Thread: How many razors?

I think the main problem is to find the right razor. Mind you, I would miss all my other razors, but I could easily live with just one (6/8ths Le Grelot 1/4 hollow in case anyone wants to know...). But I had to go through various widths and grinds to find that out.

You need one more razor than you already have, re-evaluate tomorrow and you will get the same results!

Originally Posted by English

Two is the optimum number.

One to use and one as a backup.

I agree with this. One would be enough if there was no downtime for resharpening or repairing

Originally Posted by jbcohen

I have only two straights and the reason why I have two not one is simple, got the one and realized that I really preferred stainless steel rather than the carbon steel that I had. Needless to say the second is a stainless, and I do not intend to get anymore for at least ten years when my four year old is old enough to start doing the job himself. I would image the only thing that I would purchase now would be a strop, don't have one as yet as I am leaving that to the future once I can learn to shave with the straight first - one step at a time.

What if your kid prefers carbon steel?

You do need a strop of some sort to use before every shave, so put that on top of your short list.

As for the OP, I'd agree that two is the minimum.
J.

Yup, I think I just need 1 more razor....maybe 2....

one is fine until you get rad i went from one to five overnite it seems like

i like my timor but i just got my red imp so i've only had one shave with it. don't have a thies-issy yet so i have no clue whether or not i'd like them...
and there's the problem, you end up with several (dozen) before you find the one you can't do without.
but i will say this, i do like carbon over stainless over all, the timor is just really lightweight compared to my dovo. and that reminds me, eventually, i'll have a zowada. and i want a japanese style straight just for the experience of using one (i hope you see where this is going)

Originally Posted by lawman2

Straight razors are like guns and fishing rods. How ever many a man wants, that's the right number.

Doesn't the saying go: "Beware of the man who only has one rifle"

Fortunately for me I have approximatly ten years to go before I need to teach my son this task. I have years to learn and experiment and get it right myself before I have to show him what I learned. I understand what jfreashsho is telling us. Fortunately I have one carbon and one stainless razor, he can have his pick as soon as he understands the difference between the two.

I got by for fifteen years with only one razor just fine. After finding this site, I now have six. I will probably get one more so I can round it out for a one week set. After that I will start to recycle. I will get another but I will also get rid of one thus mainting the status quo of seven.