Hobby or just a decent shave?

[Dr Watson]

Bit of both. It's a waste of money but keeps me out of trouble.

 

[The Gentleman]

The discussions we have in this forum alone makes it a hobby imho. No need to spend a lot of money to call it a hobby.

 

[JamieM]

Bit of a passion for me, straight razors can seriously take you down an entirely different road.

 

[N0ggie]

I would call it more of an interest for me.
10 razors with no real need for anymore so I am not a collector. I do hope to add a Timeless SS in the future.
I don't collect soaps either (10 in total at the moment). If I buy one I will try to use it all up.

I can not leave the den if the shave in hand isn't finished totally right though. A patch missed seems to annoy the hell out of me all day, call it OCD. So a decent shave is a high priority.

A huge part of the interest is checking out the kit that the forum members here use, especially the SOTD's. The reviews, shave tales and performance of the hardware & software.

Maybe I have got a wet shaving hobby now you got me thinking?

 

[Steve]

My first two years were spent chasing @Wayne down the rabbit hole, drooling over SRs, and buying every soap and cream anyone on the forum mentioned in a thread. Now I'm just waiting to buy a Tradere, and that will constitute the final transition from hobby to decent shave.

 

[Wayne]

My first two years were spent chasing @Wayne down the rabbit hole, drooling over SRs, and buying every soap and cream anyone on the forum mentioned in a thread. Now I'm just waiting to buy a Tradere, and that will constitute the final transition from hobby to decent shave.

They can't be as good as people think the first one I saw was on BST already today.

 

[Wayne]

Stopped being a hobby for me when I sold my Wolfie but I still love my shaving and interacting with all the members on here. I enjoy seeing what you are all up to every day.

 

[Rufusdog]

My motivation for joining my first wet shaving forum (SMF in April 2007) was to find out how I could improve the quality of my daily shave. I’d been a wet shaver since the late 1960s, but I thought I was not getting the most comfortable shaves I could. Also, I had recently retired so I had the time to pursue such a frippery, as I considered it at the time. I was soon hooked and started to acquire and experiment with all kinds of wet shaving paraphernalia. Since then I’ve figured out what I like in the way of razors, shaving creams and aftershave splashes, but where I really got hooked was on brushes. Having said that, I regard my interest in wet shaving to be more of a pastime than a hobby. I currently frequent 4 wet shaving forums and see them as key resources for expanding my knowledge of the intricacies of wet shaving and many other non-shaving related topics. Best of all, I can use the knowledge of shaving I have gained from them to astound, confuse, confound and, in most instances, bore my friends and acquaintances at dinner parties, etc. when the conversation starts to lag.

 

[Steve]

They can't be as good as people think the first one I saw was on BST already today.

A lot of guys don't like the Pils, or ASD2, either. What's too mild for your heathen beard tends to be perfect for my Southern face. The President and Congress is sending me a birthday/Christmas cheque (#2), and I may just spring for another Pils.

 

[Chris]

A lot of guys don't like the Pils, or ASD2, either. What's too mild for your heathen beard tends to be perfect for my Southern face. The President and Congress is sending me a birthday/Christmas cheque (#2), and I may just spring for another Pils.

I have a heathen beard and manage just fine with them.

 

[Ventastic]

In search for a decent shave, but thoroughly enjoying it.

 

[Sig Solo]

If you only love one woman and one razor you don't really love either.... (don't tell my wifey)

 

[silverfox]

I'm new to wet shaving. Became fed-up with cartridge, and I'm glad to get the best shaves of my life (at 53!)
There's so much to play with it can fast grow and become an obsession. have to be careful

 

[TobyC]

They can't be as good as people think the first one I saw was on BST already today.

It's usually better to want something than to have it, the quest is the fun part.

 

[TobyC]

I am drawn to anything old, and razors and brushes from the past are things of wonder. I had the best shave of my life the first time I used a Gillette OLD, but I knew nothing about them, so the forums is where I found myself primarily to educate myself about vintage razors. It's a hobby for sure, but I really do save money. I don't spend big bucks for anything, it has to be something special for me to spend more than 20 bucks for something and I prefer to keep it around 10 if possible.