Thread: Is your razor a Girl or a Boy?

Originally Posted by rocarule

@nun2sharp
In Mexico we call straight razors navajas de razurar, and DE along with cartridge razors are called rastrillos
Navaja= blade (feminine)
Razurar= shave/trim(verb)

Rastrillo= razor (literary, masculine).

Yes! I have a razor with Navaja on it. Some curiosity found that it (Navaja) originally refers to a wicked knife back in Spain which was carried covertly by men and women as the government outlawed weapons. Interesting subject, it seems that many were made, carried, and exported. Many varieties, some were extremely intricate and fancy. Highly collectible! The first lock-backs were introduced. The term has been used to advertise a sharp folder ever since.

I call it a razor.

Navaja has always meant blade or razor, typically a folding razor, because swords were mainly used by the nobles it (navaja) became a weapon for the poor. when swords eventually became discontinued, because of laws or because they were impractical, the folding knives were still used as weapons or tools (small, easy to conceal and carry).

Originally Posted by Mephisto

I call them kill'a, granger, the little devil, poopnitsky and SOB when they cut me.

All girls in other words!

I can't decide so I call all mine Pat.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

My guitar is a she, and an uncooperative she at that, but my razors, knives, guns are an 'it', as Stefan so aptly put it.

I completely agree with this, being as its a tool rather than a luxury. Which it is, but not like a boat or car hehe.

My razor is also an "it" or a 'thing"

Originally Posted by mainaman

It is interesting how in English objects do not have gender.
In other languages they do, car for example in Bulgarian is of female gender, so "fill her up" would be the way to say it correctly. A razor would be male gender so it would be a guy, but we are talking English here therefore "it" for me.

opps i made a little spelling error forgot the H in shave.

What a great thread. Not sure I ever thought of them as either. My wife is convinced they are all she, as I am always playing with them. Some do talk to me however. "Go ahead, get careless, I'm gonna get ya!", others may whisper, "you can spead up, I'm not going to hurt you". Don't remember attaching a gender to either voice, but have noticed the threatening ones don't hang around too long!