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    Default Blue Titanium Coated Straight Razor

    Hello,

    Not interested in but just wondering what every one would think of this straight razor I stumbled across on the site The Art of Manliness! I love Titanium (hence the screen name) but I like quality straight's more. Let me know what you think of this razor!
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    I can't be 100% without having tried one, but it looks way too gimicky. Titanium coatigs are best left on disposables imo.
    Also, could you really shave with a razor with "Venus" on it? I mean, it's not very manly at all. How ironic would it be if you dropped it while shaving naked & lopped your widger off!
    (Never shave naked with a straight!)
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    ! Great advice! To me it looks like junk, but thought it was interesting.

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    The pinning looks horribly cheap IMO.

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    If you like that look why not blue the blade instead. It'll look just as good if not better and I think it would actually help protect the steel from corrosion.

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    if you look at orgin you will see made in pakstine

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    yep paki garbage. I wouldn't take it if you gave it to me for free.
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    I've seen these before and the website brags that the titanium coating makes the edge sharper and longer lasting.

    The logic doesn't stand.

    Think about what happens when a razor's edge is honed. Steel is removed from the surface! That means if there is in fact a titanium coating on the blade, the only place there will not be titanium is at the edge--because it was honed away!

    This is a stupid pointless gimmick.

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    I saw this on the art of manliness too, but I'm pretty sure it was one of those targeted banner ads and not affiliated with the site.

    It's dangerous for a site to allow banner ads with pics these days. Someone will write author of the article and complain about the crap that was promoted :rofl:

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    Quote Originally Posted by OLD_SCHOOL View Post
    If you check out the black list of brands in the wiki, you will find Venus is one of them. If not, you can do a search and find some negative reviews about them.
    Well, it says:
    Brands of Straight Razors to avoid - Straight Razor Place Wiki
    Pakistani (any razor made in pakistan)
    Do we want to add "Venus"?

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