Poll: How long have you been committed to traditional wetshaving?
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New to about three years.
30.61% of votes
30.61% Complete
Three to about five years
22.45% of votes
22.45% Complete
Between five and ten years
20.41% of votes
20.41% Complete
More than ten years.
26.53% of votes
26.53% Complete

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#11
7 or 8 years.

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

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Shave yourself.
-Todd
#12

Administrator
Philadelphia, PA
7 or 8 years as well.

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Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito.
#13

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TAMPA
over 40 years

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#14

Member
Woodstock, VT
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!

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#15
It will be 3 years at the end of February.

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#16
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.

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#17

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San Diego, Cal., USA
(01-28-2017, 01:14 PM)vtmax Wrote: 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! Winking

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#18

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TAMPA
(01-28-2017, 05:50 PM)Freddy Wrote:
(01-28-2017, 01:14 PM)vtmax Wrote: 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! Winking

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

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#19
(01-27-2017, 04:00 AM)Freddy Wrote: 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. Happy2

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!

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Cheers,
Ted

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.  Winston Churchill

#20

Super Moderator
San Diego, Cal., USA
(01-29-2017, 04:46 AM)Teddyboy Wrote:
(01-27-2017, 04:00 AM)Freddy Wrote: 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. Happy2

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. Smile

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