Thread: How many?

I am afraid that the Rad is incurable. But dont worry Here you are in excellent company & if a razor is not a good fit you can always sell or trade it .
After having a grand sellout I got my razors down to about3 & afew that I didnt use ,But now my Rad is growing again.Paul

Welcome Kristoffer. Nice to see another Norwegian here. Sounds like you've got some good hardware already. Hopefully they're all giving you a great shave.

I've got about 50 or so, but only about 15 that are shave ready, the others are all works in progress. Honing has become my main focus lately. Can't do much without a sharp edge besides look at it, or cut open potato chip bags. Why the F* do they make those bags so hard to open?

Let's see... I have 10 Dovo's, 1 Thiers-Issard, 2 Joe Chandler Customs, 1 Mastro Livi and a handful of ebay and flea market finds.

With hones and other shaving stuff, I'd estimate having spent around $3000.... Just spend the money and buy what you want-because there is no cure.

Yup, it sure is a lot cheaper to shave with a razor which doesn't require purchasing replacement blades or cartridges. Ain't it so?

Uh huh, straight razor shaving is certainly cost effective. I've got 47 sitting in my rotation array, and a few more in the wings - and in boxes.

I look at them and reflect on how much I've saved on blade and cartridge replacement costs.

The Fed and Treasury are pounding my door down trying to get me to come and advise on wise economic policy, considering how well I've proved sound financial judgment.

Hones? Gotta couple. Brushes - a few.

Money? Not so much.

I started off with 2 shave ready razors from the BST here. One 5/8 full hollow, and a 5/8 half hollow english wedge. A restored 6/8 from Bill Ellis soon followed. I stayed with those three and a TM starter strop for a few months, while I learned to shave.

The first "eureka!" moment came when I first good a really good, BBS straight shave. Then I knew I was going to stick with it, and was worth investing in.

The second moment came when I decided I wanted to learn to hone. I needed ebay razors as fodder for my hones.

When I was getting good edges off the hone, all bets were off.

Now I have storage for around 50 razors. When I find myself stacking more than one razor in each slot, I sell some.

I the beginning, I started with a couple: Bought a W&B from Bill Ellis. It's still one of my best shavers. Bought a Beau Brummel from Vintage blades. Sold it on Ebay, dern! It goes on and on....

Presently, I have 72 (one a Maestro Levi)! All are shave ready and displayed on my bathroom walls.

I have 6 coming from Ebay. - plus one coming from Robert Williams.

I know this will never end, and that's okay. I love paying less than $10.00 for an Ebay razor. Restoring it. Sharpening it! - and getting a wonderful shave with it.

Soon I will need to reduce the inventory and sell some on Ebay. - then buy some more....

* I think you can see what is going on here......

Steve