Thread: Rotating your razors

Originally Posted by AFDavis11

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

Yes, lest something like this happen.



I still have yet to ask what caused this atrocity. Roommate who (I'm assuming) busted it is traveling right now.

rotation is good as you get to compare how different razors shave over a series of shaves,when it became time to upgrade my twenty year old 1/4 hollow i found there is now easy access to an unbelievable amount of different razors,so over several months i've bought several razors of different grinds,size and makers,some i paid a bit for but most were cheaper and need a clean up but it as enabled me to find what grind and size suits me best,i've sold of a few and will be selling more and i will most likely see one that appeals to me and need to test it as it's turned out to be someting i'm really enjoying,several of my rotation could do with a spit and polish so having a few will help there but my aim is to find seven razors of different grinds that i really like to make a set a little different

I tend to rotate my razors in two different ways.

First, the standard one. I'll grab whatever feels right on that special occasion. This means I switch razors every day, out of a pool of shave ready razors.

The second type of rotation is when I need to hone a razor, I will usually stay with that razor untill I have dialed in the edge perfectly. This can take just one honing, but usually I will keep working that edge a few days in a row, just to really get it as good as I can possibly do


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you absolutely need 365 & 1/4 razors one for every day of the year...so far I'm up to 6 & 3/4 good ones and 2 I'm restoreing which means I only have to buy 356 & 1/2 more...if you're wondering how I got a 3/4 razor I had to very very slowly grind off the heel of an ebay razor due to a crack I didn't see. its also very interesting shaving with a razor with a square point on both ends.

Originally Posted by nickedNsliced

you absolutely need 365 & 1/4 razors one for every day of the year...so far I'm up to 6 & 3/4 good ones and 2 I'm restoreing which means I only have to buy 356 & 1/2 more...if you're wondering how I got a 3/4 razor I had to very very slowly grind off the heel of an ebay razor due to a crack I didn't see. its also very interesting shaving with a razor with a square point on both ends.

I have four razors 361 to go.
I'm sure my wife likes it.

I think around the time I acquired 4 razors I thought perhaps a seven day set of various makes/models would be enough. Then that seven day set became a 10 day set, then a 12 day set, then a......

Its really fun to have a variety and have choice.
I had up to 38 razors but I'm down to 12 now not including the one still for sale.
I found that having too much choice detracted from the fun for me so I built sold off everything and am left with a rotation that I'm really happy with.

17 I'm up to and I use whatever's sharp and ready, right now 7 of them, hoping to cut the collection down to 5 eventually.

still purchasing as I haven't tried all makes and types, right now I'm looking for a Braber's notch 7/8 or 8/8 Wade and Butcher maybe.

Damn ebay for being so cheap! I've still to try a Henckels, Dubl Duck, Wade and Butcher, Thiers Issard, and alot of others which I have still to try, them I'll get rid of the razors which I dont bond with or that can't hold an edge.

Originally Posted by gimpyalex

17 I'm up to and I use whatever's sharp and ready, right now 7 of them, hoping to cut the collection down to 5 eventually.

still purchasing as I haven't tried all makes and types, right now I'm looking for a Braber's notch 7/8 or 8/8 Wade and Butcher maybe.

Damn ebay for being so cheap! I've still to try a Henckels, Dubl Duck, Wade and Butcher, Thiers Issard, and alot of others which I have still to try, them I'll get rid of the razors which I dont bond with or that can't hold an edge.

The problem is that as you go up there not so cheap,even on e-bay,unless you get lucky,and as for Thiers Issard I havent even seen them except for one model the Sparticus maybe? Dorkos,Globesmans,and such are going for over $300-400.
Its nuts

Originally Posted by Grizzley1

The problem is that as you go up there not so cheap,even on e-bay,unless you get lucky,and as for Thiers Issard I havent even seen them except for one model the Sparticus maybe? Dorkos,Globesmans,and such are going for over $300-400.
Its nuts

then i better not mention the absolutely pristine wade & butcher i found in an antique store for only 28 the other day