OldSaw
The wife's investment
Joined B&B more than a few weeks ago to try and find a shave soap that would be my daily go to. Ended up buying a crap ton of stuff. Did a few sabbaticals, including a back to back somewhere around 2012/2013. Got all my AD’s back under control and was perfectly content with Tabac & MWF shave soaps and a EJ DE89 razor. So what happenned‽…
Tabac!!! That’s what happened. They reformulated! So, of course I had to stock up. Then with every order of Tabac from all the various vendors on the internet I had to add “just one more thing” and sometimes two. But it didn’t stop there.
I began to develop a fear, a phobia even, that all my favorite things would be discontinued or reformulated. I ran with much haste to the entire shaving forum world. I asked questions, got leads, and made grand purchases. It was an all out frenzy. And it didn’t end with software either, because…
Then came Henson. I bought an AL13 and liked it. So to keep Mrs. OldSaw’s hands off it I had to buy her one too. Then I needed one for my semi truck. But that whole phobia thing was relentless and I began to worry that Henson might never make the titanium version again and even worse, what if the anodizing wore off the AL13’s and they stopped making those, what would I do‽ I was now in full on panic mode and began hunting for a used Henson TI22 so that I could be set for life with a nearly indestructible razor. Finally a fellow member bird dogged one for me and I snagged it as quickly as PayPal would allow.
And so here I am my fellow enablers. In just a few weeks this is what happened to an otherwise satisfied and mild mannered member. (The red AL13 that I keep in the truck is not pictured.) I fear this is not the end either, as a dozen Arko sticks are now in my Amazon shopping cart… oh the humanity…
Tabac!!! That’s what happened. They reformulated! So, of course I had to stock up. Then with every order of Tabac from all the various vendors on the internet I had to add “just one more thing” and sometimes two. But it didn’t stop there.
I began to develop a fear, a phobia even, that all my favorite things would be discontinued or reformulated. I ran with much haste to the entire shaving forum world. I asked questions, got leads, and made grand purchases. It was an all out frenzy. And it didn’t end with software either, because…
Then came Henson. I bought an AL13 and liked it. So to keep Mrs. OldSaw’s hands off it I had to buy her one too. Then I needed one for my semi truck. But that whole phobia thing was relentless and I began to worry that Henson might never make the titanium version again and even worse, what if the anodizing wore off the AL13’s and they stopped making those, what would I do‽ I was now in full on panic mode and began hunting for a used Henson TI22 so that I could be set for life with a nearly indestructible razor. Finally a fellow member bird dogged one for me and I snagged it as quickly as PayPal would allow.
And so here I am my fellow enablers. In just a few weeks this is what happened to an otherwise satisfied and mild mannered member. (The red AL13 that I keep in the truck is not pictured.) I fear this is not the end either, as a dozen Arko sticks are now in my Amazon shopping cart… oh the humanity…