Fixes everything:
A rotation of 30 brushes is the cure.
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A rotation of 30 brushes is the cure.
[/QUOTE]A different look at shaving costs
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[/QUOTE]Fixes everything:
A rotation of 30 brushes is the cure.
So 30 is the magic number. Maybe I need to tin my cabinet and try it
19.65 brushes to go in my case.
Then I started going to out of state meets..........to save even more money.
Actually, IMO, 1 is shortsighted, 2-3 is frugal, 4-7 is prudent; 8-12 is enthusiastic, 13-29 is a bounty of riches, and 30-50 is perhaps Exhibit A at the divorce hearing. More than 50 is excessive. 
My gauge is paying $2600 for a preamp or an nfa rifle that needed a trust, a tax stamp, engraving, etc. and each magazine costing $50.
The difference is, I shave every day.
But you don't pour amps and rifles down the drain. I still have the cables.
I also don’t rub guns all over my face.
Yah! If you don't use the latest special reserve formula 7.21 gamma limited edition $50 perfumed vegan butter, you'll cut yerself with the scary feather blades.
Why are you pushing me? I’ve never purchased a $50 soap.
I soapbox on Sundays. Can't help myself.
I know some men who are DE/SE wet shavers and all but one do not post on any forums and are happy with their one razor and blade type and only one owns more than one brush for that matter. Posters are mainly new people and those with lots of free time. I think also that most posters fade away with time as they say the average American male changes his hobby every few years. What amazes me is that few seem to grasp that the actual shaving process is pure science and not "alchemy". I would imagine that when engineers at say Gillette or Personna get bored they read forums such as this for a chuckle and wish they could post to set people straight. "Hey Vladimir, look at these knuckleheads!!" 
I deny all allegations and conspiracies against me and my lab coworkers.
Is this shaving thing a legitimate hobby?
Actually, IMO, 1 is shortsighted, 2-3 is frugal, 4-7 is prudent; 8-12 is enthusiastic, 13-29 is a bounty of riches, and 30-50 is perhaps Exhibit A at the divorce hearing. More than 50 is excessive.
That's exactly why my wife doesn't need to know the exact number of brushes and neither should she have easy access to them. She can see that "space is missing", but as long as it's "important space to her", i keep the "dragon" asleep.
Razors don't do it for me. I just use 2 that work well. Soaps don't do it for me either. I can shave with anything and i am not a scent maniac. What i shave for, is the joy of swirling. That's what it's all about. And 30, is a good number. You can use them in different patterns, even one every day to cover all days of the month. By the time you use again the 1st one, you have totally forgotten about it and it seems as if you just bought a new brush.
Do you use the same magazine every day in the bathroom, even if you 've read it before? How many times can you read the same magazine and pretend you like it? I approach shaving brushes with a similar mentality and it works! It works to the point that i shave every day, while before i was shaving every 2-3 days.
You don't even need to buy 30 brushes of $100 each. It's the variety that does the trick, not the price.
Another much cheaper item that brings much variety, is blades. I use 16 types of blades without issues and they add to the shave variety.
In few words, no one shave is exactly like the one the day before. Mission accomplished.
P.S.: Registering in this forum has caused rapid increase in brush purchases, for the simple reason that i started looking for them in shops more actively, while in the past i was buying them mainly only during festivities. Such forums are good for wetshaving companies, bad for people who want to use "1 razor, 1 brush, 1 soap".
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Actually, IMO, 1 is shortsighted, 2-3 is frugal, 4-7 is prudent; 8-12 is enthusiastic, 13-29 is a bounty of riches, and 30-50 is perhaps Exhibit A at the divorce hearing. More than 50 is excessive.
It reminds me of Robin Williams talking about cocaine. He said cocaine was God's way of telling you that you have too much money.
There is probably a shaving items parallel...
And I have another window open right now on Maggard, adding items to a shopping cart.
That's exactly why my wife doesn't need to know the exact number of brushes and neither should she have easy access to them. She can see that "space is missing", but as long as it's "important space to her", i keep the "dragon" asleep.
Razors don't do it for me. I just use 2 that work well. Soaps don't do it for me either. I can shave with anything and i am not a scent maniac. What i shave for, is the joy of swirling. That's what it's all about. And 30, is a good number. You can use them in different patterns, even one every day to cover all days of the month. By the time you use again the 1st one, you have totally forgotten about it and it seems as if you just bought a new brush.
Do you use the same magazine every day in the bathroom, even if you 've read it before? How many times can you read the same magazine and pretend you like it? I approach shaving brushes with a similar mentality and it works! It works to the point that i shave every day, while before i was shaving every 2-3 days.
You don't even need to buy 30 brushes of $100 each. It's the variety that does the trick, not the price.
Another much cheaper item that brings much variety, is blades. I use 16 types of blades without issues and they add to the shave variety.
In few words, no one shave is exactly like the one the day before. Mission accomplished.
P.S.: Registering in this forum has caused rapid increase in brush purchases, for the simple reason that i started looking for them in shops more actively, while in the past i was buying them mainly only during festivities. Such forums are good for wetshaving companies, bad for people who want to use "1 razor, 1 brush, 1 soap".
I came to this thread to post an opinion on some matter that I've now forgotten since reading two compelling posts.
[Cue "Why Can't a Woman be More like a Man" from My Fair Lady.]
Why must any man have to explain his senisible buying habits to any female? We do not buy frivolous things. We buy power tools, weight benches, knives, motorcycles, muscle cars, firearms, multi-tools, and the shaving stuff for which we assemble here.
Women? Shoes. Manicures. Figurines. Potpurri. Country crafts. The Toyota Prius. Okay, yeah...lingerie, but moving along...
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That's exactly why my wife doesn't need to know the exact number of brushes and neither should she have easy access to them. She can see that "space is missing", but as long as it's "important space to her", i keep the "dragon" asleep.
Razors don't do it for me. I just use 2 that work well. Soaps don't do it for me either. I can shave with anything and i am not a scent maniac. What i shave for, is the joy of swirling. That's what it's all about. And 30, is a good number. You can use them in different patterns, even one every day to cover all days of the month. By the time you use again the 1st one, you have totally forgotten about it and it seems as if you just bought a new brush.
Do you use the same magazine every day in the bathroom, even if you 've read it before? How many times can you read the same magazine and pretend you like it? I approach shaving brushes with a similar mentality and it works! It works to the point that i shave every day, while before i was shaving every 2-3 days.
You don't even need to buy 30 brushes of $100 each. It's the variety that does the trick, not the price.
Another much cheaper item that brings much variety, is blades. I use 16 types of blades without issues and they add to the shave variety.
In few words, no one shave is exactly like the one the day before. Mission accomplished.
P.S.: Registering in this forum has caused rapid increase in brush purchases, for the simple reason that i started looking for them in shops more actively, while in the past i was buying them mainly only during festivities. Such forums are good for wetshaving companies, bad for people who want to use "1 razor, 1 brush, 1 soap".
The advantage of SBAD/SAD for bowl/palm lathering guys is that you can lather up as much as you want per day without actually shaving. Just enjoying the scents and the ritual. I wouldn't go as far as applying it on my face or shaving without a blade.
Exactly. This is why i keep much of my shaving stash, together with tools, where the wife doesn't care or even bother to search. It's a space she doesn't care too much about, as long as it's not right on her face. So she is happy with my stuff out of her way and i don't have to explain why i have 50+ brushes.
I hadn't thought of it. I wonder how many do that. Shame i only face lather.
AimlessWanderer
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I've been saving money through DE shaving for over 25 years. There's only two years where I've been anywhere close to spending what cartridges and canned foam would cost, one of which was last year, and the other was around 5 or 6 years ago, I think.
I've now got razors and blades to see me through many years ahead, and soap for around three years, not including the small pile of shave sticks I have stashed away. I've also got enough post shave for this year and next.
So my annual expenditure moving forwards, will be replacing my boar brush on an as needed basis, getting spare parts for my Zamac razor every X number of years, and replacing the soap when I eventually manage to run the pile down.
As a rolling average, that probably puts me somewhere between £5 and £10 per year for the foreseeable future. Some folks here, will spend several times that every month. Money can be saved, but some people seem to like shopping far too much.
I've now got razors and blades to see me through many years ahead, and soap for around three years, not including the small pile of shave sticks I have stashed away. I've also got enough post shave for this year and next.
So my annual expenditure moving forwards, will be replacing my boar brush on an as needed basis, getting spare parts for my Zamac razor every X number of years, and replacing the soap when I eventually manage to run the pile down.
As a rolling average, that probably puts me somewhere between £5 and £10 per year for the foreseeable future. Some folks here, will spend several times that every month. Money can be saved, but some people seem to like shopping far too much.
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