Thread: the greatest shaver

Have you noticed the last razor you used is the "greatest shaver yet", forgetting you have a drawer full of great shavers. We all are looking for that illusive greatest shaver. At one time I said the same thing about a Wapi. Now is dusty, forgetten and neglected, I don't even know where it is. A new great shaver is in the mail waiting to be bragged about as soon as I shave with it. All razors are capable of being greatest shavers, one, you need to know how to use them and two, if they are sharp enough, they will shave anything, even a tomato. Brag all you want and keep gathering razors, shave the tomato if you want, is not going to hurt anything. Juan.

i was with ya till the tomato thing, u lost me.

but yea ive noticed that the latest shave usually seems best, but then i add a pass and its .... you know.
yea your right, i think just about any of the good razors will shave well

This is what rotations are all about. I am currently aiming for a 365 day rotation. I figure that may just be enough. Leap years will throw that out though. **** it, I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.

Hah! I just thought my shaves were getting better with each razor because I was developing my new technique. How stupid of me!

Now, what's next? More razors of course.

Actually you have to beware too many razors because when you only have a few you are very familiar with all their characteristics and the way they shave. When you have too many each time you go through your rotation its like learning to use them all over again each time you use them. Thats why I keep my total to about 100, har-har.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

Actually you have to beware too many razors because when you only have a few you are very familiar with all their characteristics and the way they shave. When you have too many each time you go through your rotation its like learning to use them all over again each time you use them. Thats why I keep my total to about 100, har-har.

You do have a point about getting to know your razors. I used to have 8 razors until I sold 5 of them. I find 3 is a great number of razors to have, as I have a couple of backup ones if anything were to happen. But it's few enough that I am quite familiar with how they each perform.

But I have noticed that the better you get a shaving the more likely your most recent razor will be your favourite shaver.

If I were to rate my razors on their shave, then other factors like how much they meant to me would heavily influence my rank.

My Wilkinson would probably be at the top, because it means the most to me, the others technically shave just as well but that's not always the point.

Originally Posted by juannaredo

A new great shaver is in the mail waiting to be bragged about as soon as I shave with it.

Oh, lovely.

Originally Posted by juannaredo

All razors are capable of being greatest shavers, one, you need to know how to use them and two, if they are sharp enough, they will shave anything, even a tomato. Brag all you want and keep gathering razors, shave the tomato if you want, is not going to hurt anything.

It never ceases to amaze me how different people use public forums in their very personal ways. Funnily enough, and on a tangential note only, bragging is the last thing I would want to do on SRP. Not least because I know there are too many people around who would go C|N>K if I did. But, as they say, suum cuique.

i love to brag, i brag on every junk razor and piece of soap i get
thats part of the fun of getting something