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    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...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sancho View Post
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    English: rager
    French: rasour
    Dutch: scheernix
    German: razurmesse

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

    Razor

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

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

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    Oh, and my Russian-English dictionary gives me бритва (brítva) for "razor," with электрическая бритва (elektrícheskaya brítva) 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.

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

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    Swedish straight razor = rakkniv.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Soopercat View Post
    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

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    Danish: Ragekniv

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    italian str8=rasoio a lama libera

    ciao

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