Thread: I'm sure i'm not the first to ask this...

Originally Posted by cyrano138

just an afterthought, someone on the boards here told me it's really not feasible to have only one razor. i have to admit, i'm not much into collecting stuff, and i was really hoping to keep the hardware to a minimum. i do shave every day with my prefab mach-three-turbo-jet-fusion-quattro-de-mayo-number, and, though my facial hair is very fine (honestly i don't even think i can grow a full beard), i was planning on doing it everyday with the straight as well. has no one been able to make one razor work every day? i've read that the razor must be left alone for 24 hrs. after use, but wouldn't that just mean i couldn't use it more than once a day?

Don't worry I think that is an old wives tale. Think about it, when straights were used exclusively most men had one. You will probably have to touch it up more often than if you had 5 or 6. I have gotten to the point were I had a favorite and would use it almost every day.

Cyrano,
Nice to hear you like the old long boards. Near the condo we rent at the beach there is a group of older 45-55ish guys who surf every morning using only long boards (and "Old Guys Rule" T-shirts). Of course being the mid Atlantic coast there are no waves but the fellows sit out there all morning anyway just hoping for a rogue wave to come in. More a social event than anything but a short board would be out of place.

Tony

Originally Posted by cyrano138

... i was planning on doing it everyday with the straight as well. has no one been able to make one razor work every day?

Yes, but then I blame the razor for not shaving close enough, chastise it and send it to the hone without any dinner.

Originally Posted by cyrano138

i've read that the razor must be left alone for 24 hrs. after use, but wouldn't that just mean i couldn't use it more than once a day?

I was told the same thing by my barber many years ago and take it to heart. He said it would wear the edge too fast.

X

does everyone pretty much keep the spine and blade pressed to the hone as they sharpen? i read in one of the help files, and it stands to reason, that over time this would wear down the sides of the razor as well, causing the angle of honing to change as it diminished, eventually causing the razor to stop sharpening well.
also, in the honing vid on this site, it looks like the fellow (norton schick?) is only putting the sharp part of the razor to the hone, holding the spine slightly off of it...

Originally Posted by xman

Yes, but then I blame the razor for not shaving close enough, chastise it and send it to the hone without any dinner.


I was told the same thing by my barber many years ago and take it to heart. He said it would wear the edge too fast.

X

so i can get by with just one, though, right?

Originally Posted by cyrano138

so i can get by with just one, though, right?

You can but if history is any guide you won't

Razors are like potato chips...

-- Gary F.

...as long as i have a choice.

Originally Posted by cyrano138

...as long as i have a choice.

That's my point... the idea that we have a "choice" is illusory

-- Gary F.

Originally Posted by cyrano138

...as long as i have a choice.

Don't sweat it guy. There is no law in the universe that
dictates that you have to own more than one razor.

If one is all that you want, then one it shall be.
No one is going to twist your arm and make
you buy another razor.



Terry

that's good to know. getting multiple razors would be very uncharacteristic for me. i am thinking of buying a shave ready razor from someone on this site (just an el-cheapo, like 50 bucks or less), but once i've got my honing to an acceptable level, i'm going to pass it on to someone else for the same price.