How long have you been wetshaving the traditional way?

7 or 8 years.

Used carts for way too long. Used a drugstore brush and soap from the get go though.

7 or 8 years as well.

over 40 years

I was 21 when my father passed down all his Somerset Simpsons to me mostly made by Stan Archer in the original Nimmer Mill. So 25 years now. (50's approaching!) The shave a while later on Curzon Street cemented it.

The only issue I have with the younger gents is they are much quicker on the computer than I am!

It will be 3 years at the end of February.

50 years for me and I don't get tired of the questions,. Although, I sometimes get tired of my answers, so I may have to get some new ones.

I was 21 when my father passed down all his Somerset Simpsons to me mostly made by Stan Archer in the original Nimmer Mill. So 25 years now. (50's approaching!) The shave a while later on Curzon Street cemented it.

The only issue I have with the younger gents is they are much quicker on the computer than I am!

Oh so true!

I was 21 when my father passed down all his Somerset Simpsons to me mostly made by Stan Archer in the original Nimmer Mill. So 25 years now. (50's approaching!) The shave a while later on Curzon Street cemented it.

The only issue I have with the younger gents is they are much quicker on the computer than I am!

Oh so true!

This is why I can't get a wolfman--by the time I hit submit,he's sold out

Ted, I, for one, enjoy the newbies and some of the questions being asked multiple times.  We all started somewhere (in my case 11-12 years ago) and because an "old timer" took the time to answer a question from me that he probably heard more than once, I was able to grow.  What makes this hobby so interesting is, indeed, the new bright-eyed members, the incredible new products that have surfaced in the last five years or so, as well as the classics that have been around for 100 years or more.  There is always a technique that pops up that perhaps I hadn't tried before, even if it has been around for many years.

I understand your weariness; it happens.  However, try coming at it from a different perspective and don't give up just yet.

Very well stated, and a lot of truth to it. I guess I'm getting to be a crotchety old man. No offense to anyone... I hope that was understood from the get go!

Ted, I, for one, enjoy the newbies and some of the questions being asked multiple times.  We all started somewhere (in my case 11-12 years ago) and because an "old timer" took the time to answer a question from me that he probably heard more than once, I was able to grow.  What makes this hobby so interesting is, indeed, the new bright-eyed members, the incredible new products that have surfaced in the last five years or so, as well as the classics that have been around for 100 years or more.  There is always a technique that pops up that perhaps I hadn't tried before, even if it has been around for many years.

I understand your weariness; it happens.  However, try coming at it from a different perspective and don't give up just yet.

Very well stated, and a lot of truth to it.  I guess I'm getting to be a crotchety old man.  No offense to anyone... I hope that was understood from the get go!

Absolutely no offense taken, Ted, as you can see from the success of your poll and the diversity of answers.  Most of us "old timers" probably go through this at one time or another.  Your very thread here adds to the diversity and interest of the site.