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this post was submitted on 09 Nov 2024
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I can also recommend not getting a cutthroat razor. Should have gone safety a long time ago.
Cutthroat straight razor pros:
Vegan (unless you're a weirdo who wants ivory handle or leather grips or something)
Environmentally friendly (very little if any plastic, no need for replacement razors)
Cheap in the long run (probably decades) due to not requiring replacement blades
Cutthroat straight razor cons:
Upfront cost
Maintenance (manual sharpening requires a whetstone, which you may not already have. As a cook I owned one for work anyway)
Danger (I did lose a fair amount of blood because I sneezed while shaving drunk before a shift, took ages to stop bleeding due to thin blood. Didn't scar because it was very sharp though)
Time (sharpening takes time, stropping takes time esp if you're using an old faux leather jacket as a strop)
Don't do this unless you inherit an old straight razor and are dextrous enough to not cut yourself regularly.
Yeah, I looked into straight razors when I first started wet shaving and my conclusion is that it's more of a hobby than a practical way of shaving. It's easy to see why people immediately switched to safety razors as soon as they were invented. Also, as you imply above, most of the ones you can buy today are mass produced trash
My razor is all metal, lasts forever (over ten years at this point), and razor blades cost practically nothing. Straight edge razors are cool though and will give you a a really good shave if you have a quality blade and are skilled with them
They do last forever. I regularly shave with razors as old as the 1940s, but mostly the 1960's.