Thread: Discommon

This razor was featured on the latest issue of Cigar Aficionado. Does anybody know anything about this maker?

The Straight Razor — Discommon

Interesting grind on blade, is there an advantage to that? Looks like mostly machine vs. the forged type. Modern look, expensive, I would have to hear more about it to comment anymore, website not much info.

Thanks - interesting, but when I read, "when we passed 200 hours of computer modeling on the handles", I thought to myself do I want to pay $1,200 bucks for "handles" and a razor made by a knife maker...who happens to call the scales on a straight razor, "handles".....

Kidding around a bit, but that is an expensive blade....

Be interesting to hear what Bruno has to say about the type of steel used - ZiFiNit?

I know that they have not considered the fact that the razors need to be honed.

That was exactly what I thought. How would you hone a SR with a spine like that?

Expensive letter opener?

Basically, the blade maker took his Prepper knife design and made it into a razor. I guess it could be honed with a knife sharpening jig but it sure can't be honed as a razor.

It certainly would not sharpen like any straight razor I have had. I wonder if it would ever even shave. The spine would have to have some sort of a honing jig attached to it in order to get any single stroke on the hone and at that point would the angle be correct for shaving. I think I will let other try this one out.

Very expensive rooky mistake with the weird double bevel on this RSO
How does it get honed flat on the Hones ????
Different looking pocket knife but

I am stunned that after 200 hours on a computer that is the end result and is sold out at $1200 a copy. I can see why it was featured in an issue of "Cigar Aficionado".

Bob