Hello to all,
I was wondering, why is it so popular to have a 7 day rotation with razors? I figure it may be due to having one honing / maintenance session per week, or perhaps just because one can (collectors wanting to use their razors)?
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Hello to all,
I was wondering, why is it so popular to have a 7 day rotation with razors? I figure it may be due to having one honing / maintenance session per week, or perhaps just because one can (collectors wanting to use their razors)?
I believe a pair of srt8s should be a minimum rotation for anyone, but some ( myself included :w ) with RAD just need to justify our purchases and a 7 day set covers just some at a time let alone several 7 day sets of different types etc
& then there is the extreme few here who would have an annual set of 364 & the super specials for the leap year days LOL
I doubt that they are very popular in the sense that everyone has a set but no doubt most would not mind having a set. I don't have this kind of spare change Thiers-Issard "Bijou De France" 7 day Straight Razor Set hanging around to save on honing. Would be nice though to be in that position.
Bob
Nice link... beautiful razors... If only I had $3k to drop on shaving.
Well, if not you'd better find a second job. Oops, I forgot that this hobby was supposed to save me lots of money.
It will. It may take up to 450 years, though, but it will!Quote:
Originally Posted by ace
One is all you truly need. However, if you need to send it out for sharpening then a second would be nice. For me, I found myself browsing every antique store I could find in my surrounding area and picked up quite a few that I thought I could restore and start using. It took several months before I got the hang of cleaning them up and sharpening them but by then I found I had a few in rotation. At that point I found a leather pouch designed to hold 7, so I started trying to decided what my 7-day rotation would look like. Like you, I thought that would give me one for each day of the week then I could re-sharpen them. I found that they do not need re-sharpening after just one shave, so the 7 day rotation gives me enough 'sharp' blades for more like a month. At this point I don't need to fully resharpen, but touching them to my barber's hone works great.
By the way, over the last month, I have started using just one razor. Don't know why exactly but I find myself working more on my stropping and it seems to be working. So, I kinda stopped the rotation for now.
Happy Shaves,
Scott
I don't understand why one would stop at 7. Seems arbitrary to me?
I imagine back in the day you could take the set with you for a trip out of town without having to bring your strop.
Personally, I am approaching a 1 month set in honed condition, and I have enough in possession to complete a 52 week set.
Why? Because I can.
Or if your butler leaves town and one of the lesser servants has to shave you. Then when the butler comes back he can do the stropping.
Michael
I made a spreadsheet of all my razors. When I purchased them, how much, etc. Here is what I found:
1) Up until about 3 months ago, I had two straights.
2) I now have 27.
3) I have a problem.
4) I am more than half way to a 52 week set.
Back on topic, I always thought the seven day set was used in an effort to spread the use and defer the need for honing. Is that believed to be correct, or is it really just a luxury of the past?
Rob, I have seen your blades, at least some. I am willing to help with your problem. You have my address. I will even pay for the shipping!
Asking me to shave with one razor is like asking me to drink one type of Whiskey.
I just ain't gonna do it.
Hmmm, this sounds like a good tag line.
Very generous of you to take them off my hands. I think I'll just enter a 12 step program instead.Quote:
Originally Posted by souschefdude
That said, I am willing to loan you for your use any of my razors. Take your pick. Yours to test drive at no cost.
Thanks man. We'll have to do a swap next we meet...
Yes you have a problem as your 3rd point mentions, but it is thoroughly explained in point 4, you are short of the 52 week set. My advice is that you quit slacking and meet the minimum requirements! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by rbaker2778
I always suggest to beginners to stick with one razor until they are shaving confidently and without irritation. Once you get there then you can add others. The logic of the 7 day set was to minimize the number of times in a year you had to break out the honing stones.
I don't think there really is a 7 day rotation. Folks get that idea because they see 7 day sets. In fact through the years the average Joe owned maybe one or two razors and that was it. 7 day sets were made by manufacturers specifically for their well heeled clients. They were more a status symbol for the rich. Later on they sold 7 day sets as tourist pieces and many of these found their way back to the U.S and other countries.
If someone from say 1890 found themselves transported here to this site they would think they were in the looney bin.
As my RAD strikes again I think I will need to add the dates to the purchases on my register also, as I am at the 26 mark in just over 6 months.
but it's OK because for Xmas my Daughter bought me a knife storage roll that holds about 36 Straights (god bless her, much to SWMBO's amusement with you wont fill that Ha) so I have room for 5 full 7 day sets & a couple of spares
now just to start determining what makes a set, so far I have a the following options layed out
a black horn scaled set
a light horn scaled set
a cream Celluloid scaled set a 13/16"- 1" set
& 2 stub tails for a possible set
& then 2 inherited DE's just to throw a spnner in the works
just need to clean some up & sor t them LOL
I concur, a minimum of two 7 day sets (matched or not),Quote:
Originally Posted by Substance
one to shave with while one gets serviced (self or otherwise).
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I hate it when that happens....Quote:
Originally Posted by mjsorkin
That's why you need a 7 day rotation of butlers too.Quote:
Originally Posted by aephilli
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Originally Posted by Laurens
My only issue with those 7 day sets is they all have the same razors in them, I like variety...