Thread: 7 Day Razor set

Originally Posted by Phrank

Maintenance of a 7 Day set back in the day made a lot of sense. Each razor was rotated according to the day - you would most likely only have to touch up your razors once a year, if that.

Also - if you found a style, grind and size you liked - you were good to go - back then it was just shaving.

That makes sense to me, too.

Originally Posted by Smyth

There is a set in the classifieds today, and I admit it looks cool. But that is what got me wondering.

Buy it,,, It's a really nice looking set.

Originally Posted by Smyth

I don't, actually. But I don't hone my own yet, so having one for when I send one out is nice. So I need two, I guess. I had two "vintage" straights and then my wife bought me a new Ralf Aust for Christmas. So now I have three.

Sounds like a great wife.

Originally Posted by Hirlau

Buy it,,, It's a really nice looking set.

Don't have the do-re-me for that kind of extravagance.

Originally Posted by rhensley

Sounds like a great wife.

She is, indeed.

Yea, back in the day the 7 day sets may have made a good deal of sense but probably less so today especially if you hone your own. There is no doubt also that back in the day well to do people owned the 7 day sets while Joe Plumbob was lucky to own 1 razor. Of the very few people I have known who used a straight razor back in the day none had a 7 day set or even a Gentleman's pair. I guess I hung out with the wrong class of people.

Regardless, the 7 day sets are a thing of beauty to look at and own if you have the scratch to buy them.

Bob

I think way back when, most people did not have a lot of money and in more cases than not people shared razors. That is except for the very wealthy. They would have seven and there valet would strop them through out the week and keep them neatly organized in a nice seven day case, unless you were the wealthy of the wealthy and then your valet kept up the razors and shaved you. That is my theory of why they started, and trying to have what the wealthy have or used to have has been every less than wealthy persons goal for a long long time.

I've had a few come and go just for the collectable aspect. I have one 7 and one 4 day set now. The seven day is by Wilhelm Mandt and I used to actively collect any of their razors I could find. I keep it because it is a minty set and I like it. I have honed all to shave ready and do shave with one or another from time to time. Same with the 4 day set. That is branded by a maker from Wales, and is older, with horn scales. Not wedges, but a good shave nonetheless.

I've noticed in sets that I've had or seen that frequently only one or two out of the set will be used. Back in the old days I think they were often given as gifts. Unless they are exquisitely beautiful, or unusual in a pleasing way, I find it rather boring to have carbon copies of the same razor. YMMV.

Lust, dude. Pure lust, just because one can. I understand, as a RAD addicted. People also buy Lamborghini and hand engraved gold-plated FN browning hi-powers and also build emerald-green marble with colorful vitrals and bronze hardware art-nouveau shave/bath dens for the same reason. I fully unferstand this, just don't have the $ yet.

But I will.