What does the stand look like? do you have a picture you can post. I find it interesting. thanks... Enjoy your shave...
No, that speaks to your firmness of character as you refuse to be caught up in the DE-collecting mania.
Amateur... :rofl But seriously, I rotate among about ten or so straights, and depending on when I need to use a DE razor (usually due to the fact that I got my lazy butt up too late), I rotate among about four DEs anymore. I think I have about ten, but only use about four now. Guess that makes me the amateur.
What's stopping you from putting the remainder into the rotation? I have two that are not in the rotation and there is a reason that there not in, they are terrible quality. Got them for free from an internet distributor. Would really be angry if I had to pay for thsoe two.
As far as the straights, I have a couple I just don't use much anymore, but haven't sold off yet or keep for sentimental reasons. (Like a Garantie 4/8 square point...nothing at all wrong with it, but 4/8 is a little small now. The reason I haven't sold it yet is that it was the first straight I ever bought.) As far as the DEs, when I first started, I picked up a few different ones to try out, but some of them were just pickups at a local antique store, so I wasn't out much. I found the four or five that work for me, and since I now use straights most of the time anyway, I never seem to get around to the other ones.
I try and use a razor for at least a week and sometimes two or three weeks. For me, the learning curve is such that while I rarely cut myself up anymore, to get a truly great BBS shave, it takes me a couple of shaves to get used to a specific razor. That is when I'm using DEs. Straight razors are entirely different for me in that I can get a great shave pretty much every time with no learning curve.
As others have said, VARIETY. If you have multiple razors why would you just look at 'em and not use 'em? Back in the day, Dad or Granddad had one razor. But we're not back in the day are we. Put those puppies to work!
