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    Default Is Baxter of California Any Good?

    I came across this razor here today, and love the all black look. Has anybody had any success with their products? It has a Hart Steel blade, which seems good on the surface, but I don't know enough about their products to make a decision on it.

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    I like it except for one glaring thing. I hate the "Not A Replica" imprint on the blade. Personally, I think that is just stupid, or "Not A Good Idea."

    When I bought my wife's engagement ring, I didn't seek out one with a stone labeled "Not A Zirconium."

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    Good call, I didn't even notice that.

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    I have never used one but you might want to check out the thread discussing it.

    http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...art-steel.html

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    Here is the actual link to buy one of those 45th anniversary blades.

    Baxter of California | 45th Anniversary Blade for Baxter of California

    I have to say, that thing does look great, sort of a weird combination of tactical and elegant. If nothing else, it looks unique. Given that it's Hart steel, I imagine it would give a great shave as well. It doesn't say what material the scales are made of though. Horn maybe? It does have grain lines like it's horn, but the colour seems really consistent, so I wonder if it's maybe dyed?

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    Looks like a beauty a step up from the traditional hart steel razor. The scales look like the original one piece hart scales with the grained synthetic that I have heard good things about.

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    Interesting that it has jimps and the Hart Steels do not.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fbones24 View Post
    Interesting that it has jimps and the Hart Steels do not.
    It might be because the razor is apparently "Loosely inspired by firearms". Never really thought about it until you said something. It's also interesting that that one has jimps and that the 45th anniversary one does not.

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    I decided to skip on this for now. The engraving on the blade put me over the edge of not getting it. Instead, I just bought a Dovo best quality 6/8 from SRD for a backup razor. I gotta get my main one sent out to Lynn to get sharpened.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fbones24 View Post
    Interesting that it has jimps and the Hart Steels do not.
    Hart steel has recently begun offering some of it's razors with jimps and also a square point razor, but as far as I know that is a fairly recent development maybe it started after they built this model for Baxter?

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