Thread: Why do 7 day sets exist?

would make sence to have then all the same in style, weight, grind. It would be like shaving with the same razor daily you could get your control down to a fine art. not having to adjust to a different razor all the time. You would know after a while right where the point, heal etc was all the time without thinking after a short while

NO they are not for sale.

J.C. Vickery ivory scales
Just got them.

Originally Posted by oldblades

NO they are not for sale.

J.C. Vickery ivory scales
Just got them.

Let me be the first to say,

I hate you!

Originally Posted by Utopian

Let me be the first to say,

I hate you!

and there you have demonstrated the real reason... razor envy!

I'm surprised some of you old "codgers" didn't pick up on this........ I DID !....and maybe there's something to it !..............

I'm a pipe smoker.........and a pipe collector !

Smoking pipes came in "7 day" sets back in the "old days"........the reason being that a pipe (after being smoked for a day) should "rest" before being taken up again, so that it might "dry out".......thus, a pipe for each day !

I don't know if this has ANY bearing what-so-ever on razors.......but when I heard: "7-day set".....that is what popped into my mind !

MARKO....

There was an old "myrh" "fact" that a razor should rest a day between shaves.

I have always wanted to put the value of straight razors in perspective to better understand costs relative to their original market. Original prices on many seem so inexpensive now...almost as if some were considered nearly disposable rather than revered objects. I know that incomes were also relative, but we sure have a lot of razors around....

Thank Goodness!

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

And yes there were 6 day sets for certain religious groups where you don't shave on the sabath so a 7 day set would be like an 8 day set for us.

That thought had not occured to me. It makes sence though. I may have to re-trace my steps and do some haggling. Last I remember they were in pretty good shape.

So if I get a bunch of the same razor of fleabay, and do some custom scales and make a 7 day set... does that make me a "rich" person?

Originally Posted by Timeo Danaos

It was, and is, a widely accepted theory, that the fine edge of the razor was deformed during shaving but would "spring back" if given time to recover.

Originally Posted by Markopolo

Smoking pipes came in "7 day" sets back in the "old days"........the reason being that a pipe (after being smoked for a day) should "rest" before being taken up again, so that it might "dry out".......thus, a pipe for each day !

Indeed, it's widely accepted among pipe-smokers and I would think that what Timeo Danaos states bears some truth. That along with that it DOES look very classy