Men's Shaving Straight Razor Professional Quality. Great for Your Straight Razor Shaving kit.

I’ve been shaving with a shavette for 5 months and wanted to invest in a traditional straight razor. I feel this is a great starter straight razor for beginners like myself to learn how to hone, strop and maintain a SR. Though it is sharp; it isn’t shave ready. You will have to hone the razor quite a bit then take it to a strop for this razor to be shave ready. After a thorough honing and a good amount of stropping both on linen and smooth leather; this baby can not only pass the hanging hair (HHT) but also cut arm hairs midway (tree top test). After I’m finished stropping it, this razor delivers a very good shave that is a pleasure to use.

This is not a good razor. The blade is not straight and it is not sharp. I had it professionally sharpened and stopped it and still got a lousy shave. I spent more on a better razor and the shave was great. Bottom line is don't waste your money.

After using this for months (or trying to) and honing it extensively (setting and re-setting the bevel) I am convinced that the steel in the blade is forged with poor quality and standards. The blade is hard to hone to a fine shave-ready razor edge, it has a tendency to develop a "Wire" or "Feather" or "Burr" edge easily, and does not hold an edge long. I think you are much better going with a Gold Dollar in the long run if you are looking for an inexpenisve razor that you can hone yourself and get to a true shave-ready state.Mine may have been a return from someone else and shipped to me. The case was ripped open and the razor handle has a hard nick in it. Not sure if this is a factory defect or if it was indeed shipped to someone else, returned and then shipped to me. Others have complained that every single Cut Throat Gents they got had some kind of defect in the scales (handle). Maybe this is just a brand issue.Know what you are getting here. Of course for the price, this is not going to be a high-end heirloom razor. Mine came SHARP but NOT shave ready. Good enough to use as a box cutter but NOT sharp enough to shave your face. It took a bit of work honing and then working the strop lightly, but it did a very nice job on my beard for a few passes then lost the edge, I believe from a wire edge forming. I have been using a straight edge for decades, along with a double edge. For the money, I really like the way the razor looks but I do NOT like the way it shaves, even after honing and stropping. I'm probably going to travel with it and a travel strop. It's decent for the price, and if I lose it or it falls apart, so what. I'll just repair it or replace it. If I can get it to hold a good razor edge I'll raise the star rating. But for now, it's on the bubble of keeping it or tossing it.So one more time, yours WILL need some honing to get it to the point where it's acceptable for you. Stopping alone will not do it. The biggest mistake newbies to straights make is thinking that stropping is sharpening. It is not. Stropping is meant to Align the blade, not hone it. You don't need to strop the daylights out of your razor. 10-20 round trips on the strop are usually more than enough to align the blade. Honing is for sharpening, stropping is for aligning. Don't try to sharpen a razor with a strop. Most newbies actually damage a freshly honed razor with stropping. Get it professionally honed (if you can't do it yourself) and enjoy - IF your model will take an edge. Mine barely takes one and a professional honemaster may return it to you and say it is unable to take a razor sharp edge. I have a feeling that quality will fluctuate from one blade to another on this brand.If you are new to straight razor shaving, shave with a professionally honed blade before you touch a strop so you can feel what a finely honed blade feels like on the skin, then strop. This way if your stropping dulls the edge (many newbies can ruin a blade edge with poor stropping technique), you have a benchmark of how it is supposed to feel when truly shave ready.Botton line - if you really want to experience true straight razor shaving with a fine blade, this is NOT the razor to choose. You will need to spend a bit more, or even go with a Gold Dollar and hone it yourself. This razor is probematic.

I am rating this straight razor 4 stars. I will see how it stands up to some shaving and update with my results. It comes sharp but is NOT shave ready. I ran it across my 6000 grit whetstone about a dozen times and then honed it with a leather strop. You could hone this razor on a leather strop but would take a little longer.Update: Have been using this for a month or so and have to say it is not bad for the price. I can get the blade razor sharp but it dulls pretty quickly. I can shave about half my face before I need to strope it again. Like I said, its worth the price but you get what you pay for. Going to leave it at 4 stars because the price. The razor itself is worth 3 stars. Decent razor to learn with and see if you like using a straight razor before you invest in a good quality one.

Mostly just bought as collector piece but after it arrived and I cleaned it up I was actually impressed by this inexpensive razor. It came way sharper than another one purchased recently claiming shave ready. I wanted to test it out. With some light stropping before use I was able to get a really nice shave, almost comparable with my regular use straight razor I bought for over $100. No jimping but not an issue for me. It does feel like the blade has a little weight to it, however I like to let the blade do the work so I found it to be helpful. It is inexpensive so don't expect high quality finished craftsmanship but it does work well for its intended purpose. Plus for some reason I just like the Cutthroat Gents etched into the blade. Great razor for a beginner.

This was an experiment in razor buying for me. I have several higher quality and more expensive razors, and this one didn’t quite stack up to their edges. It won’t match the sharpness of my better razors, but with a little honing, this could be a good starter razor to use till you ‘ramp up’ your razor collection.

Men's Shaving Straight Razor Professional Quality. Great for your straight razor shaving kit. I am pretty sure I got a product that was repackaged. chipped at the edge, heavier in compare to straight razor. Honing the blade would almost be impossible.

Was sharp a few swipes on the strop and ready to shave. Will also add shaving with a straight edge keeps the sharps out of the landfills and oceans along with the tons of plastic. It really is a better shave and your GF or wife will love ya for it. I collect them but in reality you only need 1 in a life time .