Thread: How many razors

I only take one razor. After I complete my shave and get everything put away, my last step is to strop the razor on the linen for twenty laps and forty on the leather. I never fold my razor completely back into the scales until the next day. I allow any water inside the scales to evaporate. Before I shave, I alway complete forty laps on the leather. This process works well for me. I'm happy with the results .

I'm usually pretty sure a razor is good after honing but if not I'll finish with a DE or SE

Usually i shave only with one Razor, but when i hone a razor and its getting late in the night when i finish it, i usually have a second razor beside the one ive honed in the night laying in the bath because it happened (about three or four times) that those midnight Razors didnt worked very well, concentration loss isnt a good partner during a honing session.

Best solution is to hone several razors & take them all for a test. Odds are you'll get a good shave...

One. If it comes up short.....I stop and go back to the hones and strop. Of course that's when I'm not rushed for time, like having to be ready by noon or so!!

Being retired isn't all bad.

Howard

On a freshly honed razor I just shave with that edge, the whole shave, and always with the same exact prep and soap. I want an evaluation of how that edge feels to shave with and how my face will feel post shave, as well as one hour post shave.
For me this is all important information. If I need to take the razor back to the stones then I know for sure what I had in the initial honing and then when I re-evaluate the edge I know what results I attained in the re-hone.
This process gives me consistent test results and helps me to evaluate the edges more completely. Since I know I will be shaving with this edge it also encourages me not to take short cuts and to be patient making sure each stage in honing is complete.

most the time i take 1 .. i have taken 2 or 3 before ...i like Geezer's idea of keeping a coti or thuri in there though , as i do still run across those blades where i get close but not close enough and just need some more finish strokes and i dont shave but 2-3 times a week so i gotta get them test in when i can .. but if i take one and it fails i reach in the cabinet and grab my DE and finish then write my results in my hone log incase i dont get around to the hones any time soon ..

Only 1 for me, I usually know when a razor is on it's last shave. There's a point when a razor is pulling a little and then there's a point when it's tugging. I usually keep 5 or 6 razors ready, the longer the period each razor has between shaves the better the razor IMHO.

Big Greg

I just grab the one that strikes my fancy and strop. I very seldom grab another to finish up.

I always have a few at the sink side but go through phases - shave with one for a few shaves then switch it up. I'm always pretty sure a razor is going to be shave ready after I hone it and strop it to death to mellow it out - if it's silently dropping arm hairs high up, it's usually ready. I do the same thing with cream/soaps - use a different one every day if I can... but now that I have my hands on some new XPec, I'll think I'll be using that for a while...

-john