What do you call them - Razor or Razor Blades?

gurramok

Its come to my attention from the thread on beards as to what you call those devices that shave your beard\hair off. I've Wikipedia'ed(is that a new word?) to no avail.

So when you are in a shop or at home looking for that shaving tool, do you call it a razor or a razor blade?

Temptamperu

Overpriced is what I call them.

W.Shakes-Beer

I call them "dusty piece of **** in my drawer because I like my man beard"

Liam Byrne

Is the yoke you drive called a car or a tyre ?

dark_shadow

Either once me sack is hair free

dxhound2005

Here you will see a picture of a razor and a razor blade which fits into the razor. That is what has come to my attention as to the answer.

http://www.mankind.co.uk/merkur-futur-brushed-steel-razor/10363652.html?affil=awin

Liam Byrne

dark_shadow wrote: »

Either once me sack is hair free

Your missus is bald ?

ascanbe

Surely 'razor-blade' refers to the detachable razor-blade heads you attach to your razor.
Once you attach your razor blades to your razor it is referred to as a razor.
If you have an electric razor or buy disposable, 'all-in-one' razors, then, it is a razor and there's no need to even refer to razor blades.
This is my take on this important issue.

EASYNEWS

I have to buy a razor blade to cut my corns, a razor is not needed.:(

policarp

depilators.. .

ascanbe

Oh, forgot to mention the classic old-style razor/razor blade, rarely used by people now; usually, these days, they are only used by the specialists that one would go to to get a 'hot-towel' shave.
In that case i think either razor or razor blade is applicable and legitimate.
But i'm not rich enough for that type of carry-on so know little about it.

gurramok

ascanbe wrote: »

Surely 'razor-blade' refers to the detachable razor-blade heads you attach to your razor.
Once you attach your razor blades to your razor it is referred to as a razor.
If you have an electric razor or buy disposable, 'all-in-one' razors, then, it is a razor and there's no need to even refer to razor blades.
This is my take on this important issue.

Good post. But why dispose(lol) of the word blade from when a razor blade becomes a razor in the 'all-in-one' scenario?

ascanbe

gurramok wrote: »

Good post. But why dispose(lol) of the word blade from when a razor blade becomes a razor in the 'all-in-one' scenario?

Good question.
The way people shave now, the term razor refers to that which you hold in your hand, to which the 'razor-blade' is attached.
As my post above, posted just previous to this response, alludes to, however, the old style razor/razor-blade could be seen as inhabiting something of a grey area, as it pertains to this question.
It could be said to be, and called, a razor-blade, as, when one holds/uses it, it literally looks like one is holding/using a large razor-blade.
So regarding that particular implement, i think, as i wrote in my previous comment, that it can be legitimately be referred to as a razor or a razor-blade.

dxhound2005

Where Wikipedia has failed perhaps the dictionary can come to the rescue.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/razor

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/razor+blade

marketty

EASYNEWS wrote: »

I have to buy a razor blade to cut my corns, a razor is not needed.:(

Thanks, I'm gonna be picking chunks of carrot and sweetcorn out of my keyboard for the rest of the night