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A straight razor is a razor with a blade that can fold into its handle.[1][2] They are also called open razors and cut-throat razors, the latter particularly in the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia.[3][4].
Citations and notes
- ↑ Dictionary definition: "a razor having a stiff blade made of steel that is hinged to a handle into which it folds", also: "A razor consisting of a blade hinged to a handle into which it slips when not in use", and "a razor with a straight cutting edge enclosed in a case that forms a handle when the razor is opened for use"
- ↑ Cambridge Dictionary definition: "a cut-throat razor UK noun [C] (US straight razor) a type of old-fashioned razor with a long blade that folds out from the handle"
- ↑ Collins Dictionary definition: "1 a person who cuts throats; murderer. 2 (Also called) cut-throat razor (Brit) a razor with a long blade that usually folds into the handle , (U.S. name) straight razor"
- ↑ Dovo Solingen Meisterwerke through Internet Archive: "Today the market is dominated by electric shavers and simple wet shavers" (Includes blade classification info) and: "...square or sharp point for the experienced shaver" and: "While flat razors are sharpened using strops with wooden handles where the razor can be "pushed" along the strop, ½ or full hollow-ground razors are sharpened using hanging strops" and "The heat-treatment, the so-called "hardening", is extremely important for the blank. Depending on the quality of the steel, the blank is heated up to 1.300°C and subsequently chilled in a special oil. The temperature limits are often crucial. The subsequent tempering at 200 to 400°C, depending on the type of steel, gives the blade its elasticity and toughness."
