Okay, Y'all have been helpful so far with my n00b questions. How about this one, how many razors do you own, and why do you have so many razors? From a Newb perspective 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. I am seeing and hearing about people with dozens of razors. I can see it from the perspective of there are some neat looking razors out there so maybe collecting them is the point but is there a need to have a dozen razors except for the this one's purty factor?

My starting set is a low end straight and a replaceable blade straight. Eventually i want to get a really nice straight or two but can't imagine having more than 2 and maybe a replaceable blade. They last a really long time with some care and are pretty darned expensive.