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mkevenson So what is your routine? 08-01-2009, 11:55 PM
sbrouwers I grab one out of the... 08-02-2009, 01:44 AM
randydance062449 My routine? Well, I have... 08-03-2009, 04:14 AM
xman I have no routine these days.... 08-03-2009, 06:13 AM
crushnbugs Hmmm, I like the idea of... 08-03-2009, 10:23 AM
fccexpert I have six razors, and I use... 08-03-2009, 04:10 PM
manonengine Cry, sniff, sniff. I only... 08-03-2009, 07:07 PM
Doop I'm buying razors so dam fast... 08-04-2009, 12:21 PM
JokiJo I have two and so far I'm... 08-04-2009, 07:15 PM
tcharah Have 4 in my rotation! 2 Dubl... 08-05-2009, 11:26 AM
michealjarry I grab one out of the... 08-05-2009, 01:38 PM
khaos I have two that I like to use... 08-06-2009, 02:53 AM
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    Just a wanderer on this journey mkevenson's Avatar
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    Default So what is your routine?

    Well I may or not be a newby. I have been shaving with a str8 since late Dec. You call it.

    My routine is: I have an 8 day rotation of blades. I make them all SR. I then use them one by one. When a blade needs work it goes to the back of the rotation. I then have a 7 day rotation. I go this way usually until I have a 4 day rotation of SR blades. I then will touch up all the blades, usually on a Barbers hone and possibly on a chrom ox or diamond str
    op. I then repeat the 8 day rotation.
    What do you guys/women do?

    Mark

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    I grab one out of the collection and use it. When it starts to pull a little I hone it. I have my favorites but use all that I have. No set order!

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    My routine? Well, I have none. I will hone a razor, shave test it, hone it shave test etc. until I like it. I will continue using that razor until I hone another razor for somebody else or one of my own. I do not have the most razors of the guys here on SRP but if I honed one per week it would take 15 years to get them all honed!
    Rotation? Ya gotta be kidding me!
    Randolph Tuttle, a SRP Mentor for residents of Minnesota & western Wisconsin

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    I have no routine these days. I shave whenever I can get away with it and count myself lucky to have a sharp razor. Such is the life of this stay at home dad. *sigh*

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    Hmmm,

    I like the idea of rotating through my razors but I currently shave with one until it starts pulling or getting duller and then move on to the next one. I stay with one until its in need of some TLC not on a frequent rotation.

    Then to the next, I of course have my favorites...as we all do.

    I also am always on the hunt for my next purchase.


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    I have about 14 razors. Usually I vary from day to day which one I use. A lot depends on what mood I'm in.

    When a razor is dull I put it a side until I have three or four that are ready to be honed.
    Last edited by Otto; 08-03-2009 at 11:38 AM.


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    I have six razors, and I use them more or less in a regular cycle. When a blade needs honing, I hone it and return it to its place in the cycle.

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    Cry, sniff, sniff. I only have one good razor, sniff, sniff, blubber, blubber. shave with the same one every day. Easy choice for me.

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    I'm buying razors so dam fast it's getting hard to go back to one of the old girls.

    But seriously, ... I am serious.

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    I have two and so far I'm planning on just using the one till it needs honed and then using the other while the first gets sent out to be honed

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