Thread: New Razor Meisturwerk Machinen

Hello everyone, I am new at this forum as well as to the use of straight razors and now I have just received my first straight razor from meisturwerkmachinen.com
I choose this razor for what I think is a unique appearance and hopefully a quality razor, and because it was 70% off at the time

Now that I have received it I was hoping to get a second opinion about it, because there is a few things I have noticed about it.

* When I look at it from the point it seems that the cutting edge is a little warped. I am trying to show it in some pictures.
* There is a crack in the snakewood handle by the rivet where the tang and handle meet.
* The blade is not centered in the handle and "cuts" into the handle.
* And the handle is made of two pieces instead of one. I don´t know if that is a bad
thing or not.
* Also the rivets seem a litle simple.
*How do I know it is authentic Damascus steel?

Is all this something I should expect from a 375$ razor?


Her is some information given on their site:

Meisturwerk Machinen SR-4 Straight Razor
SPECIFICATIONS :
*Tempered and Hardened & Fluted Damascus Steel Blade
*Blade Hardened to HRC59
*Meisturwerk Machinen Logo Engraved Blade
*Hand Sewn Genuine Leather Sheath Included
$375 USD


You can barely see that the blade is a little curved

You can see a small crack by the rivet.

Real damaskus steel?

Not centered at all.