Thread: What Should I Collect?

As Chris L asked, do you shave with them or just collect them ? Since you have been at it awhile I would have assumed you would know what you like ? A pal of mine says that two of anything is the start of a collection. When I first started collecting razors in the 1980s I tried shaving with them for a brief period and gave up on it. I accumulated a couple of hundred and later sold most of them.

I found the razors that rang my bell were the old Sheffields circa late 1700s early 1800s. I kept a few of those. They are fairly scarce. At least they were before the world wide web.

Since I started shaving with straights exclusively I am back up to around a hundred again. Most are from the twentieth century and my focus is on quality shavers in as good a shape as I can get. A good friend of mine since passed on collected figural handles. The blades were incidental.

The brands that come to mind as being popular collectibles are the fore mentioned Dubl Duck, Puma, Filarmonica, C-Mon, Craftsman. There are quite a few. Check out the forum index for the "razor clubs" and you can see some good examples of what some of the members favor.

Then you have the customs by Robert Williams, Mastro Livi, Joe Chandler, Tim Zowada, Josh Earl, LR Harner and others. That is a field in itself for a guy with deep pockets. Good hunting and if you come up with anything cool post a photo in the Show and Tell forum. We would love to see it.