page_title: Razor
section_title: Straight razors
hierarchical_section_title: Razor / Straight razors
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Ein 6/8 Rasiermesser „Best Traditions“ mit Griff aus dunklem Büffelhorn, hergestellt von Heribert Wacker, Solingen, auf einem ledernen Streichriemen.English: A straight razor on a leather strop. The razor is a 6/8 “Best Traditions” made by Heribert Wacker, Solingen, with a handle of dark buffalo horn.
context_page_description: A razor is a bladed tool primarily used in the removal of body hair through the act of shaving. Kinds of razors include straight razors, disposable razors, and electric razors.
  While the razor has been in existence since before the Bronze Age, the most common types of razors in current usage are the safety razor and the electric razor, though other kinds are still in use.
context_section_description: Straight razors with open steel blades, also commonly known as cut-throats, were the most commonly used razors before the 20th century.
  Straight razors consist of a blade sharpened on one edge. The blade can be made of either stainless steel, which is slower to hone and strop, but it is easier to maintain since it does not stain easily, or high carbon steel, which hones and strops quickly and keeps its edge well, but rusts and stains easily if not cleaned and dried promptly.  At present, stainless-steel razors are harder to find than carbon steel, but both remain in production.
  The blade rotates on a pin through its tang between two protective pieces called scales: when folded into the scales, the blade is protected from damage, and the user is protected. Handle scales are made of various materials, including mother-of-pearl, celluloid, bone, plastic and wood. Once made of ivory, this has been discontinued, although fossil ivory is used occasionally.
caption: A straight razor on a leather strop
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