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For me, variety. Plus some razors in my opinion are better in different circumstances. There are 5/8 full hollow days and 6/8 half hollow days. I've stuck to seven or eight, balancing my RAD and my pocket, by selling on the clessifieds or donating to the giveaway. Some days I feel like a badger brush, others boar. Different scents in soaps, aftershaves etc, set a mood so for me it's really about... having fun.
For me, two reasons. The primary reason is interest, I just love shaving with a different razor every day. I could never really understand the idea of a seven day set; as nice as they look it also seems rather boring.
The secondary reason is difference in 'feel'. I rotate six straights, interspersed with a DE or SE from time to time. I follow a more 'aggressive' straight (like my Burrell Top Flight) with a more 'buttery' edge like my Wade and Butcher Special...
Carl
I rotate through 4 blades, 5 brushes, & 6 soaps.
Blades, especially as a novice honer, to have a good edge while wrestling with the others.
Brushes, because I'd get curious about different bristle-types & lofts.
Soaps, because the variety is stimulating, and also the curiosity factor (glycerin or tallow? etc.).
I don't have a rotation. I put two razors in a coffee cup by the sink. I use one razor predominately. However, if that razor fails then I have a second razor on standby. The rotation philosophy begins when I realize I can't guarantee the back-up razor is truly functioning correctly. So, I shave with the back-up occasionally. This leads to a lazy form of rotation.
I think the resting idea is rooted more in giving your face a rest from the same razor, than any real need to rest the steel, but I shave every other day, so I'll probably never know.
No rotation for me. I have three razors. one is rarely used, another occasionally used and a third - my favorite - is used all the time.
It's embarrassing to say this, but for like 6 weeks I've been wondering what this means. I'm sure there's a joke in there somewhere, but I can't find it. Would anyone care to help me understand?Quote:
Originally Posted by Euclid440
Oh, and as for rotations, well I seem to have more hones than razors, so for me it's more like one or two main razors but a different stone each day.
Young bull says lets run down and do some cows. Old one says let's walk and do them all.
It's the first half of a joke. Google "two bulls joke", or "two bulls on a hill".Quote:
Originally Posted by Frankenstein
I'm new to the SR addiction. I started with a Dovo 6/8 Bismarch and a vintage Wade & butcher 6/8 wedge. I have just made it thru the first week and already looking to add to my collection. I have a Boker "king cutter" 11/16 and a Boker "Edelweiss" 5/8 coming any day. I would like to get it to a 7 razor rotation with the best feeling blades. Only one way to find the right feeling blade. Get a lot of em. lol. Can always sell off the ones I don't like and keep moving forward.
I Know I need a thiers-Issard in the mix. NEXT.