Thread: How many SRs do you have in your regular rotation?

Simple question: "How many SRs do you have in your regular rotation?"

I own about 25 SRs, but only use 5 in my regular rotation. I often wonder if there would be some benefit to only using one regular razor...and learn all its subtle qualities. Hmmm...have to give that one some thought!

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Two Manhattan Cutlery 6/8
One Gilchrist 6/8
One Geo. Wostenholm 6/8
One Ralf Aust 5/8
One Puma 5/8
One Dovo 6/8
One DORKO 4/8

I have thirty at the moment, non collectibles, mostly moderns and a few vintage ones. I used them all.

I keep an Excel spreadsheet with the razor's information and the last date used. I update the sheet as I use them.

2 Dovos
2 Thiers Issards
2 Filarmonicas
2 Henckels
2 Wackers
2 Ralph Austs
2 Revisors
2 Heljestrand (set)
7 German made Hill of Truefitt and fame (set)
Hart
Portland
NTS
Joseph Rodgers
LE Grelot

I know I am lost for a few. I have 35 ish razors 18 to 20 in active rotation

Originally Posted by Whizbang

Simple question: "How many SRs do you have in your regular rotation?"

I own about 25 SRs, but only use 5 in my regular rotation. I often wonder if there would be some benefit to only using one regular razor...and learn all its subtle qualities. Hmmm...have to give that one some thought!

I have around 32, but am just now starting to get a rotation going, I have a few Landers Frary & Clarks and 3 or 4 W.H. Morley & Sons. I do have a nice "Challege Cutlery: razor that's nice to shave with. I also shaved the other day with my Imperial 20507 German straight razor with 2 men on a double bicycle etched on it, nice and smooth it was.
I have none of this new stuff and only have 2 or 3 that cost me more than $30.00. Most are between $20.00 to $30.00.

I have around 100. I have around 30 Ducks which I don't use but rarely and have probably 30 that are my go to razors.The others sit lonely.

Pretty much no rotation, I shave with one razor 6 days a week, and I use a razor on Sunday as a special shave and it could be one of 7-8 razors. The one razor I use all the time holds up pretty good without taking breaks. To be honest I love all my razors but I could have just had 2. Now I do have a brush rotation, I like the brush part of the straight shave as much as anything. Tc

I OWN about 30ish + razors, I only use about 2 or 3 on a regular basis, most often just one.

If I get a razor shaving just the way I like it, I tend to use that razor alone (See... my darling little Clauss, [Pssst... I love you!]), but that only lasts until I bump it off the edge of the tub and bork the edge.... then I reach for some other razor that's *close* to being good, and work on it until I get it great..... then I start fixing the borked razor. (Yes, my little dearest Clauss... we're going shaving again.... soon!)

I like a lot of razors, but when push comes to shove.... 5/8ths to 6/8ths square point (neutered spikes) half to full hollow ground (I HATE those paper thin bellied jobs, but I probably own 8 or so) seem to fit me to a T.

So the bottom line is that I do NOT have a rotation of razors, I never did when I shaved with DE razors either, ditto for creams, soaps and brushes.... I just use what I like and I'll switch it up when I *feel* like it. I am slave to no calender or clock....

Regards

Kaptain "Independent" Zero

Three straights, a Kamisori, and A Gem Ever Ready single edge (of some sort) cover the five days a week that I shave.

I rotate the three straights out for fresh horses every couple of months or when the mood strikes. Not sure how many are down there under the cabinet

I ain't shaved in nearly 2 years, but I have 2 Robert Williams, a Wade and Butcher, a Boker and a Dovo. I could use the Boker extra hollow exclusively the rest of my life, even if I shaved on a weekly basis. I find the extra hollows so easy to keep sharp.