Need help looking for a "knife" razor. More inside.

Little background.
Just bought a very expensive straight razor only to be told that I cannot have here (on deployment). Stupid thing is I can still have my knives.

SO does anyone know of a razor that looks like aknife but still shaves really well?

Found this but no reviews.
THE STONE-AGE STRAIGHT RAZOR
Scroll down a ways.
Currently for Sale | SAGE BLADES
I think this is close enough to a knife look but still no reviews.

(anyone in the army knows that this is to stupid of a situation it has to be true and yes its in a policy letter......)

Yea, I would do the kamisori thing too..Or a Charlie Lewis primitive... If you try using a regular knife you will rash your face up.. Usually the steel is not as good as a razor... Or you can justt use your straight that you bought.. What will they do? Bend your dog tags and send you home?

Worse possibly, depends on the co and how far it goes. At the very least confiscation and a company grade article 15, if they really wanted to push it doing so could result in a court martial for willfully disobeying a standing order. That means loss of rank,possibly imprisonment & loss of all va benefits, without which I wouldn't have been able to buy my house.

Without getting into to much detail I cannot afford to get into trouble with what I do.
Charlie lewis is a custom maker? Does he take special orders and what his turn around time?

I (and several others) have reprofiled pocket knives to VERY low angles. I have one that I profiled down to about 10 degrees inclusive and it shaves pretty well. The problem is it hones/sharpens like a full wedge...so it is a lot of work.

I would recommend a Spyderco Atlantic Salt which is a hollow ground lock blade that is made of H1 which is a material that work hardens and strops/polishes very easily. You will need to find someone to regrind it for you, but you will end up with a nice sheeps foot blade style that should shave well. Additionally, H1 is incapable of rust...so you will have one less thing to worry about while you are on the go!

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I like the two straight razors on your link to Sage Blades. The Stone-Age Straight Razor looks really cool, and the Wrench Razor is interesting. It gives 9/16 a whole new meaning Are you allowed to take a closed-end wrench? I wonder how well they shave.

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Originally Posted by striker846

Little background.
Just bought a very expensive straight razor only to be told that I cannot have here (on deployment). Stupid thing is I can still have my knives.

SO does anyone know of a razor that looks like aknife but still shaves really well?

Found this but no reviews.
THE STONE-AGE STRAIGHT RAZOR
Scroll down a ways.
Currently for Sale | SAGE BLADES
I think this is close enough to a knife look but still no reviews.

(anyone in the army knows that this is to stupid of a situation it has to be true and yes its in a policy letter......)

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PM me the name of your JAG (I probably know him/her). I'd love to find out who is trying to establish this policy letter... I may be able to talk some sense into him...

A member of the military, who in theory is 'trained to kill' (your MOS may vary) and has potential access to ordinance that can reduce entire cities to rubble, is not allowed to have with them, an implement, whose design is over 300 years old, to efficiently remove the hair from their own face, which they are required to do. No to mention, if you are deployed in a less 'modernized' part of the world, the local culture is usually fascinated with such things. You just have to love the logic of it all. I would have to ask if this is a standing order or if this is just an Officer 'pulling rank'.

What the...?!?! (there is no emoticon to display the dumbfoundedness I feel about this situation!)
The U.S. Army is prohibiting straight razors to certain personnel deployed in certain areas? WTH(eck)???
How are you supposed to combat your facial hair, use harsh language?

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Originally Posted by mapleleafalumnus

What the...?!?! (there is no emoticon to display the dumbfoundedness I feel about this situation!)
The U.S. Army is prohibiting straight razors to certain personnel deployed in certain areas? WTH(eck)???
How are you supposed to combat your facial hair, use harsh language?

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Now now, that would be uncivilized. Next thing you know you will be promoting the use of questionably interrogation tactics on said hair.

I agree, but there may be some reason that we don't understand. Least of which could be a policy developed when soldiers wanted a ticket home and "got bumped" by someone when they were shaving and cut their own throat? Just a silly theory...I have no idea really.

Trying to not veer off the subject to much but a little insight.
Its a Battalion thing. I had just got a new DOVO out here and i had it on display with all the other things that go along with shaving.
Im not Combat but if you get down to the nitty gritty we are all soldiers and if we must we will kill.
BUT the army is not what most people think it is. Its more of a Politically Correct and don't hurt peoples feelings.
I'm on my way out of the army (honorably in less than a year) so I don't want to raise any flags and just get out. To anyone that has ever deployed you know how rumors can start if one person trys to talk back that person is now labeled to be a POS. AVOIDING CONFRONTATION at all cost.
SO back on to the subject. I will look more into these options you all have given me. Hopefully someone can chime in some more suggestions.

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Originally Posted by striker846

Trying to not veer off the subject to much but a little insight.
Its a Battalion thing. I had just got a new DOVO out here and i had it on display with all the other things that go along with shaving.
Im not Combat but if you get down to the nitty gritty we are all soldiers and if we must we will kill.
BUT the army is not what most people think it is. Its more of a Politically Correct and don't hurt peoples feelings.
I'm on my way out of the army (honorably in less than a year) so I don't want to raise any flags and just get out. To anyone that has ever deployed you know how rumors can start if one person trys to talk back that person is now labeled to be a POS. AVOIDING CONFRONTATION at all cost.
SO back on to the subject. I will look more into these options you all have given me. Hopefully someone can chime in some more suggestions.

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Then wouldn't straight shaving with a knife that circumvents the letter of the law and almost mocks the spirit of the law be a bad idea?

I would seriously suggest picking up a nice DE, and sucking it up for a year. Shoot straight soldier;)

Thanks for your service!

you may be right on this one.....
Ill have to think on it for a bit then.
Back to irritation, rash and razor burn from cartidges for now.

What about a shavette w/disposable blades?

I second the idea of a fixed blade razor, which is much more knife looking than a folder. Go for a kamisori, or you could buy or commission something from the one of the several highly capable custom makers present on SRP. Below are some knife looking razors I made myself this year:

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found a new one. only problem is trying to sell the old one to recoop money for the one i bought

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Originally Posted by striker846

found a new one. only problem is trying to sell the old one to recoop money for the one i bought

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Unless your razor was confiscated then you are not at a loss, use it when you get back to the world. You can PM me if you want but I am curious to know where you are deployed. I have been a professional soldier my whole adult life and I still have no idea why the Army reinvents itself and the wheel every couple of years... What does your CO have to say about the matter? I know this was mentioned previously but it is funny that we can have all kinda of weapons, ordinance, bayonets, knives, and whatever else, but there is a prohibition of a age old personal hygiene, grooming devise. What is the reason Straight Razors are outlawed? Go get yourself a shaving profile!!! J/K

Are there rules of engagement when attacking your own face? Too bad you can't be trusted with sharp things, soldier.