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

Heya Gents,

Here's a newb question for ya:

Here and there I've heard a straight described as a 'cut throat' razor. Am I correct in assuming this is just a slang term for a straight in general and that it doesn't actually reference a particular type/style of straight?

That's it.

Not to say that somewhere, someone, at sometime, didn't use the term as part of a product name.

Hi,

It probably depends on which country you are in. In the UK, I think they mainly used to be referred to as cutthroats, in the USA as straight razors.
I like the French term Coupe-chou (cabbage cutter).

Other terms you may hear for straight razors are "Open Razors" and "Folding Razors". I am sure there are more........

Have fun,

Lynn

I've always called them cut-throats, but then again I'm from the U.K. I only call them straights on here and other US based forums so as not to confuse anyone. To me they are still cut-throats (hence my avatar, Cut-Throat Jake from Captain Pugwash)
BTW, the cabbage-cutter French thing, I thought it was a google translation mistake while looking at ebay.fr pages lol. Maybe it came from the time of the guillotine - cabbage heads etc.?

I think the name "cut-throat" also referrs to the fact that they were actually used by criminals to cut peoples' throats.