Show us your razors!

[Alejandro1969]

With so many razors on the market over the last decade it's hard not to get bamboozled with choice. This is my razor block, handmade and crude but it does the job!

The Razor Block, sounds like Razorock! You can see that all the holes are occupied except for one!
What will fill that down the line?

Left to Right:-
Edwin Jagger DE89, Muhle R41 [2011], Muhle R94 Rocco, Fatip Testina Gentile, Fatip Lo Storto, Fatip Grande, Fatip Piccolo, Gillette New Standard and Gillette New. I also have a very old Gillette Single Ring not pictured but I do not use it.

 

[emwolf]

Nice photos

 

[Multum in parvo]

Still in progress

latest addition - pending timely delivery

 

[sakaltras]

Don't know why but I became a collector... Around 10 are missing on the photo: R41, Rocca, Homelikeshaving Colibri, Clix, 2x Rotbart...

 

[Settling for DFS]

Got this Muhle R41 for Xmas. For the first time ever I know what a BBS shave feels Like.

 

[Alejandro1969]

Don't know why but I became a collector... Around 10 are missing on the photo: R41, Rocca, Homelikeshaving Colibri, Clix, 2x Rotbart...

One face, but a million razors!

 

[sakaltras]

One face, but a million razors!

Like the number of shoes some girls have

 

[WerewolfC]

My holy trinity.... the rest sits in their boxes

 

[Northstonehill]

For the last 4 years I have been seriously hit by vintage RAD, honestly obsessing to some extent. I’ve fallen into acquiring quite heavily while earnestly trying to keep the numbers down to not get flooded. Along the way I have offloaded 50-60 great razors and I continue to only keep the ones I am attached to the most and appreciate shaving with. And thankfully my RAD seems to be cooling now. My collection is centered around British and European made razors from the 1930s up to the 1950s.

Funny thing about collecting. I find that all razors are built for active shaving, and I would ideally use all mine. And I’ve actually come to feel that as I have only one face and most of my 80ish razors therefore sit idle in a drawer unused and unseen, they somehow lose some of their deserved ‘life’.

So - in order to ‘keep them alive’ (as it were) I thought I’d share them here. I do myself love to look at pictures of you guys’ razors, so here goes most of mine.

Gillette Popular series (1938-1940)

Gillette Aristocrat OC’s - 1st generation Brits + a couple of Yanks (1934-1938)

The 2nd - 4th generation British Gillette Aristocrats (1948-1958ish)

My carefully selected other beloved Gillettes (1930s-1960s)

The British made non-Gillettes (1920s - 1950s)

The continental European non-Gillettes (1930s-1950s)

The Scandinavian and Japanese travelers

 

[Chef455]

Hey, @WerewolfC what are those 'nilla wafer looking thingies that you have your razors propped up on in your medicine cabinet?

View attachment 1210454

 

[Chard52142]

For the last 4 years I have been seriously hit by vintage RAD, honestly obsessing to some extent. I’ve fallen into acquiring quite heavily while earnestly trying to keep the numbers down to not get flooded. Along the way I have offloaded 50-60 great razors and I continue to only keep the ones I am attached to the most and appreciate shaving with. And thankfully my RAD seems to be cooling now. My collection is centered around British and European made razors from the 1930s up to the 1950s.

Funny thing about collecting. I find that all razors are built for active shaving, and I would ideally use all mine. And I’ve actually come to feel that as I have only one face and most of my 80ish razors therefore sit idle in a drawer unused and unseen, they somehow lose some of their deserved ‘life’.

So - in order to ‘keep them alive’ (as it were) I thought I’d share them here. I do myself love to look at pictures of you guys’ razors, so here goes most of mine.

Gillette Popular series (1938-1940)
View attachment 1210465

Gillette Aristocrat OC’s - 1st generation Brits + a couple of Yanks (1934-1938)
View attachment 1210466

The 2nd - 4th generation British Gillette Aristocrats (1948-1958ish)
View attachment 1210467

My carefully selected other beloved Gillettes (1930s-1960s)
View attachment 1210468

The British made non-Gillettes (1920s - 1950s)
View attachment 1210469

The continental European non-Gillettes (1930s-1950s)
View attachment 1210470

The Scandinavian and Japanese travelers
View attachment 1210471

WOW..!! That's an amazing collection! I was hit by passing (luckily) vintage RAD too but nowhere even as close to your collection...Awesome, especially the first 2 pictures!

 

[WerewolfC]

Hey, @WerewolfC what are those 'nilla wafer looking thingies that you have your razors propped up on in your medicine cabinet?

You mean that sandwich like support for the razors?
That's a DIY razor support , home made from a bambus breadboard, attached with 2 nuts on the side of the cabinet.

 

[WerewolfC]

For the last 4 years I have been seriously hit by vintage RAD, honestly obsessing to some extent. I’ve fallen into acquiring quite heavily while earnestly trying to keep the numbers down to not get flooded. Along the way I have offloaded 50-60 great razors and I continue to only keep the ones I am attached to the most and appreciate shaving with. And thankfully my RAD seems to be cooling now. My collection is centered around British and European made razors from the 1930s up to the 1950s.

Wonderfull collection! Congrats!
One question: Are you using them now and then? Or are just collectibles and don't get used.

 

[Mlee]

For the last 4 years I have been seriously hit by vintage RAD, honestly obsessing to some extent. I’ve fallen into acquiring quite heavily while earnestly trying to keep the numbers down to not get flooded. Along the way I have offloaded 50-60 great razors and I continue to only keep the ones I am attached to the most and appreciate shaving with. And thankfully my RAD seems to be cooling now. My collection is centered around British and European made razors from the 1930s up to the 1950s.

Funny thing about collecting. I find that all razors are built for active shaving, and I would ideally use all mine. And I’ve actually come to feel that as I have only one face and most of my 80ish razors therefore sit idle in a drawer unused and unseen, they somehow lose some of their deserved ‘life’.

So - in order to ‘keep them alive’ (as it were) I thought I’d share them here. I do myself love to look at pictures of you guys’ razors, so here goes most of mine.

Gillette Popular series (1938-1940)
View attachment 1210465

Gillette Aristocrat OC’s - 1st generation Brits + a couple of Yanks (1934-1938)
View attachment 1210466

The 2nd - 4th generation British Gillette Aristocrats (1948-1958ish)
View attachment 1210467

My carefully selected other beloved Gillettes (1930s-1960s)
View attachment 1210468

The British made non-Gillettes (1920s - 1950s)
View attachment 1210469

The continental European non-Gillettes (1930s-1950s)
View attachment 1210470

The Scandinavian and Japanese travelers
View attachment 1210471

Very impressive collection Peter! My RAD has slowed down also but I know both of us have said that at least once or twice before.

 

[ivan_101]

Sorry, no can do. I have almost 100 and they are in different places around my room. Drawers, shelfs, leather cases etc. It would take me at least a full day to get them all together for a photo.

 

[oldskool76]

With so many razors on the market over the last decade it's hard not to get bamboozled with choice. This is my razor block, handmade and crude but it does the job!
View attachment 1209781
The Razor Block, sounds like Razorock! You can see that all the holes are occupied except for one!
What will fill that down the line?
View attachment 1209782
Left to Right:-
Edwin Jagger DE89, Muhle R41 [2011], Muhle R94 Rocco, Fatip Testina Gentile, Fatip Lo Storto, Fatip Grande, Fatip Piccolo, Gillette New Standard and Gillette New. I also have a very old Gillette Single Ring not pictured but I do not use it.
View attachment 1209785View attachment 1209786View attachment 1209788View attachment 1209789View attachment 1209790View attachment 1209791

I wonder do you keep your razors in that when you use them. I would be concerned that the holes would cause corrosion if the razors had moisture in the holes.

 

[RanTan the Cool]

I’ve another half-dozen not shown here, and not usually on display...

 

[lampm10999]

I only keep 5 around. Currently...

1. Charcoal Goods brass gen 1 lvl 2&3
2. Charcoal Goods copper gen 2 lvl 2
3. Carbon Ti .68 plate
4. Blackbird Ti
5. Razorock SS Lupo .72