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    Default Anyone dealt with straightrazors.com?

    So I bought a starter kit from Straight Razors | Straight Razor | StraightRazors.com. Has anyone had any experience with this website?

    This is my first blade so I basically went with the cheapest set up I could find. Here it is: Buffalo Horn Straight Razor and Practice Razor - StraightRazors.com.

    Does the blade look decent? Anyone know about the quality of their honing?

    Thanks for the input.

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    Have not dealt with the company you listed, but run fast and far from:

    VintageStraightRazor.com

    Had to look through old email of frustration to make sure it was not the same company. Not totally honest.

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    I just checked out vintagestraightrazor.com and the website is set up exactly the same. I think this is the same company.

    What was so bad about them?

    I did find it odd they don't have a phone number to actually speak with an employee.

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    Both sites are the same "company". You get what you pay for…check out the Razors to avoid in the Library.

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    My children wanted to purchase a Damascus razor and was sucked into spending their hard earned dollars on a POS that was very poorly made. The long adventure of getting things set right was frustrating to say the least. I'd say that he took advantage of the children, but I bet he would take advantage of anyone that contacted him for "advice". Ultimately, I was sent a "renovated" blade that was so pocked and buffed is was crazy. This one did shave though. Very over priced when all was said and done. I felt luck to have gotten anything as this was a gift and the kids were not involved in the later transactions.

    Quote Originally Posted by noetic View Post
    I just checked out vintagestraightrazor.com and the website is set up exactly the same. I think this is the same company.

    What was so bad about them?

    I did find it odd they don't have a phone number to actually speak with an employee.

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    You already bought it????
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    I hope your luck is in and let us know how you make out with the kit. I don't know how they can stay in business selling the complete kit for what the razor is "supposedly" worth. They must be losing their shirts on that deal. Just call me skeptical.

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    Yea the website is set up so well that I didn't even question it. Then I started to notice that it seemed sketchy so I posted this thread. Oh well whatever razor I got was just going to be something to learn on anyway.

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    See here is the bad news,,,

    What you are going to do is be very disappointed as that razor isn't,,, it is what we call an RSO or Razor Shaped Object

    That razor and many others like them do not have the Geometry, Hardness, or Tempering or a combination of those attributes to actual take and hold a shaving edge..

    So now we all look like Razor snobs but we really are not, we have SRP here to help newbs and get them started on the right track..We actually hate giving new guys that type of bad news...

    As to the other stuff I have no idea whether it will work or not, I only tend get the razors sent in to test
    Last edited by gssixgun; 01-09-2014 at 05:54 AM.

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    CANCEL THE ORDER AND STOP PAYMENT!!!

    Easy as that...right now.

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