Thread: real newb question - 'cut throat' razor?

Being from Australia I had always known them as a "cut throat." It wasn't until i really started to research about cut throat shaving that i stumbled upon the name Straight Razor and the amount of products and searches that came up compared to cut throat was amazing. Glad i'm not alone!

Originally Posted by New2CutThroats

Since Canada is part of the commonwealth, I'm more familiar with the term "cut throat" (lots of ex-pats live here), and wondered if it was an English slang born out of the "Sweeney Todd" story? Should I take your quoting of this poem to be the case? That it was indeed called a "cut throat" because of Sweeney Todd? Or is the term "pre Sweeney Todd"?

Hmm, Sweeny Todd does go back to the 1840's (String of Pearls) and there's contention as to an urban myth before that.

yeah, i live in australia, and when i was off to buy my first straight i went to a retailer and asked for one by the name "Straight Razor" and nobody in the store knew what i was talking about, till somebody said, "OH! Do you mean a Cut-Throat?"

so, in answer to your question, either way is right, but some people are ignorant

thankyou, and goodnight