Thread: So I noticed a lot of people have more than one safety razor any benefit?

I only have one my Parker 111w but wondered why I would get another ?
do the handles make a lot of difference I guess I can't really tell unless I buy another de
or perhaps make a Franken razor I hear the handles are mostly universal

Some of the vintage ones are highly collectable and valuable, some give you a closer shave, etc etc. All part of the fun of learning.

I think it becomes to a lesser extent, an addiction.

You see and read good reports of different razors and you want to experience it yourself. The same goes for different handles.

Once that monster get a whiff, there is no turning back.

+1 addiction
+1 different ways of shaving

Sometimes you want a more comfortable, less aggressive shave, a little less attention to be paid, quick shave, etc.
Sometimes you want something different, more aggression, etc.
It's addictive collecting these things; acquiring, restoring and using gives a very satisfactory feel.

Variety is the spice of life, mixing it up is just fun, a man and his tool trying to get acceptable to outstanding results. It's all part of the fun.

My bottom line to most things shave related: it's an addiction and it's damn fun; and that's why we have so many soaps, razors, strops, hones, brushes etc

Yep, I've stopped counting after I had an entire suitcase full of razors. As Tristan said it's an addiction and it's damn fun !

its just nice to be able to have something new and different. I look at like buying a different car or getting a new women. You just want a different ride sometimes.

I have had many safety razors because there isn't money for another Porsche and there isn't space for more motorcycles. Like flea-market salvageable straights I find them to be a relatively inexpensive hobby and a harmless vice.

Got my first, a Parker, as a back-up/alternative when I began SR shaving. Then saw a 1964 Gillette adjustable, the same as I had when I first started shaving, then I saw how reasonably priced a Merkur 43c Stainless was and how sweet it looked, and then I saw that Maggard had a really heavy big stainless handled razor, then I saw how everyone was talking about how aggressive a beast the Muhle R41 was, so I bought the R41 head and put it on the heavy stainless Maggard handle, and then I was happy, for now.

Options!
So that a boring task becomes more interesting.

Less expensive & less trouble than collecting women,,,,