Yeah, meanwhile these razors are still being made. A pack of replacement blades for a new Gillette is 25 bucks USD. Same amount of DE in a tuck of ten is $5.00.Yes, it often makes for some teasing.
I was recently asked what century I live in...
Yeah, meanwhile these razors are still being made. A pack of replacement blades for a new Gillette is 25 bucks USD. Same amount of DE in a tuck of ten is $5.00.Yes, it often makes for some teasing.
I was recently asked what century I live in...
And I would tell them, "The wrong one!"Yes, it often makes for some teasing.
I was recently asked what century I live in...
As the title says, are you mocked, teased, kidded, ridiculed because of your decision to use and perhaps (probably) collect DE blades and safety razors, soaps and creams and brushes?
I'm about 6 months into this journey and I'm surprised that if I mention my newest passion to friends or relatives, they give me a thousand-yard stare and sort of mutter, "Mmmmm. Well, okay."
I've added a birth year and other vintage Gillettes to my little razor arsenal and you would think people would at least appreciate the historical aspects of it. But noooooo! They kind of clear their throats and switch the subject to sports or something.
Even my wife, who isn't retired yet or have any real hobbies, rolls her eyes when I bring up a new purchase.
"That's nice, dear."
I mean, I'm only being half serious here. I don't really care all that much what people think. I got over that years ago, when I was in my youth. But nonetheless, I'm a little surprised that more people, particularly men, don't express at least some interest in me choosing safety razors over cartridges or electric shavers after all these years. I'm the naturally curious type, so had I been engaged in a conversation with someone about the subject years ago, I would have been all ears.
So here I am being curious again, wondering if any of you guys find that your friends have zero interest in this hobby/pursuit/interest or if you've been joined in brotherhood with a friend or two or if you just reached the conclusion years ago that we're all anomalies in this modern age of plastic razors and left it at that.
My mom and my Nana used to say I was an old soul, born in the wrong decade. I collect vintage toys from the 70s and 80s, I like old computers and electronics, and I go in for places like B&B. I reckon they were right.And I would tell them, "The wrong one!"
I often feel I was born maybe 70 years late, should have been the 1930s or something instead.
I am about 5 months into the hobby and I went nuts on ebay, buying so many. Eventually I settled down to collecting just the super speeds. My wife mocked me for spending so much on all these "old things". So we sat down and I showed her the cost comparison of safety razors vs cartridge. She uses Gillette Venus. Once I was able to show that when I added up the price paid for all 20 of my safety razors was still less than she paid for hers, she quit the mockery. As such, when her current supply of cartridges ends, I will be giving her my Black Beauty.As the title says, are you mocked, teased, kidded, ridiculed because of your decision to use and perhaps (probably) collect DE blades and safety razors, soaps and creams and brushes?
I'm about 6 months into this journey and I'm surprised that if I mention my newest passion to friends or relatives, they give me a thousand-yard stare and sort of mutter, "Mmmmm. Well, okay."
I've added a birth year and other vintage Gillettes to my little razor arsenal and you would think people would at least appreciate the historical aspects of it. But noooooo! They kind of clear their throats and switch the subject to sports or something.
Even my wife, who isn't retired yet or have any real hobbies, rolls her eyes when I bring up a new purchase.
"That's nice, dear."
I mean, I'm only being half serious here. I don't really care all that much what people think. I got over that years ago, when I was in my youth. But nonetheless, I'm a little surprised that more people, particularly men, don't express at least some interest in me choosing safety razors over cartridges or electric shavers after all these years. I'm the naturally curious type, so had I been engaged in a conversation with someone about the subject years ago, I would have been all ears.
So here I am being curious again, wondering if any of you guys find that your friends have zero interest in this hobby/pursuit/interest or if you've been joined in brotherhood with a friend or two or if you just reached the conclusion years ago that we're all anomalies in this modern age of plastic razors and left it at that.