Thread: How many shaves?

Marshal, what's your wife say about all that. Mine goes nuts when I get a razor or want another stone.

Originally Posted by Glock27

Marshal, what's your wife say about all that. Mine goes nuts when I get a razor or want another stone.

Hahaha, well I don't have one of those yet. But when I bring a new girlfriend home I do have to throw a sheet over the hone shelf & hide razor collection/paraphernalia. Can't show 'em your eccentricity too early, might spook 'em away.

Edit: I'm hoping to have one of just about every hone before I get to the point I'm ready to settle down and have to get someone else's OK before spending my money.

Generally fewer than 10 though some razors seem to be going on forever. Though still sharp, shaves start to become uncomfortable after a few shaves. Rather than going on I prefer to put them back onto the hones.

Originally Posted by Marshal

I kind of tried that. Mostly I was checking to see how good my stopping had become. After a solid month without touching a stone, and 6 total using only that razor and the Norton 4/8 I needed to hone something. Even if it was just to justify the money spent on hones!

My current experiment is just different razors on different finishers. It's getting hard to remember what rock was used on which razor though! And I have new rocks inbound, so I may need to expand the razor collection a smidge...

I know how you feel. I just got two La Lunes in from France on top of a Charnley Forest from England. My French connect just sent me a picture of 30 coticules, including about a dozen exotic beautiful hybrids, he wants to sell. Talk about tempting an addict, I just grab a razor and put it on a new stone so ever razor I have is sharp. I have no idea how I am ever going to use all these stones.

Daily use of same razor 4 to 6 months. On occasion it has needed a refresh on a TI white pasted linen strop

Or misinterpretation as the Butcher of Seville?