The invention relates to a razor and a method for producing a razor. To make available an improved razor, a razor (1) has a handle (10) with a lower face (12) for placing on the skin of a user, and with an upper face (11) which lies opposite the lower face and is placed in the hand of the user, and a blade head (20) with at least one razor blade (21) at a head end of the lower face, wherein the lower face and upper face are fixed to each other at a respective handle end (15) and are designed to be spaced apart from each other at a respective head end (16), and wherein the lower face, in at least one subregion (34) between the handle end and the head end, is advantageously more elastic than the opposite subregion of the upper face.