Thread: buying a razor from Amazon

FWIW --

I just browsed all the Amazon straight razors, and the first 4 pages of strops.

By the standards of this website ("shave-ready" means a human being has hand-honed and stropped the edge), there's _no_ "shave-ready" razor in the list. The only generally-acceptable brand is Dovo, and several of the reviews say:

. . . .This razor was great after I had it honed.

If you do a search on "Fromm razor" on this site, you'll see many unfavorable comments. The vintage Fromm's were good, I think, but they're not on Amazon.

OTOH, the Fromm strops (on Amazon) look like re-branded Illinois strops. If that's what they are, they're fine. So are the Dovo strops.

Charles

PS -- I object to the term "beginner razor". Whatever you use, it needs to be sharp (so it cuts hair) and properly tempered (so you can strop and hone it back to sharpness, when it becomes dull). Such a razor is suitable for _anyone_.

PPS -- you can find reasonably-priced vintage blades (and new strops) on the Classifieds on this site, and at "www.whippeddog.com" .

PPPS -- Gugi -- sorry for stepping on your toes with the post.