Thread: Stop saying we gonna save money!

Well...Isn't this just a special little exchange of ideas..........................?

Originally Posted by Ryan82

In the end this hobby will cost as much as you're willing to spend, it's entirely up to you. It's very much possible to be frugal and spend the bare minimum, but admittedly those people seem to be few and far inbetween.
As they say, the sky's the limit....

You couldnt say it better Ryan thanks,, sometimes I just cant express my ideas clearly

I thought I was gonna save money, but I came up with that idea all on my own. Then I decided I had to sharpen in order to save more money. Then I decided the only way to do it right was keep buying stones until something worked. Then I found out that's not the right way at all. But, well...It's too late now isn't it? lol. I should be clear that nobody told me any of these things..I just kinda developed these ideas on my own. Which explains why they were all flawed.

Originally Posted by Dorado

ledemon, I just got started I have 2 straights and a DE, Badger hair brush, soap, bowl, strop. Including me sending one of my razors in to get honed, I've spent maybe $50...maybe. That's about 2 sets of razorblades for my "normal" razor, not including shaving cream. I can use my new antique razors instead and not have to spend near as much as for what my replacement blades cost. $500?? You really could have done a lot cheaper.

Only $50.00 bucks!!!! I wish I could have that price here in Mexico for all those things,,, I spent 50.00 only for my Merkur Classic DE

Hah! When I first started making beer, I knew I could make two cases for a little over $10. OTOH, the reason I did it was because I like good beer. My beer is to Budweiser what a barber's shave is to a bic razor shave. Hense, the extra money I've spent on razors and stuff.

I had an equivalent analogy on deck about my metalic cartridge reloading, but how many analogies does one post need?

I've saved a TON of money doing this, but only if you consider that the 2 most expensive items (Norton hone, Boker razor) were gifts. Otherwise, I've spent the equivalent of 5 months worth of cartridges. I'm 8 months into this, so I'm playing with house money.

I don't consider myself typical, though. I don't have the space to store or use a bunch of hones. I don't have the money for more razors, unless I pick one up for under $10 on ebay and rehab it myself. I don't have the money for fancy creams, so the only cream I buy for myself is real shaving co at $4 a tube. Any other creams I have I found under the christmas tree.

Would I have a bunch of different stuff had I the money? Probably. But I think at worst I'd be breaking even compared to the cartridges and foams.

Originally Posted by DFriedl

Hah! When I first started making beer, I knew I could make two cases for a little over $10. OTOH, the reason I did it was because I like good beer. My beer is to Budweiser what a barber's shave is to a bic razor shave. Hense, the extra money I've spent on razors and stuff.

I had an equivalent analogy on deck about my metalic cartridge reloading, but how many analogies does one post need?

All posts should contain three analogies.

By the way, how many ProFusion cartridges can I trade a $650 custom razor for? I'm just trying to save money.

Originally Posted by DFriedl

Hah! When I first started making beer

Now there is a hobby I could get used to!!!

Speaking of "sky" being the limit, I used to / and still fly private airplanes.
Every hour up in the sky, is one forgone Chosera 10k stone.

Originally Posted by ledemon

I wish I could have that price here in Mexico for all those things,,, I spent 50.00 only for my Merkur Classic DE

You live in Mexico? Whereabouts? I'm going to be down there in about a week and a half....

Originally Posted by ledemon

Only $50.00 bucks!!!! I wish I could have that price here in Mexico for all those things,,, I spent 50.00 only for my Merkur Classic DE

Well, I shopped around a little. I got my first Straight for $15, honing for first 15, another straight and a DE in an antique store for 5, brush and soap for 18, bowl was free, and the strop was 12. So, $65 my estimate was a little off. I'm a notorious mooch and haggler, I have a reputation for never paying full price for anything that I can get for less. But even then I got good starting equipment. As my skills improve, I'll upgrade my things with better versions. But for starting out I didn't want to spend a lot on something I wasn't sure about.

I looked up what I spent on shaving last year, it was well over $100, not counting what I paid in cash. Add that up for several years and it's fairly substantial. So, I either keep spending hundreds on my old things or try out something that my last me a lifetime for little cost. If you don't go overboard it could pay for itself.

BTW, I don't mind fixing up old things. I already had all the tools I needed to restore those antiques anyways.