Thread: Just curious how many razors do you own?

I have been at it for 2 months now and have 3 that i can use. More on the way.

Every time I see a thread like this, I keep thinking, I really need to unload a bunch of mine. I probably have close to 500 and I'm not sure that's on the high side. But then again, every time I go through my collection to see what I'd like to part with, if it's nice enough to sell, I have a hard time thinking about selling it. I'm hopeless. And you know with all that... I only shave with two razors.

I have 5 straights that are shave ready, plus 3 from antique shops I need to bring back to life.

Just got a Livi new grind and damn I want a few more of them, plus a robert williams, and and and.......all I have to say is that its still a hell of a lot cheaper than my collecting vintage guitars hobby (so far at least.....)

15 shave ready and counting.

I've been at it for just about a year and have over 30. maybe 20 in rotation. Have only bought one in the last two months...

I have started straight shaving for less than 3 months and I am a member here since about then. well I think I have a serious RAD, HAD ... etc. In less than 3 months I have managed to get somewhere around 100 razors all in very good, excellent or mint condition only recently I discovered ebay and that seam like it never ends. Among these I have around 10 customs including Livis, Zowadas, Chandlers, RWs ... and one Iwasaki Tamahagane Munenori style razor. I am still looking for a nice Bill Ellis so if anyone has one that is willing to part with please let me know. As for HAD let me just say that I own several Belgian cuticules, eschers including 2 yellowgreen ones 2 Nakayama Asagi including one maruka and so many others like Hohenzollern, Ohira Kozan, and sooooo many barber hones etc. This is my first post since I am a member here because I've been so busy until now with buying all the razors and hones and .. oh yeah I almost forgot strops... that includes the gorgeous kanayama 90000, a mastro livi loom strop, Tony Miller 3" Horsehide and Latigo and some other that are also grate. I do not know if BAD exists but if it does I have that to as I don't even remember how many brushes I have. A few plissons including the huge zise 20 horn handle in HMW also size 16 horn handle in HMW also size 12 horn handle in HMW and one SUPERB vintage plisson in real horn handle. Beside those I managed to get myself quite a few rooneys, simpsons, shavemac, kent.. etc. Well if I managed to be boring I apologies but this is my first post ever on a shaving forum and I just accumulated a lot of things that want to go out all at once. For the end I just want to say that I am planing to make a really nice display with my best straights, hones, brushes, strops and some DEs and once I will have that ready I will take pictures and post on this forum. I hope you will be ready soon from some real razor/hone/strop porn. Also I want to thank you all for posting so many great info here as I have learned a lot and I'm still learning.

Been shaving with a straight for 4 years and I own 3 razors. What the hell would anyone do with 20 razors...Do you have 20 toothbrushes?

Originally Posted by Yahoochiewatchie

Been shaving with a straight for 4 years and I own 3 razors. What the hell would anyone do with 20 razors...Do you have 20 toothbrushes?

I take it you have 3 toothbrushes?

Originally Posted by Otto

I take it you have 3 toothbrushes?

Actually I do... one at home, one at work and one in the car.

26 razors + 1 in the mail (average 1/wk)
2 Barber hones
2 Nortons
4 shaptons
3 Cotis
3 BBWs
1 Peoples hone of indeterminate grit
3 Land of the Rising Sun hones of even more indeterminate grit
1 wife

Marc