Yeah I share with people at work...the majority of them are older guys, hard to say what kind of goodies they might have laying around in a drawer or something taking up space. One guy joked around about knowing where a barber chair was for free.
Yes, that's what they seem to think of when you mention vintage razors.
Actually, in Finnish there is no direct translation for 'safety razor'. 'Shaving machine' (literal translation) is generally understood to mean an electic shaver while 'shaving plane' (!) tells you it's the manual one you scrape your face with. Not surprisingly, I detest that word.
Straight razor on the other hand is 'shaving knife' so that leaves little room for misunderstanding.
you mean finns aren't shaving with old bayonets and there is some other explanation for why they are so hard to find?
When I started, I got carried off with my newbie enthusiasm and boasted to one of my friends how safety razors are safer than cartridges and that it's harder to get nicks or irritation from them. That was only after my first shave which went surprisingly well.
OK, come the second shave: visible irritation and reddening on the neck and nicks that the styptic barely could handle. And of course I had arranged a lunch meeting for the same day with the very same friend. I tried wearing a high-collared shirt but he noticed. Oops!
SWMBO thinks it's weird, but loves that I like to shave now (used to only shave once a week).
Some get it some don't....
The most common response I get is.."isn't that dangerous?"
...I had thought, out of everyone, she would have had the most appreciation for my razors and brushes.