Thread: Razor sorting criteria ?

That's a good point. I keep my regular rotation in a Barber's box on the counter next to my sink for that reason

And that doesn't have to disrupt or even be separate from your other storage. They can go in and out of it as you please.

Originally Posted by PaulFLUS

I keep my regular rotation in a Barber's box on the counter next to my sink for that reason

I have always avoided keeping any razors in the bathroom, I worry about the damp so I keep them in the bedroom in a couple of draws of a jewlery box.

I have a small thing with 3 draws in it for razors that need honing/refreshing, coffin boxes and other general stuff.

Here’s my ‘rotation’ stand. Will hold the razors safely in an open position to air out/dry too.

That'll work too. Very cool.

My bathroom has 15’ ceilings and is big enough to keep humidity from accumulating. That's why I can get away with keeping them in the bathroom although I still keep desiccant packs in the drawers with them.

Originally Posted by STF

I have always avoided keeping any razors in the bathroom, I worry about the damp so I keep them in the bedroom in a couple of draws of a jewlery box.

I used to... but not anymore; now, they're always close at hand. (OK, my straights, DEs, and SEs are stored w/silica gel dry-packs, in my bedroom)

Originally Posted by PaulFLUS

My bathroom has 15’ ceilings and is big enough to keep humidity from accumulating. That's why I can get away with keeping them in the bathroom although I still keep desiccant packs in the drawers with them.

When I get out of the shower my mirror is steamed up unless I keep the bathroom door open, I always felt that if i can steam up my mirror, I can hurt a razor.

Mine are all together in the cabinet in the Man Cave/Razor Room/Radio Room. I rotate through all of them.
After a shave, I look up the one I picked on the chart so I can change the date I used it and find it may have been 3+ years ago since last used. But I still do my best to use them all.
Some months I pick something special like Sheffields this month. Or Bone scales this month. Or Barber Notch this month. Hey, you got to narrow the list somehow.

As I said, my razors live in a jewely box in the bedroom. I just work from left to right and then start on the second drawer before starting over again from the beginning.

I shave every other day usually so it takes about a month to go through my rotation.

I've got a razor on a stand by the jewelery box that is already stropped and ready for tomorrows shave so there's one more than shown, thats why there's a gap on the bottom drawer.



Top drawer are my special razors, Dovo - Boker - TI - Barbers Delight and a something with Honey Horn Scales.

I know that there not special special but i love em.

I think they're pretty nice Steve.

Mine are stored in cheap cardboard boxes. Most are sorted by country/size but when I have many razors from the same brand the sorting changes to brand/size. With my collection this ensures that razor quantities are more or less evenly spread between boxes (otherwise some boxes would have too few razors and some too many). And it keeps the storage area manageable for me. A few extra tweaks eg. for NOS or for grouping together unusual countries into 'Other countries'. Good luck!