Thread: How do you say 'straight razor' in ...?

In portuguese: "Navalha de barbear", or "navalha de barbeiro". I think in brazilian portuguese it is said the same way. In the former african colonies that speak portuguese, I don't have a clue how they say straight razor.

"Navalha" means "razor", "de barbear" means "razor that shaves" or "razor for the purpose of shaving". The 2nd option means "barber razor" because this kind of razor is usually linked to the use of professional barber, I don't know why. I mean, we're not professional barbers...

Originally Posted by Sancho

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English: rager
French: rasour
Dutch: scheernix
German: razurmesse

Note to all: please update your ebay search-syntaxes at once.
Thank you.

Japanese:

Razor

Kamisori (Romaji)
かみそり (Hiragana)
剃刀 (Kenji)

As a side question, the linguistic discussion has me wondering, what did people in China, Japan, and other parts of Asia traditionally shave with?

Oh, and my Russian-English dictionary gives me бритва (brÃtva) for "razor," with электрическая бритва (elektrÃcheskaya brÃtva) for electric razor, but nothing specifically for a straight razor. I'll have to dig a bit more unless someone else knows the specific Russian term.

Cool thread! Got nothing to add except in Australia a commonly used term is "Cut throat" (sorry Yorkshireman )

James.

Swedish straight razor = rakkniv.

Kind regards,

Originally Posted by Soopercat

Swedish straight razor = rakkniv.

I generally stay away from Swedish blades ever since I was traumatized by this as a kid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B6bn...eature=related