Feeling Sheepish

[Chasing Embers]

The trick to having lots of hobbies is just convincing everyone else they are not hobbies, just ask @Chasing Embers haha.

Sharpening tools is almost as satisfying as using them I find...love that mirror finish!!!

Nicotine addiction isn't a hobby, nor is personal grooming. Collecting razors or shaving accessories could certainly be a hobby.

 

[mortonbriar]

Nicotine addiction isn't a hobby, nor is personal grooming. Collecting razors or shaving accessories could certainly be a hobby.

I think you have a great 'collection' of 'not hobbies'! he he he

 

[Alex.Jr]

I have had a beard on and off, sometimes got tired of it and shaved it, but I always did it once and then grew it back. I'm now clean shaven for about a month, my hair generally doesn't grow quick and there is ginger in my bloodline so you don't see the hairs very fast. Before I grew a beard I used electric devices or a gilette 3 blade razor, now I use a Merkur 23C safety razor with Derby blades, a Muhle Silvertip brush with olive wood handle and DR Harris Sandalwood soap. I'm prone to irritation on the skin and cutting but I didn't had much trouble. Like pipes and tobacco I want to collect a bit more shaving equipment. I really like the smell of sandalwood shaving soap, anyone got recommendations?

There is a guy on Instagram, briar_brushworks, who makes a really nice resin and Briar badgerhair shaving brush.

TOBS sandalwood or even the cheaper Proraso red. There are a lot of SW options.

 

[aspiring_sage]

Sharpening was one of my hobbies before tobacco. I learned many "right" ways to do it. Eventually, I realized they're all a little wrong and I can get a razor edge with very very wrong tools/techniques. Had to go through the obsession in order to find out what really didn't matter.

I suspect smoking it the same.

There is a time to tighten up the standards, and a time to loosen them. No regrets when obsessive tendancies creep in, or when I relax again.

 

[aspiring_sage]

I think you have a great 'collection' of 'not hobbies'! he he he

Unnecessary roughness.

 

[Sweet Home Alabama]

You can smoke a pipe and not be addicted.

Nicotine addiction isn't a hobby, nor is personal grooming. Collecting razors or shaving accessories could certainly be a hobby.

 

[Chasing Embers]

You can smoke a pipe and not be addicted.

Again, some do and some don't.

I think you have a great 'collection' of 'not hobbies'! he he he

Less collection, more drawer junk.

 

[renfield]

Sharpening tools is almost as satisfying as using them I find...love that mirror finish!!!

I agree. Sharpening my plane irons and chisels to surgical sharpness is therapeutic and satisfying. Never mind that it makes the tool a pleasure to use.

 

[mortonbriar]

Again, some do and some don't.


Less collection, more drawer junk.

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Alright, alright, alright. The junk drawer is proof enough. You know what did it? That beat up ol' box of flints, and the purple pen...I come from a long line of junk drawers, and declare this one official. THIS IS NOT A HOBBY FOLKS.

 

[Epip Oc'Cabot]

Again, some do and some don't.


Less collection, more drawer junk.

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Actually…. That is a fairly artistic looking photograph…. for being just a picture of your “junk drawer”. It could make a nice framed poster, and with a grey or black matte, it could be enlarged and be framed as well, for a more “high end” look in a den.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Actually…. That is a fairly artistic looking photograph…. for being just a picture of your “junk drawer”. It could make a nice framed poster, and with a grey or black matte, it could be enlarged and be framed as well, for a more “high end” look in a den.

It's just the bottom drawer of my desk at work. ?

 

[dcicero]

Same here. I haven't seen my face since I was 16.

The fact that it takes time for light to bounce off your face, then the mirror, then come to your eye means you never have, nor has anyone else. But I get what you're saying.

 

[Searock Fan]

Again, some do and some don't.


Less collection, more drawer junk.

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Doesn't look like junk to me....

 

[aspiring_sage]

My well-stocked sock drawer doesn't imply wearing socks is a hobby, does it?

Before anyone asks: No, I'm not a sock collector. One just accumulates these quantities and varieties over time.

 

[Alex.Jr]

My well-stocked sock drawer doesn't imply wearing socks is a hobby, does it?
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Before anyone asks: No, I'm not a sock collector. One just accumulates these quantities and varieties over time.

I wonder if you could review them, the specs, pros and cons, and which you’d buy if one’s looking for a new sock.

Thanks.

 

[aspiring_sage]

I wonder if you could review them, the specs, pros and cons, and which you’d buy if one’s looking for a new sock.

Thanks.

Don’t get me started on the cotton versus wool debate. And blending plant with animal and synthetic materials is directly opposed to scripture

still wouldn’t consider “socks” a hobby

 

[renfield]

I’m not going to look but I’ll assume that there’s a “Sock Fancy” magazine out there.

 

[Michigan_Bill]

I am SO embarrassed to say that I actually looked. Ghastly. Sock forums are actually a thing… Looking at a pipe smoking forum has just become a very normal activity after all. ??

 

[aspiring_sage]

I am SO embarrassed to say that I actually looked. Ghastly. Sock forums are actually a thing… Looking at a pipe smoking forum has just become a very normal activity after all. ??

I’m still afraid to google it.

 

[Chasing Embers]

I’m still afraid to google it.

Don't, the related images aren't worth the burnt retinas.