Thread: How many razors do you have, and why so many?

I have bought most of my razors incredibly cheap, so your figure is waaaaay high.

As to pluses and minuses of various blade grinds and shapes, it will really boil down to your own personal tastes and experiences. I find mine still changing as time goes on.

For me it is like collecting anything else. Knives, Guns, Stamps, Coins, ect.. Out of my collection I only use 5 or 6 on a regular basis. I started with a shavette long ago and then had one straight razor with the same question as you. Now I understand it is a hobby with many aspects to it. Honing, restoring, accumulating history of them, displaying them, and using them. This also applies to soaps, brushes, bowls, mugs, scuttles, strops, DE razors, DE blades, scents, sets, display boxes, and more! I appreciate that this hobby can be as extensive and as challenging as you like. Whenever I feel I am getting bored there is always something else to get involved in.

Too many simply because I can and want to.

Bob

If a little of good is good, a lot of good is better.

I have 35 razors.
Why so many?
Simple...
I love shaving with them.
I love restoring them.
I love honing them.
I love collecting them and studying their history.
And...
It's a great retirement hobby.

Pete <:-}

3 because 2 were gifts from friends and one is a custom.

There is a pretty good thread about one persons experimenting with different sizes and grinds of razors. I believe it is called the great experiment. It's a decent read and should be interesting for those just starting. Meets are a great place to experience and see many different razors. They are also a good place to learn all the aspects of our hobby. I highly recommend them

Originally Posted by Fezzik77

I can see having 2 good razors, one in use and one to switch to when the other needs rehoned or other work done, rotate when stropping isn't cutting it on the one in use.

See, you call yourself a 'noob' and you've got more sense than most of the guys on this forum ....... especially more than me ! .........

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

See, you call yourself a 'noob' and you've got more sense than most of the guys on this forum ....... especially more than me ! .........

L0L. Well. I get my first one on Friday and the blades for the Weck tomorrow (I think). Talk to me again in a few months. That is just my viewpoint from where I sit right now. Though, probably heavily influenced by my finances and general lack of shaving for the last several months, errr years.

Getting my first straight for Xmas and I own two DE razors.