For me, I would say around the $300 mark is about as much as I would spend, but I could justify paying more than that for something like a NOS filarmonica.
My only truck at the moment that I use everyday cost me $4,000. The Harley I rarely have time to ride anymore, just sitting in the garage collecting dust.... $22,000. When I used to ride beater bikes, and very much enjoy it, I would have called $22,000 for a used bike completely NUTS! But the day came when I bought one.Mercy...the most I've spent on a razor is $35, but most of them less than $20.
Now don't ask me about guitars, motorcycles, or classic cars....
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My first SR was a 6/8 Ralf Aust that I bought fifteen months ago. I loved it and was satisfied....or so I thought.Loaded question, for sure. There are some beautiful custom razors I’ve seen that sell for serious money. But I can’t imagine any of them shaving better than a $150 Ralf Aust.
Let's try it this way.
I'm with the philosophy that @Slash noted. It's' not dollars, it's how many of your hours or days is it?
There was a story about a western journalist who spent a friendly evening with a saudi prince in the casinos. The evening ended with the Saudi dude losing terribly. Don't know but say $100k
The two buddies are stumbling back to the hotel and the journalist says "wow, are you ok, dude? You must be feeling awful."
The saudi guy says "oh I'm ok. I'll sleep through the night and eight hours means my wealth will have grown up to make it all back by tomorrow morning."
But getting back to us normal working guys.
A normal income to be a guy and raise a family is about 350 a day gross. Reduce some expenses and taxes and you're down to 200 cash in your jeans.
So I think that's it for most of us. A day. We will give up one days' take home cash. That's usually the ceiling for a razor for most of us, I'm guessing.
For the Saudi dude, he's still spending a day's income, but his day is different than most.