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    For me, a razor is like a song.

    With a song, I hear a new one and fall in love with it, and overplay it all the time. Eventually, I get tired of overplaying it and it moves into the regular rotation on my ipod while I over-listen to the next neat new musical discovery.
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    Quote Originally Posted by gssixgun View Post
    Shhhhhhh, are you guys crazy ....

    Razors need a minimum of 14 days between shaves 100 days between shaves is even better,,,


    Honest wife, these guys have no clue what they are talking about, I am right, I do need all those razors
    Quote Originally Posted by whavens View Post
    Sorry guys, I am with Glen on this one. I read somewhere that they need a 1 year rest period before being re-used. So lets work on our collections.
    I'm with you Both!!!! Unfortunately I can only go about a month right now. Working on too many razors!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by JohnJ View Post
    For me, a razor is like a song.

    With a song, I hear a new one and fall in love with it, and overplay it all the time. Eventually, I get tired of overplaying it and it moves into the regular rotation on my ipod while I over-listen to the next neat new musical discovery.
    Agreed John, And as was mentioned, your razors will live longer with less honing!!! SWMBO has been told this and for some reason she thinks I'm telling a fib!
    It is the truth after all!!!!
    "We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm."

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    Unfortunately i have to go against many of you and agree with OP .
    I do think razor needs to be rested between shaves at least 24 hours.
    Resting the blade does help Edge last longer.
    My personal experience.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hi_bud_gl View Post
    Unfortunately i have to go against many of you and agree with OP .
    I do think razor needs to be rested between shaves at least 24 hours.
    Resting the blade does help Edge last longer.
    My personal experience.
    Why do you think that is? My experience is, there's no difference and I don't understand the logic that suggests there is. Equally, 24 hours between shaves is usual anyway, isn't it? How are you telling the difference?

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    Quote Originally Posted by hi_bud_gl View Post
    Unfortunately i have to go against many of you and agree with OP .
    I do think razor needs to be rested between shaves at least 24 hours.
    Resting the blade does help Edge last longer.
    My personal experience.
    Well you shave once every 24 hours pretty much, so the blade is rested in that sense.However, is there any evidence that anything happens to the edge if it sits for 48 hours vs 24 for example?
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    I love this, as it has been discussed so many times it hurts,,,

    For resting: comes the Metal Elasticity junkies that show that over 24-48 hours the memory in the steel will self correct to a certain extent...

    Opposed to resting: Comes the olden day Barbers who shaved client after client all day long

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    I did say at least 24 hours will be correct if you rest it 48 hours.
    To find out the differences you will need to have exact 2 blades honing job done by same person.
    then you will need to use first one and shave every day .
    See how long edge will last.
    Mark the day and move to next blade.
    Use it after 48 hours and see how long this blade will last.
    Mark the day and compare one to next.
    Now i am not sure have you guys seen honed edge pics or not. It is so thin by pushing with you finger slightly it will bend. if you take your finger out gave it time or just go head strop you will see how will it straighten up .
    After shave your edge is bend ,curved etc. when you give it time it will come back slightly. then you strop edge is fine.
    if you don't give enough time to the edge and strop your weak edge will get weaker and soon you will start to have small chips first then big chips. so on.
    i hope i was clear enough and this helps instead of confusing
    Quote Originally Posted by AlanII View Post
    Why do you think that is? My experience is, there's no difference and I don't understand the logic that suggests there is. Equally, 24 hours between shaves is usual anyway, isn't it? How are you telling the difference?

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    At olden times that is the reason
    Every single Barber had Barber hone or Coticule next to them. As soon as they feel edge is not performing well they used stones to bring the edge back.
    Quote Originally Posted by gssixgun View Post

    Opposed to resting: Comes the olden day Barbers who shaved client after client all day long
    Last edited by hi_bud_gl; 06-23-2011 at 11:59 PM.

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    Sham just clarify something for me. How are you counting the days? Days of actual use or days in rotation before needing to hone? Because if it's days in rotation before needing to hone, then obviously the razor rested for 48 hours will last at least twice as long as the one used daily. And what do you do on the off days? Go without a shave or use another razor on those days?


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    this is how i have done my test.
    i did count number of shaves i got from each blade.
    Lets say i used x blade every day.
    Edge lasted 15 shaves.
    y blade i used every 2 days.
    y blade lasted 30 shaves and still was sharp enough to shave comfortable .
    it just gets boring to use same razor every time for a months .
    result was clear for me and i stop the test.
    i don't shave every day off days i let hair grow( i need them for my next shave test) i usually use 3 days or 4 days grow to find out edge is true shave ready or not.
    i hope i answered to your question.
    Quote Originally Posted by MickR View Post
    Sham just clarify something for me. How are you counting the days? Days of actual use or days in rotation before needing to hone? Because if it's days in rotation before needing to hone, then obviously the razor rested for 48 hours will last at least twice as long as the one used daily. And what do you do on the off days? Go without a shave or use another razor on those days?


    Mick

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