Thread: How do you determine what's the right razor dimensions?

Originally Posted by Aggelos

That being said

Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah... No.
You don't have to, should not have to, have such a feeling. That's peer pressure.

If you can find in your heart that you are content with one blade, then that's it.
Don't give in to the ramblings of razorholics, most of our predecessors before the internet had one razor for their whole life, if any.

At the hour of glory of "semainiers" (weekly sets) or luxury pairs for the rich, poor people seldom had even one... So...

This was very true in the past but you also have to consider our predecessors could either hone, including repairing blade chips, themselves or somebody nearby could do it. Today, over here, that is not necessarily the case for a beginner and any honing could involve mailing the razor away for service which can take several weeks before it is back. That was the position I was in when I started shaving with straight razors. So, a second back up razor can be a good idea in that case. OTH an old DE can be used too as a back up.

Now that I have taught myself to hone and repair chips I could definitely survive on just one razor. Unfortunately in the process of learning to hone and buying used razors to learn on I am now a confirmed "razorholic".

Bob