Thread: Do I have too many?

Too many. Nonsense. No such thing. Smiling. I think many of us have that problem. I can't even tell you how many times I said this will be my last purchase. Keep on shaving brother.

Luis

From a user pov I would say yes. Oth from a collectors pov I would say not hardly. Enjoy your collecting, you are off to a good start.

Bob

Buy the best you can afford, I've always applied this logic to everything in life, buy cheap buy twice.

If you think 13 razors is too many, then it may be. It always amuses me when a person with ten-or-so razors worries about having RAD. I liken it to someone with the sniffles wondering if they may have pneumonia. But, then, RAD is a subjective disease. If you are a conservative person ten razors may seem excessive. If you are of a more compulsive nature, that's only a starting point. There are many people on this forum with hundreds of razors and who are still looking for more. There have been other postings on this subject in the past.

Regards - Walt

When it comes to straight razors having 'too many' is a contradiction in terms.

The question is: howmany do you actually use? I have around 20 and frequently use maybe 5... Some need restoring first, some are plain ugly used for honing practice and some have no reason to not be used other than that I seem not to care about them. I'm selling off some and keeping the ones I like most.

Originally Posted by One2mny

is it even possible to have too many?

Straight razors, dark chocolate, good brandy and a mate of your choice (if you so desire) are never to be considered in the category of excess!

Hi Chu,
Did you ever hear a women complaining being bothered by too much jewelry?
Joost

Gentlemen,

Early on we have a tendency to accumulate razors. Some are worth having. Some are not, but we don't know any better. Eventually we learn, at least some of us, that quality is far better than quantity.

Since I have never been a collector of straight razors other than for daily use, I have no comments on that element of the straight razor world.

I have reduced my modest collection to 23 razors, including the Feather Artist Club DX, which I use for travel. I tried to trim to seven razors, but that proved hard. How do you choose between a Tuckmar or Carl Schlieper, Rudolf Schmidt or Guierrmo Hoppe, Fontana or Mann & Federlein's Mannos, Paul Schultz or Horstator? I rather fancy old German razors, as you see.

The dozen or so great Sheffield razors are gone. Fabulous razors, these, but they were heavy for my arthritic hands. So the decision was made for me. The Dubl Duck and C-Mon razors left a long time ago. They were quality razors, of course, but never impressed me.

I have two Heribert Wacker razors left and they stay — astonishing what a sweet edge they took. Also the three Thiers-Issard razors stay.

My three Ralf Aust razors, two 7/8 and one 6/8, will stay. It's surprising how sweet these razors are. So will a 7/8 of an old Modoso blank ground by Wacker — this one took a sweet edge, too.

Perhaps a few more of these razors will eventually go, but that will be a tough decision. Either way, I will keep the best razors I can afford.

When I hit 12 I found that I always used the same few, so I started giving away to budding straight shavers.

I have no desire to collect more than I use.

YMMV