My Stash after 4 months of Wet Shaving

[Masterblaster]

Well I've been at this DE shaving thing just over 4 months now.

Since I began I have collected the following...

4 razors
3 shave brushes
4 shaving soaps
over 100 razor blades of different makes
2 shaving mugs
2 scuttle bowls
1 shave cream sampler pack
2 tubes B.O Bigalow shave cream

And yet the beat goes on ! I seem to be adding to my collection at the rate of around $40 per month. I think I have enough gear to carry me well beyond the start of the year.

But it's so much fun to buy new stuff !

 

[Hil's Lee]

I hear ya. Those AD's are somethin' else.

2 razors (EJ DE89L, Merkur Barber Pole)
4 Brushes (VDH, EJ BBB, Omega 10275, Target SMSB)
8 Soaps (TOBS Sandalwood, MB Cocoa, MB Lavender Vanilla, Van Der Williams, Conk Almond & Amber, Cella, Figaro)
1 Cream (C.O. Bigelow)

But, when I think about it... compared to the cost of cartridges... I'll still save money in the long run. I'm good on everything -- well, I am curious about more soaps and a vintage Gillette adjustable. But, I'm able to hold off so far.

 

[JPDyson]

This was me, two months in.

I believe there's a Futur and a 34C, as well as a Travel Tech somewhere in there. A Rooney 3/1, and HJM boar, and a VDH Boar. Six soaps, two creams, 5 aftershaves, a couple of lathering vessels... and it all pales in comparison to present day (4 months on here, wet shaving a little longer).

Edit: Oh, 5 colognes and an Injector.

 

[SpyvSpy]

For me

2 razors, 4 creams, 4 soaps, 1 mug, 3 AS, and a buch of Derby blades and 2 brushes.

AD didn't hit me too bad.

 

[over5feet]

And a partridge in a pear tree (smile)

 

[TiberiuR]

I hear ya. Those AD's are somethin' else.

...

But, when I think about it... compared to the cost of cartridges... I'll still save money in the long run. I'm good on everything -- well, I am curious about more soaps and a vintage Gillette adjustable. But, I'm able to hold off so far.

Yes! That's what all say, when they take a moment and realize how much money did they actually spent

And if I remember one of the top arguments towards DE shaving was that you save lots of money. Yeaaah right!
Even if you don't save as much many as you think, it is still worth having such a rewarding hobby! And inexpensive in regards to other hobbies

 

[MikeyAces]

This was me, two months in.

I believe there's a Futur and a 34C, as well as a Travel Tech somewhere in there. A Rooney 3/1, and HJM boar, and a VDH Boar. Six soaps, two creams, 5 aftershaves, a couple of lathering vessels... and it all pales in comparison to present day (4 months on here, wet shaving a little longer).

Edit: Oh, 5 colognes and an Injector.

At first I didn't see the mirror, and thought you had 2x as much stuff, I was about to say, it may be intervention time! heh.

 

[FL shaver]

Nearly 4 months in, too, and my acquisition disorder is definitely for the the soaps and creams. I have settled on my HD and Astras with a C&E EJ best badger brush. On the counter and in the medicine cabinet I have 2 tubes of Proraso, 2 VDH pucks, 2 Williams pucks, a couple of Truefitt and Hill sample shave creams, samples of the three brushless creams from Lush, a tube of The Body Shop Macca Root cream, a cake of C&E Sandalwood soap, and a GFT Coconut soap. I'm putting a moratorium on the purchases for awhile and I'm going to enjoy rotating these products....unless I see a good deal.... It will be cheaper than cartridges and canned goo in the end!

 

[Speedwell68]

Oh I have it bad. In about 6 weeks I have two different razors, 4 types of blades, 1 soap, 2 creams, styptic pencils, a pre shave soap, two brushes, witch hazel, an atomiser for the witch hazel, 1 aftershave and sudo creme as a moisturiser.

 

[pauls51]

Embracing your AD's is the only way to cure them!!!!

 

[DE Shaver]

Ah...you've got so much further to go.

 

[ButtGump]

I've long searched for a storage unit that would fit in my bathroom and now here this is. Perfect. I believe I shall have to build that. How deep are the shelves in the middle, 3.5 - 4"? Looks like the ends are cut off so they're about 1", right? I wonder if it might look better with the laps reversed too (or just turned 90 degrees) ...

 

[JPDyson]

I've long searched for a storage unit that would fit in my bathroom and now here this is. Perfect. I believe I shall have to build that. How deep are the shelves in the middle, 3.5 - 4"? Looks like the ends are cut off so they're about 1", right? I wonder if it might look better with the laps reversed too (or just turned 90 degrees) ...

Dude I bought the whole thing for $20 at Lowes...

 

[Space]

I'm the opposite of most of you guys.

I have one cream & bowl, one soap & mug,a and one preshave cream. I'm Still deciding which I like best.

I have a merkur long handle, though I'm still looking for a heavier, more agressive razor for my coarse stubble

so I have an ever ready 1912 on it's way ($10 shipped woo!). and an aristocrat on it's way too $18.50 shipped! woo again!)

the way I am I'll find my favorite and sell the rest immediately. I have a weird thing were I can't hold on to too many things. My friends make fun of me because I sell so much stuff online.

 

[dpmtherrien]

I was the same way when I first started DE shaving. There was so much I wanted, and of course I just had to get everything and anything. Now after about a year and a half into it things have calmed down and I have just about everything I need or want. I sold a bunch of extra stuff on B/S/T, and pretty much have just what I need.

I still have a few things that I'll be selling on B/S/T after I go through what I have for gear. And of course I'll never say never, because who knows when those AD's might rear their head again.

 

[Cheesehead Transplant]

Almost two months in and I think I have my AD under control.


4 razors (Merkur 1904, 1960 SS, 1952 SS, 1980 SS this one I'm going to give to a friend I'm trying to convert, Parker 96R that I don't use anymore)

1 shaving bowl--actually it's a stoneware dipping bowl I picked up at Target it looks neat

1 Old Spice Shaving Mug

3 aftershaves

1 soap

1 brush

1 kind of blade.

Of course, now I have my eye on a Jagger. Seems my AD is focused on razors.

 

[bradyarz]

here's a nice stache...

 

[chuckr9]

I'm two months into wet shaving and my AD appears to be for the brushes (have 8 already)!

 

[Niles]

here's a nice stache...

When I saw this thread title, I thought "stache" as well.

 

[ButtGump]

Dude I bought the whole thing for $20 at Lowes...

... and I'll build it for $10 worth of poplar, some gel stain, and a Saturday afternoon.