Thread: Pearl Handle Straight Razor

Originally Posted by OhmD

thats fine with me. Being functional is much more important than looks to me. do you know where i could get one online?

Check out the classified section here, There are usually several razors in the $40-60 range that would be a good first razor. If you don't see anything you like today keep checking back each day. There are new ones being added daily

Originally Posted by gugi

Or you can keep buying the kreigar/zee-pk/master USA/etc. and one of them may end up working for you. I've seen people claiming these kriegar razors are fantastic shavers after just a little bit of honing..

Betting on the long shots can get expensive too

Originally Posted by OhmD

by nice looking i just meant something that looks like pearl. i definitely wasn't looking for actual pearl for $40.
i was hoping not to have to hone anything (with a stone), right now at least. haha man i didn't expect straight razors to be so expensive

Well, it's not all that expensive if you choose not to make it so.
But consider what it takes to have an ounce of extremely high quality steel be ground into final shape by hand and then also by hand sharpened to the sharpest edge that it can take and that you will encounter, and you will realize it's actually very cheap for such high precision instrument.
The gillette/schick cartridges that are molded plastic with tiny strips of high quality steel that is machine honed by the miles have comparable pricing.

I think Dovo sells their pearlex scales for around $10-$20, and if your time isn't worth too much you can even buy a piece of acrylic for few dollars and shape it to scales.