Straight Razor
| Straight Razor | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Household |
| Weight | 0.5 |
| Condition | 1 |
| Wear Chance | 1 in 2 |
| Metal Value | 1 |
| Crafting Skill | Blacksmithing: 9 |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.StraightRazor
|
| Crafting XP | 50 XP (Blacksmithing) |
The Straight Razor is an old style folding razor with a steel blade. It is a household item for shaving the face and the head. It also serves as a sharp knife in many crafting recipes.
It suits any survivor who wants to keep a beard or hair in shape. It is just as useful to crafters who need a blade for cutting leather or carving. Its main strength is that one small tool covers so many cutting jobs. Its main cost is a fragile edge that dulls quickly.
The razor is found in barber shops and beauty salons. A master smith can also forge one.
Using
A razor lets a character trim or change a beard and shave the head. Scissors can do the same jobs.
The razor counts as a sharp knife in crafting. That opens a long list of recipes. It cuts leather into strips and halves, twists rope and crafts twine. It carves bone spoons, needles, fishing hooks and beads. It carves stakes, handles, wooden rods and tongs. It also opens cans and helps assemble tools and weapons from heads and handles.
Two recipes name the razor itself. Hollow Out Book turns a fancy book into a hidden stash with a razor or a Scalpel. Make Blank ID uses a razor or a Scalpel to make a blank ID card.
The Forge Straight Razor recipe makes a new one at an Advanced Forge. It needs Blacksmithing at level 9, a Steel Chunk, charcoal and a Small Handle.
Upkeep
The razor wears out quickly. It has about an even chance to lose condition on each use. It can be sharpened with a sharpening stone, a file or a grindstone. Scrapping a broken razor gives a little metal.
How to Craft Straight Razor
Each recipe that makes the Straight Razor is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Forge Straight Razor
The Forge Straight Razor recipe makes the Straight Razor. It needs Blacksmithing level 9. It is made at an Advanced Forge. The recipe has to be learned first.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charcoal | 
|
2x | No | /additem Base.Charcoal
|
| Steel Chunk | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.SteelChunk
|
| Ball-peen Hammer | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.BallPeenHammer
|
| Metalworking Pliers | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.MetalworkingPliers
|
| Small Handle | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.SmallHandle
|
Used in Crafting
These recipes take the Straight Razor as an ingredient or a part.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hollow Out Book | Leatherbound Book | 
|
- | None | /additem Base.HollowFancyBook
|
| Make Blank ID | ID Card - Blank | 
|
- | None | /additem Base.IDcard_Blank
|
Any recipe that asks for a sharp knife accepts it as the tool, such as Cut Up Large Leather, Cut Up Medium Leather and Cut Up Small Leather.
Locations
Wild West themed barber shops are the best place to look, with a razor on about half the counters. Beauty salon counters hold one about a quarter of the time. Cigar box keepsakes often hold one. Gift stores, pawn shop display cases and toy stores turn one up now and then. Attics, closets, halls, living rooms and survivor safehouses hold one rarely.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Wild West barber shop | Counter | 51.5% |
| Aesthetic | Counter | 25.6% |
| Storage unit | Other | <0.1% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Inside a bag or case | Cigar box keepsakes | 9.9% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Gift store | Shelves | 4.4% |
| Pawn shop | Display case | 3.6% |
| Gift storage | Other | 1.5% |
| Gift store | Other | 1.5% |
| Toy store | Counter | 1.5% |
| Toy store | Other | 1.5% |
| Toy store | Shelves | 1.5% |
| Toystore storage | Other | 1.5% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Attic | Cardboard box | 0.7% |
| Attic | Crate | 0.7% |
| Attic | Other | 0.7% |
| Closet | Locker | 0.7% |
| Hall | Other | 0.7% |
| Living room | Locker | 0.7% |
| Living room | Other | 0.7% |
| Closet | Other | 0.4% |
| Garage storage | Other | 0.4% |
| Bathroom | Medicine cabinet | 0.3% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Survivor safehouse | Cardboard box | 0.4% |
| Survivor safehouse | Crate | 0.4% |
| Survivor safehouse | Small box | 0.4% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Cardboard box | 0.4% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Crate | 0.4% |
| Survivor safehouse (late game) | Small box | 0.4% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Cardboard box | 0.4% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Crate | 0.4% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Small box | 0.4% |
Notes
- The razor shaves beards and hair, and scissors can do the same.
- It works as a sharp knife for cutting leather and carving.
- The razor wears fast but can be sharpened.
- Being metal, it can start a fire if put in a microwave.
- Wild West themed barber shops are the surest place to find one.
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