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05-13-2009, 07:48 PM #1Member
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why the need for a rotation?
I'm just curious, other than an excuse to buy more razors, whats the benefit of shaving with a rotation? Is it so that you can put off stropping till the end of the week, and strop 'em all at once?
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05-13-2009, 07:52 PM #2Stubble Slayer
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Variety is the spice of life!
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05-13-2009, 07:53 PM #3At this point in time...
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RAD !!!!! mostly
I mean you should actually have 2 razors but yeah pretty much any more than that is just RAD...
Now wanna see humor, wait for all the following posts with every excuse in the book of why it is not RAD
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05-13-2009, 07:53 PM #4I shave with a spoon on a stick.
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2 razors(in case you drop one and need to send it out to be honed), a strop, and a barber hone/pasted strop is all you really need.
Not counting brushes/soaps/etc...
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05-13-2009, 07:54 PM #5BHAD cured
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If one gets damaged (or needs honing) you have an immediate back-up. Or two...or three.... etc...
My Grandfather thought 3 or 4 was plenty. He didn't have a highly developed case of RAD.
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05-13-2009, 07:58 PM #6Comrade in Arms
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I am not sure there is a need for a rotation. Many people have only 1 or 2 straights (I guess that is sort of a rotation). Also, most people would strop their razors right before they shave so I would not think that is the reason either. Not sure that buying more razors, as much as having variety in your shaves, is what drives most folks to have a rotation. Many people that own many razors do not use a rotation. Some people find one razor that is sharp and stick with it until is dull and then hone or switch. I have a few razor but not always use them in a rotation. Some days I feel like shaving with the same razor I shaved with the day before.... I guess everybody is different.
Al raz.
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05-13-2009, 08:02 PM #7Tiredofbumps
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I only have 1 main razor...and then two others that I have bought for possibly giving to my sons if I ever have any...so only use them on occasion...I think most guys just get razors cuz they cant help but not buy them. That said I want to buy another to match the one I have...
then I want them to both be rescaled to look the same...I dont like the scales but love the blade
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05-13-2009, 08:02 PM #8Senior Member
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I can't have a harem with a different women every night but I can have a different razor every night.
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05-13-2009, 08:07 PM #9Junior Member
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Hahahaha -that- is what I call amazing.
Originally Posted by JimmyHAD
I can't have a harem with a different women every night but I can have a different razor every night.
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05-13-2009, 08:19 PM #10Senior Member
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Variety is indeed, the spice of life!
Razors are (generally) cheap, they come in all different shapes and sizes and they all feel different.
It's just nice, once you've bought the second one, what's another $10?
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