 6/8" round tips with non-black scales. If I buy too much I sell something as I'm really not into having a "collection".
I guess I'm still addicted in the sense that I'm spending more than I would with canned shaving cream and two bladed cartridges (which was cheap as well) but more was spent in the early stages when I was trying to figure out what I wanted/liked.
Hones for the straight razors were purchased but even those were inexpensive.
So, even though I may have spent as much as you guys, I'm not as addicted!
I'm still in my denial phase. So no, I don't have an addiction!
A good tactical ploy I use is to put my stash in our holiday suitcase that sits on top of a wardrobe and remains there for most of the year.Yes to all and more. Ordering the stuff at the office address and smuggling the goods home one at a time, so as not to arouse suspicion by a sudden encroachment on storage space!
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A good tactical ploy I use is to put my stash in our holiday suitcase that sits on top of a wardrobe and remains there for most of the year.
If my wife tried to pull that off the top of our wardrobe the weight of it could cause serious damage.
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