Oh! In addition to my previous post...
The other thing about prices going up a bit is this... With the price going up a bit, maybe I'll eventually take the plunge and start doing scale work on razors to bring them back in to decent condition. As much as I love razors, I can only afford to lose so much money on them. To keep buying them, I'm eventually going to have to start selling some. If I'm reasonably sure I can recoup my money for the rescale after I've used the razor for a couple months or couple years, then maybe I'll take the plunge...
What does this have to do with anything? Well, if I'm thinking so, then maybe others are as well. With more people willing to do more work or razors currently in poorer condition then that means more razors that would have just been left to rot away will be given life again, which certainly can't seem like a bad thing in the eyes of those with the passion.
Maybe someday every old rust bucket out there will be in someone's rotation. :)