What's up with the "Brotherhood of..." and "Member of the so and so" and all that?

On most of them shave forums I noticed there is all these different "organizations" or "associations" that are listed and tacked to the bottom of the post. What's up with that? They sound cool but what do they mean, and how does one go about getting involved so that they can be a part of the goings on?

I would like to know what I can.

 

The Shave Den does not endorse these organizations. As long as folks are having fun, sharing information, and engaging in discussion in a friendly manner they seem to have no end. Do you like a particular brand and model of razor? Start a club! Like to shave with distilled water, or prefer straight from the creek? There's probably others that will either approve, or with good natured humor - visit your discussion to poke fun.

 

Mostly groups of guys with similar interest. If you have that interest jump in and start posting.....unless it's the soap bloomers. Those guys are just strange... And like @PLANofMAN said the cold water shaving folks have a lug nut or two missing.....just saying.

 

Cool, I have a particular angle too I absolutely love to use my all SS Rapira Platinum Lux with the blades by the same name. I'm kinda twisted-up with using stuff from the FSU (that is the Former Soviet Union), it started with photo stuff but has spilled over in to a couple of my other hobbies, like razors, pocketwatches, stamps & coins.

I have a large and ever growing collection of stuff from the FSU. So maybe a Russian Razor User group could be cobbled together?
Ya never know.

 

It's OK Joseph. I'm proud to be labeled strange or weird. I know where my lug nuts and pommes de terre frites are, too.

Please do! I've seen a few of the aforementioned Ruskie SR and DE razors pictured in SOTD. There are sure to be soaps and aftershaves to be discovered and documented. Gathering the info in one place is an aid to anyone curious.

 

A splintering-up into different segments per a particular 'subculture' or interest within forums.
I personally have never been keen on the abundance of these sub-groups. They have a tendency to fragment the forum membership and can create MANY duplicate postings across a number of threads.

 

IMO, its just something silly that people like to do.

 

There are twenty six forums and thirteen sub-forums divided across six categories. SOTD would become near unreadable if all the discussion of the boards happened in that one thread. Fortunately we do have that once per month refreshed conversation to bring everyone together. I've occasionally posted a Menthol Monday, Open Comb, 30 Day, Inspired Shave, Of The Day and find it somewhere between satisfying comradeship & fatiguing trying to keep up with the subgroups.

 

There happen to be scared, soft weasels that are afraid of a straigth razor and cold water. Yet, though not willing to make a few sacrifices for a real smooth shave, they want to belong to the cool guus. Hence, to distinct themselves the real shavers made a club,....

Ps, cold water and shaving soap serve the same purpose, they are making the whiskers stand stiff to be cut instead off making the whiskers fold away easily as hot water, oil and an acid environment do.

 

Well, it's like this; There are "normal" folks who enjoy the forum, but also have regular lives and families, and are somewhat in touch with reality. Then, there are folks who live in their parents basement/garage apartment/whatever, who exist in little subcultures on the internet, and never take a bath. Those are the "guys" you're asking about, (and probably should avoid) the only actual people who have ever seen them is the pizza delivery guy, and he has to go to regular counselling in order to survive what he's seen. Beware!!!

 

One of my titles is just that...silly. (Gillette Repeating Razor...so written because I keep repeating with the same razor each day. Silly, huh?

 

You know, this is my very best friend and he has yet to seek out counseling. At least as far as I know.

Now excuse me while I go back down to my basement to troll the interweb (sic)

 

I was the founding and sole member of FLIMNAAAC: the Frugal League of Irritable Misanthropes, Ne'er-Do-Wells and All-Around Antisocial Cheapskates, which refuses to join any club, but then decided I didn't want to be a member of any club that would allow me to be a member, so I quit. Ironically, I guess that proves I'm still a member.

 

Them's fightin' words, parson!

 

I go tomorrow to get a tire lug nut retorqued. I'll reach the mileage number for it(they said come back in 50 miles).

 

Well I'll take point, for all what it's worth.
Рапира/Rapira et.al shall hence forth have a faithful and loyal band of devotees. The name of this August body shall be known as the Soviet Super Shavers.

I'll begin the thread later on.

All in favor rattle your Rapiras!

 

I'll be watching for your thread. I've used several Russian DE blades but no razors. I have an Italian OC, A German slant, a German designed Chinese clone...but no Russian DE's. Yet.

 

I love my Voskhods! I had a Lux once too. Super simple but apt razor.