Editing Razor Acquisition Disorder

What is Razor Acquisition Disorder, or RAD? Basically, is a disorder where you feel the need to acquire more razors. This is something that you probably think will not happen to you. I know when I first started out, the whole idea of Straight Razor Shaving was to save money and get a better shave. The following is my brief story of RAD, which explains at least how mine started.

== A story of Razor Acquisition Disorder or RAD ==

I started out by ordering a cheap strop, a cheap badger brush, a cheap razor and some shaving soap. I figured that would be it, no more purchases required. At that point I Hadn't found the Straight Razor Place or the Wiki, so by reading this, if you haven't already made your purchases, read up a bit first and get things right from the start.

Anyway! Razor Acquisition Disorder for me, started with my first razor, it was some really bad Pakistani blade from what I can tell (it's un-marked). It wasn't shave ready, it was terrible. So straight away, I was looking to buy a second razor.

It started with eBay, checking eBay auctions and the classifieds on Straight Razor Place. I finally got fed up and went out and purchased a Dovo Solingen, which came advertised as 'shave ready'.

So home I went and was able to shave.

But soon I didn't want to be dependent on someone else to hone my razor, so I set out to purchase some stones, but with my in-experience, I didn't want to ruin my new Dovo! So in my logic, I decided that I would buy an antique razor, restore it and hone it, that way it wouldn't matter if I damaged it, because I still have my Dovo sitting there.

So after spending money on a second razor, a set of hones, I was set to start restoring.

I didn't have any polishing compound or sanding paper, so I’d gone out and purchased that. Then after taking before and after shots of my newly restored razor, it was quite a cool thing. After all, it’s an antique as well! The razor is older than me!

So then I’d read that its best to leave your razors sit for at least 24hrs after each use, and that a lot of people actually have a 7 day set, a razor for each day of the week. So then I start justifying looking for more to purchase, up to 7, one for each day, then no more will be required.

So then I start checking eBay and the classifieds, looking for razor's to add into the set. Then I win an auction for 6 old razors, putting my total up above 7. So now i'm starting to justify that I can restore and sell them/gift them on and try and upgrade them to better quality razors.. But I can see that I’ll end up holding onto more and more..

You might think reading this that it wont happen to you, that you'll only need 1 razor and that’ll be it. But that's exactly what I thought starting out, and it's starting to get out of control.

My wife's even looking at buying display/carry cases to house them in (at least she's supportive)

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 == A story of Razor Acquisition Disorder or RAD ==
-[[Image:collection.jpg|300px|thumb|What a severe case of RAD might eventually look like]]
-I started out by ordering a cheap strop, a cheap badger brush, a cheap razor and some shaving soap. I figured that would be it, no more purchases required. At that point I had not found the [https://straightrazorpalace.com/forums Straight Razor Palace] or the Wiki, so by reading this, if you have not already made your purchases, read up a bit first and get things right from the start.
-Anyway! Razor Acquisition Disorder for me, started with my first razor, it was some really bad Pakistani blade from what I can tell (it is un-marked). It was not shave ready, it was terrible. So straight away, I was looking to buy a second razor.
+I started out by ordering a cheap strop, a cheap badger brush, a cheap razor and some shaving soap. I figured that would be it, no more purchases required. At that point I Hadn't found the Straight Razor Place or the Wiki, so by reading this, if you haven't already made your purchases, read up a bit first and get things right from the start.
-It started with eBay, checking eBay auctions and the classifieds on Straight Razor Palace. I finally got fed up and went out and purchased a Dovo Solingen, which came advertised as "shave ready".
+Anyway! Razor Acquisition Disorder for me, started with my first razor, it was some really bad Pakistani blade from what I can tell (it's un-marked). It wasn't shave ready, it was terrible. So straight away, I was looking to buy a second razor.
+It started with eBay, checking eBay auctions and the classifieds on Straight Razor Place. I finally got fed up and went out and purchased a Dovo Solingen, which came advertised as 'shave ready'.
 So home I went and was able to shave.
-=== From shaving to restoration ===
+But soon I didn't want to be dependent on someone else to hone my razor, so I set out to purchase some stones, but with my in-experience, I didn't want to ruin my new Dovo! So in my logic, I decided that I would buy an antique razor, restore it and hone it, that way it wouldn't matter if I damaged it, because I still have my Dovo sitting there.
-But soon I did not want to be dependent on someone else to hone my razor, so I set out to purchase some stones, but with my in-experience, I did not want to ruin my new Dovo! So in my logic, I decided that I would buy an antique razor, restore it and hone it, that way it would not matter if I damaged it, because I still have my Dovo sitting there.
 So after spending money on a second razor, a set of hones, I was set to start restoring.
-I did not have any polishing compound or sanding paper, so I went out and purchased that. Then after taking before and after shots of my newly restored razor, it was quite a cool thing. After all, it is an antique as well! The razor is older than me!
+I didn't have any polishing compound or sanding paper, so I’d gone out and purchased that. Then after taking before and after shots of my newly restored razor, it was quite a cool thing. After all, it’s an antique as well! The razor is older than me!
-So then I read that it is best to leave your razors sit for at least 24 hours after each use, and that a lot of people actually have a 7 day set, i.e. a razor for each day of the week. So then I start justifying looking for more to purchase, up to 7, one for each day, then no more will be required.
-So then I start checking eBay and the classifieds, looking for razors to add into the set. Then I win an auction for 6 old razors, putting my total up above 7. So now I am starting to justify that I can restore and sell them/gift them on and try and upgrade them to better quality razors.. But I can see that I will end up holding onto more and more..
+So then I’d read that its best to leave your razors sit for at least 24hrs after each use, and that a lot of people actually have a 7 day set, a razor for each day of the week. So then I start justifying looking for more to purchase, up to 7, one for each day, then no more will be required.
-=== Conclusion ===
+So then I start checking eBay and the classifieds, looking for razor's to add into the set. Then I win an auction for 6 old razors, putting my total up above 7. So now i'm starting to justify that I can restore and sell them/gift them on and try and upgrade them to better quality razors.. But I can see that I’ll end up holding onto more and more..
-You might think reading this that it wont happen to you, that you will only need 1 razor and that will be it. But that is exactly what I thought starting out, and it is starting to get out of control.
+You might think reading this that it wont happen to you, that you'll only need 1 razor and that’ll be it. But that's exactly what I thought starting out, and it's starting to get out of control.
-My wife is even looking at buying display/carry cases to house them in (at least she is supportive)
+My wife's even looking at buying display/carry cases to house them in (at least she's supportive)
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+[[Image:collection.jpg|300px|thumb|My entire collection]]