How many items have you ruined?

The only item ruined is me. That is to say, once I started using a DE razor, I was ruined for cartridge razors.

 

One of the first brushes I ever found after diving into DE Shaving:


I wanted to remove the knot and read you could steam it out...



It doesn't work on certain handle types...

 

ouch..

 

I'm not gonna answer, it will jinx me!!

Herm

 

Then there was one of the first razors I cleaned...a Gold Tech that resulted in my rubbing the gold wash off...and a tech case that I used compressed air on that cleared the dirt and the screen-printed logo off in mere seconds.
Now all I do is gentle soap, a soft bristle toothbrush and paper-towel or occasionally a light application of Flitz and a microfiber rag

 

I'd have been heartbroken if I were you.

 

Any time something like that happens it is disappointing. Live and learn.

 

I’ve recently ruined a vintage Gillette shaving brush . I put it in the ultrasonic cleaner with some hot water . The handle swelled and broke apart. It became very brittle .

 

You gotta share the pictures!

 

Let’s see 2 strops, 2 straights ( one dropped the other was honing error), 2 brushes where I cracked the handle.

 

Both are good brush brands. Oddly, I like my Omega for harder soaps and my Semogue for softer ones. The SOC is a nice brush, I own one in Cherry.

 

What's the saying? "Pics or it didn't happen" .

 

A few squirts of isopropyl alcohol to clean the oil off my brand new Dovo Best 5/8.

The celluloid scales crumbled by 3 stropping laps.

 

I also once killed an Ever Ready brush with steam. Another brush with a Dremel, before I learned about covering with electrical tape.

Razors? I've dropped a couple. A Lord L6, snapped the threads off the top cap. And I put a large dent in the middle of an EJ barleycorn handle. They're quite hollow, you know.

Sorry, no pix of any of it.