The French don't use the term "cut throat". Their nickname for straight razors is "coupe choux". Literally translated as "cabbage cutter". I quite like the term and it's certainly not as intimidating as cutthroat.
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Andrew
I must be part of an elite group of the toughest, most courageous men on the planet.....
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Andrew
I had a DE shave yesterday with my R41 for a change up as I haven’t used a DE for 2 years or so. I didn’t like it, lots of weepers which I never get with a straight. Very rough feeling too.
rbscebu
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I haven't tried to shave with a "safety" razor for well over a year. Over the past few months I have been trying to pluck up the courage to do so. Then you post ^this^ and bring me straight back to square one!
Most of my shaves are with SR, but i do like to maintain my DE and SE skills. I have had some grate shaves with my R41, and i have had some really bad shaves. I know it might be tough to edmit, but the tool might not be the issue here. In my case it was the man in the mirror that shaved my face
In fairness, the blade exposure on the R41 makes it a very “aggressive” razor.
I’m removing hair from my face, not jumping a motorcycle over the Rio Grande.
Some clowns probably shave their nether regions with a straight. Give them the courageous medal.
A bit of practice, this stuff is easy, kids. Don’t buy the hype. Easy.
Some clowns probably shave their nether regions with a straight. Give them the courageous medal.
A bit of practice, this stuff is easy, kids. Don’t buy the hype. Easy.
I don't know why I love this so much..
Ha there’s definitely something to this.Most of my shaves are with SR, but i do like to maintain my DE and SE skills. I have had some grate shaves with my R41, and i have had some really bad shaves. I know it might be tough to edmit, but the tool might not be the issue here. In my case it was the man in the mirror that shaved my face
The R41 was my first and only DE, I used it for over a year and had great daily shaves from it. I remember it did take some getting used to.
But now I’ve seen the light and smoothness of a straight razor I find I can’t go back into the cave.
Slash McCoy
I freehand dog rockets
I think in vernacular, at one time the "cabbage" was a condemned person's head. So it could also roughly be translated as "head chopper-offer".
Pretty likely - one of the nicknames of the guillotine was "the national razor"
What a great turn of phrase the French had
I wish we had a National Razor here in England
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Boris Johnson wouldn't use it. He doesn't even know what a comb is!
(This is only about his hair, not recent events)
Slash McCoy
I freehand dog rockets
In South Louisiana it can also mean "hiney". You might be flirting with some cute lil Cajun girl in a bar and hear "bec mon choux" or similar. That means you aren't gonna take her home with you. But less politely.AFAIK choux can also mean "sweet" as in sweetheart...
The word ’cut throat razor’ does have its uses though. 
Whenever someone uses it, I know that the person is ignorant about straight razors and that I can safely stop reading.
Saved me a lot of pointless reading over the years…
B.
Whenever someone uses it, I know that the person is ignorant about straight razors and that I can safely stop reading.
Saved me a lot of pointless reading over the years…
B.
I don't mind the term cut-throat. It's just a word, means nothing to me really. I've never found it to be a scary or off-putting term. There are way bigger fish to fry. I just call them straight razors. What other people call them is up to them and fine by me.
Playing with words and language, I would say that a straight razor is the first and original "razor".
Saying that, there shouldn't be a reason to add any more descriptive words to it, it's simply a "razor". Everything else that came after, had to be described as something else than a razor, hence the safety razor, cartridge razor, electric razor, etc.
It's only these days, because it's not the standard, that we have to qualify when we talk about a razor.
Whenever I have to mail a razor and they ask what the content is I would simply say "It's a razor", and no-one bats an eye. Because of the paranoia in the UK about knives, and knife crime, it avoids a lot of potential issues, and it is a true statement.
Saying that, there shouldn't be a reason to add any more descriptive words to it, it's simply a "razor". Everything else that came after, had to be described as something else than a razor, hence the safety razor, cartridge razor, electric razor, etc.
It's only these days, because it's not the standard, that we have to qualify when we talk about a razor.
Whenever I have to mail a razor and they ask what the content is I would simply say "It's a razor", and no-one bats an eye. Because of the paranoia in the UK about knives, and knife crime, it avoids a lot of potential issues, and it is a true statement.
Slash McCoy
I freehand dog rockets
Paranoia about knives? What's next, paranoia about walking canes? Hairbrushes? Bad people are always gonna find something to do bad things to good people with.
Yeah that's what happens when you take their guns away, they find different ways of killing each other. Like you say, bad people will find a way to harm others.
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