Do you have any unusual wet shaving habits?

I have several unusual habits related to my wet shaving. Here are a few ( they sound more like true confessions). There are others that I can't bring myself to confess. Here goes...

1. I have get everything organized very carefully on my sink counter before I can start shaving. Pre shave stuff on the left, post shave stuff on the right.
2. I spend an unusual amount of time on shaving forums, and window shopping straight razors on various websites.
3. I enjoy watching men shaving on YouTube. (I can't believe I just said that).
4. Deciding what soap or razor to use in the morning helps me to fall asleep at night.
5. I take my razor collection out to admire several times a week.
6. My brushes have to be lined up perfectly on my shelf, labels facing forward.
7. I can't stop sniffing my soaps and creams...even though I know exactly what they smell like.
8. A bad shave can ruin my whole day.

I better stop there for now...I am getting near the edge. Any unusual habits you care to share?

 

I use each blade twice. After the first use, I take it out and spray it with rubbing alcohol then stand it up in a particular spot on the counter against the wall. It must be in this exact spot and cannot lean one way or the other. I will adjust it if it tilts.
I too lik#3 and 8.

 

The forum time is pretty unusual for me, and the taking of pics to share. I dont even have a facebook, but daily(mostly) take pics of my shave gear.

 

It appears that I am not the only Den member with OCD...

 

Now that I think about it, it seems I'm unable to use the same soap twice in a row. Brush, razor and aftershave is okay, but not the soap

 

I venture to guess that MOST people outside the wet-shaving community would consider this behavior unusual…..

 

I do most of the things you do because it's a nice distraction for me. I don't get out my razors because I only have 2 haha. I do like to either lay out everything I'm going to use the night before or use that thought process to fall asleep.

 

What? Really?

 

I don't know if it's an unusual wet shaving habbit but I can't use the same soap 2 days in a row either. I can use the same brush for a month but shave soap? Never.

 

when I get all lathered up, I walk in to my bedroom to put my comb back, and sometimes walk across my living room to open or close my screen window, to help keep the lather on for a while.

 

A side from a few on your list that I do/enjoy, when I get new soaps I go and smell them over and over.
My wife looks at me like I am stupid and just shakes her head.

 

"They have doctors for all of this."

 

Yup, that they do, mine says he cant help me....

 

I hope she likes their fragrances, at least. And, glad to make your acquaintance-I am also a rookie wet-shaver, in that I've yet to use a brush and puck.

 

Nice to meet you Paul, I have been shaving with a DE for about 2 years, but just a couple of months now with a soap and brush. BUT, in this short time I am accumulating a decent amount quickly.

 

I've been trying to convert mine.

 

I can't imagine what I would say to a doctor (assuming I actually want to be cured).

Rusty: "Ah...doc...I have a problem..."
Doctor: "Come in, sit down and tell me how I can help you".
Rusty: "...well it's kind of hard to explain. Say, I see you are clean shaven...do you use a straight razor?
Doctor: "No...just a plain old cartridge razor from the grocery store".
Rusty: "Gosh...could have fooled me. Anyway..yea...my problem. I don't think its a problem, but everyone around me says what I like doing is not normal..."
Doctor: "Go on...I'm listening".
Rusty: "Well you see, it's like this. Here...I have a list I can show you to explain. I posted this on TSD. Everyone on TSD thinks I am normal...but everyone around me at home thinks I'm nuts..."
Doctor: "I see (he says...reaching for his prescription pad)".

Nope...it's not going to work. I will just learn to live with it.

 

Or the Dr. will become a wet shaving convert. I have talked about this with a few of my clients (All Docs) and have converted a few of them. Most of them find it to be a waste of time though and are perfectly happy with their electric razor.

I thought of another unusual wet shaving habit:
Any time I shave I consciously rate and review the slickness, residual slickness, cushion, moisturizing and scent of the soap I am using. It is just part of my OCD that cannot be helped.