Thread: Razor rotation?? How many? What types??

I used to have a rotation. Now I have an infestation.

In fact I guess I do have a rotation - there's about 10 razors out in my bathroom at any one time. The rest are in storage boxes in the storage room. However, I've found that over time I rotate less and fixate more. So for example the one I am shaving with at the moment is the one I've been using every day (more or less) for several months now.

In terms of how I group them, I'm a basic fellow really and only have 2 groupings: "can be shaved with" and "needs honing".

James.

I have 3 personal razors. I just pick one unless I have a newly finished razor that needs testing.

I shave with each new blade once before sending it to the customer, to verify that it is shaveready, and to feel how it handles.

I have a dozen, I use them all. At one point, I was a one razor and one spare guy (you never know when you're going to drop something or get it banged against a faucet - hopefully never, but I always kept a spare because of it).

I almost never hone a razor. When i was a one razor guy, I honed my one razor about once every 120-180 shaves due to using a real vintage linen and good smooth horse leather. Now that I've got a dozen razors, I haven't rehoned one since their initial.

I started out with cheap razors, and now I have a pile of razors that were what I consider to be expensive, it's funny how that happens, and I plan to continue to shave with all of them. The only thing that will get me to trim down the pile will be if any of them actually corrode before I get to them again. I do a week at a time with them. Familiarity is nice, and if I had to go back to one razor, I could go to any one of them and sell the rest and be happy just because you can really go to town with a razor that you're familiar with.