Thread: If You Could Have Only One Razor

Originally Posted by ChrisL

Personally, I can't answer questions like these. If I was forced to answer this question my response would be: The next great shaving razor I have not yet tried.

Chris L

I'm with Chris on this one. I have a couple of razors which I like muchly and several more which I like muchly more. As it turns out, I'm a bit of a razor whore, perhaps a bit more of a whore than than I've yet disclosed. If I could reach only one as the tsunami hit, it would be a Friodur, but only because it's stain resistant steel (and I've got a couple which shave really swell). Then again, the likelihood of a tsunami striking up here on the tundra is remote indeed so we've got Livis and Le Grelots and Friodurs and Weltmeisters and DOVOs and Thiers Issards and a couple of wonderful customs... and... yup razorwhoredomgalore.

What a penurious thing this straight razor shaving is:

One Razor to shave them all,
One Hone to whet them,
One Strop to set them all
and in the shave den smooth them. (forgive me J.R.R.)

One razor to last a generation or two or three; amortized to mere dollars per lifetime. Inexpensive to the max.

Right!!! There is no such thing as one razor.