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- Monday August 31, 2015
The other day I met up with my local shave buddy where we discuss wet shaving and borrow/trade stuff. Worse than two old hens I tell ya. Regardless, he mentioned something that has been gnawing away at me ever since: "ratholing" away a duplicate of your favorite modern razor just in case they quit making it and you have an accident with yours or something simply breaks. Now obviously I am not talking about say a Gillette Tech, of which there are literally millions extant, but one of the new avant-garde type razors such as my buddy has done with his SE General razor. He loves this model so much that he has "ratholed" another away as a backup just in case. This got me to thinking about my PAA Prismatic DE that I practically worship and the fact that it has a zamak head. Nightmares of stripped threads & sheared studs came knocking and I am really thinking about "ratholing" away another one.......................................or two. It's not the mere fact that it has zamak parts so much as that combined with the fact that I know they won't be making them forever. I keep it cleaner than a hound's tooth and even lube the threads with glycerin each use, but one can never discount the fickle finger of fate.
What sayeth thou?
What sayeth thou?
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