You know you're a shave-geek when...

Ceri · Aug 1, 2012

when you've a notebook solely to copy from books passages that deal with shaving.

when you've spent several days wondering if the principles of 'historical informed performance' could be applied to shaving

when your shaveden is shinier than your car

Teddyboy · Aug 1, 2012

...you have a poster in your bathroom that says, "If you shave...don't drink, and if you drink, don't shave."
...you call an attorney to tell him or her that an ebayer hid the loss of an endplate on a vintage SuperSpeed...that you didn't even win!
...you thought that the term "pole dancing" meant shaving with a Merkur 38C.
...you challenge yourself by shaving a peach and trying to pass it off as a nectarine.
...you have a recurring dream that you have captured a wild badger, and lathered it up using a human-hair brush.
...when you hear Abe Lincoln described as a man with a vision, you are shocked that they even made them back then.

Jack-in-the-Green · Aug 1, 2012

... you know how to say "razor", "shaving brush" and "shaving cream" in a dozen different languages, even though you can say "Hello" in only three.

oakeshott · Aug 1, 2012

Teddyboy said:
...you have a poster in your bathroom that says, "If you shave...don't drink, and if you drink, don't shave."
...you call an attorney to tell him or her that an ebayer hid the loss of an endplate on a vintage SuperSpeed...that you didn't even win!
...you thought that the term "pole dancing" meant shaving with a Merkur 38C.
...you challenge yourself by shaving a peach and trying to pass it off as a nectarine.
...you have a recurring dream that you have captured a wild badger, and lathered it up using a human-hair brush.
...when you hear Abe Lincoln described as a man with a vision, you are shocked that they even made them back then.

I defer to the master. Every one a winner.

Teddyboy · Aug 1, 2012

oakeshott said:
I defer to the master. Every one a winner.

Thank you for your kind words. If now I could only make a living at it.

jsj_297 · Aug 1, 2012

When 1 week before you leave the country for 6 months, you buy enough soap to shave with for 2 years.....
Within that same week, you buy yourself 3 new brushes, and a Merkur Vision, so you have something "New" to play with over there......lol

Topgumby · Aug 1, 2012

You post on B&B while lathered up to soften the beard.

You see a political attack ad and shrug it off as child's play compared to a Veg or Williams thread.

You have and use a shave coat.

When you are at somebody else's house, you check the medicine cabinet, not to see what's in it, but to see if there is a blade disposal slot. If there is, you feel strangely elated.

You lift AV and OS bottles at out of the way stores to see if they are glass.

You know what AV and OS mean.

You have razors your spouse doesn't know about, and not because she doesn't care.

You have a plan for your razors after you've passed on.

dashmaverick · Aug 1, 2012

.....When WTG ceases to be 'way to go' and becomes 'with the grain'.

.....When you brag to your friends about the 'hot white cream' on your face this morning, and its great skin benefits.

dashmaverick · Aug 1, 2012

Topgumby said:
You lift AV and OS bottles at out of the way stores to see if they are glass.

Yes! This!

noahpictures · Aug 1, 2012

...when you write "Irisch" (as in Irisch Moos) instead of "Irish".

cessnabird · Aug 1, 2012

-When you wish your title would go back to "surreptitious brush sniffer" because you really do sniff and fondle your brushes when no one is looking.

MACGI98z28 · Aug 1, 2012

When you wish your beard grew faster so that you could shave more.
When you get to work earlier because you get up earlier, so that you can shave better/more.
When you know that one good DE razor with care will last a normal lifetime and by looking at the size of your DE collection it is pretty obvious that you are planning on living 2600 years or so.

dieselfuel79 · Aug 1, 2012

When you walk into your den, and open the cabinet to smell all of the scents of soaps and creams you have
While after a morning shave, you drive to work contemplating how you would be able to shave again later
When after a long day at work, you hit up the bathroom, and while doing the "lazy man's lean" you open your cabinet and admire your humble collection
When you're in the shaving aisle at Walmart, knowing full well nothing is worth buying in this area anymore, and your smirk at the other guys that browse over the carts that you once used
You log onto B&B to comment about how you know you're a shave geek

Jack-in-the-Green · Aug 1, 2012

When you call the bathroom your "Shave Den".

Kvarten · Aug 2, 2012

....you have a dedicated bowl for face lather.

JoshuaNY · Aug 2, 2012

Good ones everybody.

dieselfuel79 said:
When after a long day at work, you hit up the bathroom, and while doing the "lazy man's lean" you open your cabinet and admire your humble collection

What is the "lazy mans lean", havent heard that before

JaggerDragger · Aug 2, 2012

JoshuaNY said:
Good ones everybody.

What is the "lazy mans lean", havent heard that before

Yeah x2, I even googled it but came up empty...

dieselfuel79 · Aug 2, 2012

I am laughing to myself over here. Here you go fellas.

rxonmymind · Aug 2, 2012

Your phone has um, a couple pictures of razors. :whistling:

JaggerDragger · Aug 2, 2012

Your wife or SWMBO has caught you alone fondling your gear

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You know you're a shave-geek when...

Ceri

Teddyboy

Jack-in-the-Green

oakeshott

Teddyboy

jsj_297

Topgumby

dashmaverick

dashmaverick

noahpictures

cessnabird

MACGI98z28

dieselfuel79

Jack-in-the-Green

Kvarten

JoshuaNY

JaggerDragger

dieselfuel79

rxonmymind

JaggerDragger

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