Thread: sanguine razor

this was an impulse buy off ebay, i knew nothing about straight razors and didn't want to spend too much money, so i ended up spending quite a bit. because after that i bought a dovo razor. with the dovo i am satisfied of course. the other, the sanguine, my question is, can i make it into a decent razor still, with honing or should i just forget it all together?

thanks.

Isn't that a feather type of razor?
I've heard one guy who peeled himself literally with a sanguine (that bid its name every honor, LOL)

don't think it's a feather razor
here is the ebay link ...

BRAND NEW- STRAIGHT CUT THROAT SHAVING RAZOR CH2 -Check on eBay.ca (item 110386824811 end time 05-Jul-09 19:18:53 EDT)

as far as the SRP wiki says, they are listed under as "razors to avoid"

Feather is the name of a company that makes a great many different things, replaceable blade straights being a very small part of their catalogue. The type of razor you are referring to is a Shavette.

There is a company called sanguine that makes shavettes, but that razor looks suspiciously "master"esque...Does it say anything about where it was made?

Price of a razor is a good indicator of quality. You still can get a very good new Dovo for $74.99. But Sanguine? Where are they made? As a newbie I stay with well known brands, so I would have no regrets later. Advise I took to heart was to stay with Solingen, Sheffield, french, italian, spanish or sewdish steel. Wapi is only $49.99, the razor is from Poland, but the blade is sewdish steel. A great shaver.

interesting....the only thing I have ever had from Sanguine is the shavette style razor that you use with 1/2 of a DE blade. The shavette style razor works really well, but it is a shavette style razor, not a true straight.

I didn't even know Sanguine made regular, non-shavette style straights.

Final verdict....if the wiki says stay away.....then stay away.