Thread: Anyone so minimalist using only one straight razor everyday???

I've done it for the last year or two. I have the razor sitting in the bathroom and use it until it stops shaving, then get another one from the stash.
They've been 5/8 full hollows - one puma, one wusthoff, one-two non-famous german brands, one current production dovo, one of the special edition ti's, one 6/8 friodur - I think that covers it all because with proper stropping they go for many months.

I've got a big collection (and that's probably only a third of all razors I've ever gotten) and at some point I used 6 razors per single shave, so this is the opposite end of the spectrum - get a decent razor, hone it well, use it until it doesn't shave too well; don't worry too much whether it is 'the best razor' or has 'the best edge' - I know they are very good razors and the edges are very good too.

WHAT? No Heljestrands in the shave mix? I alternate between 2 MK31's and a recently acquired MK30.

Originally Posted by gugi

I've done it for the last year or two. I have the razor sitting in the bathroom and use it until it stops shaving, then get another one from the stash.
They've been 5/8 full hollows - one puma, one wusthoff, one-two non-famous german brands, one current production dovo, one of the special edition ti's, one 6/8 friodur - I think that covers it all because with proper stropping they go for many months.

I've got a big collection (and that's probably only a third of all razors I've ever gotten) and at some point I used 6 razors per single shave, so this is the opposite end of the spectrum - get a decent razor, hone it well, use it until it doesn't shave too well; don't worry too much whether it is 'the best razor' or has 'the best edge' - I know they are very good razors and the edges are very good too.

I have just 3 razors. Of those three I really only use one, the Dovo Best Quality my girl bought me for Christmas. I bought the second one to practice honing. Then the third for the same reason when I discovered the second razor has a slightly warped blade. I intend to sell the second blade because it has a nice set of bone scales but haven't logged back onto my computer. Apparently the picture uploads from my ipad are too large for the SRP seller section. I plan to not have more than 2 razors at any given time. I'm hoping to get one or two of my brothers into straights eventually and want to be able to maintain their razors in addition to my own.

I'm not going to talk about soaps/creams though...

I'm down to eight custom razors now and would love to make it only two. But damn all the builders just keep posting stuff I need