Sorry for the long post, rant alert!
Hi guys, I’m impressed by the feelings and emotions a hobby can elicit from a devoted follower. Also, by those who are really excited to start collecting and who want to throw themselves into a hobby, head first.
Recently, due to a Facebook group I’m in, I met a new convert to wet shaving who needed help learning to strop, hone, and restore his razors. He is also a new barber, right out of barber school, who has started cutting my hair(it’s a pandemic, I work from home, not scared of terrible hair cuts).
After my haircut this week, I showed him 3 razors, he was interested in buying. He had recently dropped his 4/8 Boker while stropping, it shattered. While he was looking at my razors, I asked to take a look at his other blades. I discovered blades covered in hair, oil and rust(edge rust, spots and pivot). Several of these blades I had personally spent time cleaning up and honing for him. He commented that many of them needed to be honed again and that their edges had only lasted a few shaves.... He made me an offer on one of my blades(trading one of his rusted ones and some cash), but I turned him down and was not willing to negotiate. I said maybe I’ll be willing to part with it on my next visit.
In all honesty, I couldn’t bring myself to sell him a blade which I had spent hours cleaning up and honing. In addition to months of patient waiting, while watching for a set of period replacement scales, from a broken version of the same razor. I think my devotion to cleaning up and protecting these relics has pushed me to be somewhat protective. Granted, it would not be my razor anymore, so it’s none of my business what he does with it, but still!
I did chat with him about basic maintenance and care before I left. I also pointed out some condition issues with his razors, in hopes that he would be more diligent in the future.
Gentlemen, what would you do? Would you willingly sell one of your prized razors to someone with limited regard for maintenance and care?
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Hi guys, I’m impressed by the feelings and emotions a hobby can elicit from a devoted follower. Also, by those who are really excited to start collecting and who want to throw themselves into a hobby, head first.
Recently, due to a Facebook group I’m in, I met a new convert to wet shaving who needed help learning to strop, hone, and restore his razors. He is also a new barber, right out of barber school, who has started cutting my hair(it’s a pandemic, I work from home, not scared of terrible hair cuts).
After my haircut this week, I showed him 3 razors, he was interested in buying. He had recently dropped his 4/8 Boker while stropping, it shattered. While he was looking at my razors, I asked to take a look at his other blades. I discovered blades covered in hair, oil and rust(edge rust, spots and pivot). Several of these blades I had personally spent time cleaning up and honing for him. He commented that many of them needed to be honed again and that their edges had only lasted a few shaves.... He made me an offer on one of my blades(trading one of his rusted ones and some cash), but I turned him down and was not willing to negotiate. I said maybe I’ll be willing to part with it on my next visit.
In all honesty, I couldn’t bring myself to sell him a blade which I had spent hours cleaning up and honing. In addition to months of patient waiting, while watching for a set of period replacement scales, from a broken version of the same razor. I think my devotion to cleaning up and protecting these relics has pushed me to be somewhat protective. Granted, it would not be my razor anymore, so it’s none of my business what he does with it, but still!
I did chat with him about basic maintenance and care before I left. I also pointed out some condition issues with his razors, in hopes that he would be more diligent in the future.
Gentlemen, what would you do? Would you willingly sell one of your prized razors to someone with limited regard for maintenance and care?
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