Thread: Rotating your razors

In days of yore when traveling was a LOT slower than it is today a gentleman would travel with a pre-honed set of razors. This would allow grooming with a minimum of extra baggage in the form of strops and hones. A well sharpened 7 day set could get you through a month of travel w/o every reaching for a strop.

Today I travel with 3 razors. They get me through a week of road work w/o the strop.

At home I use the same razor repeatedly. It's an affair

Originally Posted by Bladerunner

In days of yore when traveling was a LOT slower than it is today a gentleman would travel with a pre-honed set of razors. This would allow grooming with a minimum of extra baggage in the form of strops and hones. A well sharpened 7 day set could get you through a month of travel w/o every reaching for a strop.

Today I travel with 3 razors. They get me through a week of road work w/o the strop.

At home I use the same razor repeatedly. It's an affair

Do you find traveling with a 3 razor set is more convenient and less bulky than a traveling strop? I have a TI travel strop that I planned on taking with a single razor on an up coming trip but this thread has me thinking.

Originally Posted by Bladerunner

In days of yore when traveling was a LOT slower than it is today a gentleman would travel with a pre-honed set of razors. This would allow grooming with a minimum of extra baggage in the form of strops and hones. A well sharpened 7 day set could get you through a month of travel w/o every reaching for a strop.

Today I travel with 3 razors. They get me through a week of road work w/o the strop.

At home I use the same razor repeatedly. It's an affair

I does make sense !

I just travve with a small TI paddle strop, but the 7 str8 set is a sensible option. I have alredy given up to travel with hand luggage only... a inevitable consequence of Str8 shaving...

Originally Posted by mzarra

Do you find traveling with a 3 razor set is more convenient and less bulky than a traveling strop? I have a TI travel strop that I planned on taking with a single razor on an up coming trip but this thread has me thinking.

Absolutely!

I agree, but I do think that you will keep at least three

Originally Posted by Frankenstein

I rotate between two (which you can see in the scale suggestions thread). I used to rotate between about twenty, and I liked them all, but found it too extravagant and time consuming. Not to mention expensive and a little wasteful. I preferred some to others so a few never seemed to get used and the thought of razors sitting around being neglected made me feel guilty, especially when someone else could be enjoying them. So over time I've narrowed it down, and am very happy.
The chopper is very different to the hollow square point, so they give a nice contrast and complement each other. I've always had a preference for the two types. Before the Wosty it was a W&B, and before that another Sheffield monster.
So if you're not sure what your goal is I'd recommend deciding whether you are the type of person who likes lots of the same thing or just a few that you really trust.
If the former, go ahead and start buying; if the latter, go ahead and buy anyway but do it with the intention of finding a couple that really suit you.
That's just my opinion. Good luck and enjoy.

Originally Posted by Bladerunner

In days of yore when traveling was a LOT slower than it is today a gentleman would travel with a pre-honed set of razors. This would allow grooming with a minimum of extra baggage in the form of strops and hones. A well sharpened 7 day set could get you through a month of travel w/o every reaching for a strop.

Today I travel with 3 razors. They get me through a week of road work w/o the strop.

At home I use the same razor repeatedly. It's an affair

One can use a newspaper, and then your belt.
Yes I know a belt is most likely vary narrow.
The newspaper is the main thing

Originally Posted by Blademen

I have a question about rotating razors. Is there a reason other than preference? Do you actually need several razors or can you get away with one?

If you look it up ,if it still exists,as it might have been rubbed out by this form,a professor in San Diego preformed a long and complicated computation the perfect number is 735,why?? I don't know,but I think most of us are well under the limit,Why,cant say-but nonetheless,that's the proper number.

Originally Posted by tboyer

I agree, but I do think that you will keep at least three

Actually I keep three in the cupboard. They're not overly special and I haven't really touched them for six months but just in case something should happen to the ones I use.

A beginning daily shaver should consider at least two. An experienced shaver can usually succeed with only one, but, you have to make sure it stays well honed, properly stropped, doesn't ding the faucet, or get touched by errant ex-friends, or get used to cut the tags off your wife's new dresses.

God forbid you drop the thing!

Anyway, second razor as a back up is usually money well spent.

I have purchased 4 already and I am still waiting for them to arrive.

I bought 1 to shave with and then practice honing with.
I bought 2 to shave with.
I bought 1 to have restored and custom scales put on.

I have stepped over into the world of acquisition.