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  1. 03-28-2008, 02:40 PM #1
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    International ebay searches?
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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
    International ebay searches?
    SSHHHH....



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

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    In the Western US, "cutthroat" is a tasty game fish.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rastewart View Post
    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.
    Since I do speak Russian - Опасные бритва - it does stand for Dangerous razor
    There is even a Russian site: http://www.britva.ru/shop/?c=122001000&p=1#head , I'm sure you'd like to look what's available there
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