I had a talk with a friend last night and today he sent me the following video.
You really can't imagine how much I agree with what Chris says in this video. Last time I watched a shaving video on Youtube was months ago, but this video deserved my attention. I've spent a few thousands of euros on shaving stuff the last years. A ridiculous amount, but ss razors are expensive... I did not buy my first traditional shaving equipment to save money or because my shaves with carts were bad. No. My shaves were pretty good with a Mach 3. I just liked the ritual and the stuff I saw at a barbershop. I was curious. And the rabbit hole was waiting for me. That's all.
If people say that carts are garbage, they're wrong.
If they say that you need to spend a lot of money on premium soaps, they're wrong.
If they say that the feel of an expensive badger brush and "that" batch is better, they're just trying to justify their spending.
I could go on...
Forums do fuel our spending until we realise we don't have to give our money to vendors and artisans to buy all these products. Most of them won't get used, so you just give money to store products in case you need them. It's ridiculous.
I've had enough of the hype all these years. I'm sick of most reviews of people who try to promote artisan's products and samples of "that" glorious new formula they received for free. I'm sick of people who are friends with artisans and vendors and try every single time to tell us about how amazing this product or "that" vendors is. There are plenty of them on forums. If forums didn't exist, most artisans and vendors wouldn't exist too. They gain a ton of money "taking advantage" of our craziness. I bet that most vendors and artisans use pretty basic stuff and don't care about the hobby. They're in for the money.
Don't fool yourselves they way I (and Chris and many others) did.
I won't engage in a discussion with people who fail to understand my point. It is what it is.
You really can't imagine how much I agree with what Chris says in this video. Last time I watched a shaving video on Youtube was months ago, but this video deserved my attention. I've spent a few thousands of euros on shaving stuff the last years. A ridiculous amount, but ss razors are expensive... I did not buy my first traditional shaving equipment to save money or because my shaves with carts were bad. No. My shaves were pretty good with a Mach 3. I just liked the ritual and the stuff I saw at a barbershop. I was curious. And the rabbit hole was waiting for me. That's all.
If people say that carts are garbage, they're wrong.
If they say that you need to spend a lot of money on premium soaps, they're wrong.
If they say that the feel of an expensive badger brush and "that" batch is better, they're just trying to justify their spending.
I could go on...
Forums do fuel our spending until we realise we don't have to give our money to vendors and artisans to buy all these products. Most of them won't get used, so you just give money to store products in case you need them. It's ridiculous.
I've had enough of the hype all these years. I'm sick of most reviews of people who try to promote artisan's products and samples of "that" glorious new formula they received for free. I'm sick of people who are friends with artisans and vendors and try every single time to tell us about how amazing this product or "that" vendors is. There are plenty of them on forums. If forums didn't exist, most artisans and vendors wouldn't exist too. They gain a ton of money "taking advantage" of our craziness. I bet that most vendors and artisans use pretty basic stuff and don't care about the hobby. They're in for the money.
Don't fool yourselves they way I (and Chris and many others) did.
I won't engage in a discussion with people who fail to understand my point. It is what it is.
