Thread: How many razors?

I'm new to straight razor shaving. Progress is slow but getting slightly easier to do. It seems most folk have more than one straight razor. Aesthetics aside ,is there any real need for more than one razor? Is there any advantage in having a couple or is it better to stick to one and become used to it?

If you have more than one, you can continue shaving with one while you are getting the other one honed up again. If you are maintaining your own razor, then you can get by just fine with just one razor, one strop, and one barber hone.

Two is the optimum number.

One to use and one as a backup.

Mind you on this forum the temptation to buy many razors is difficult to resist.

Thankfully I haven't caught RAD yet.
I only have my original Dovo En Vogue that I honed myself.
And a Wapienica that I bought "shave-ready" to compare my honing to that of an experienced person.
And two of those cheap Double Arrows off ebay to experiment with.
There is a nice vintage Henckels I have my eye on but I've resisted so far.

Yes, I'm sure glad I don't have RAD.

You only need one str8. It's good to have a backup, so 2 str8s are nice. The trouble is that str8s are like tribbles, they multiply. I have 7 now and can't explain how that happened .

Enjoy!

Dave

as i understand someone posted that the blade needs 48 hour reset period because of the metal or something, im not not sure but you cant use the same razor everyday because of thats and thats why they used to sell 7 day sets.... i may have misunderstood.

I think letting the blade rest is a myth. I've been shaving every day with my Dovo for the last week or so without a problem. Of course, that's just between us. If my wife asks, a str8 needs to rest a week, minimum.

Dave

Originally Posted by alex2363

as i understand someone posted that the blade needs 48 hour reset period because of the metal or something, im not not sure but you cant use the same razor everyday because of thats and thats why they used to sell 7 day sets.... i may have misunderstood.

They sold 7 day sets because a well heeled gentleman of means would buy that. Kind of like wearing a Rolex in these times. Also agreed that letting a razor rest is just a myth.

Originally Posted by English

Two is the optimum number.

One to use and one as a backup.

Mind you on this forum the temptation to buy many razors is difficult to resist.

You got that right. I haven't even let one touch my face yet as I do not have them in hand yet, but I now own three. One is supposed to be ready to rock, recently honed, shave tested, etc., and the other two I assume will need work. At this point a tad over $110 invested. Hopefully I will end up with at least two of the three as decent razors.

You guys and your enthusiasm is hard to resist.

Straights are not the problem with the dollars, the double edges were. Have eight of them and two straights, although I use the one. Lets see double edges $110 straights $30, since some of the hardware for the double edges are used with the straight there is no loss.