Thread: Introduction, and a desperate plea for help.

Originally Posted by WadePatton

Folks seeking a bargain. Bargains are fun when they work out, but it takes a lot of knowledge to understand the difference in many cases. A proper shaving edge is pushing the steel to its absolute limits. This is not apparent to the novice.

+1.

I like flea markets and garage sales. I am always on the lookout for razors and kitchen knives. Occasionally I buy a rusted kitchen knife for 2 euros which I can restore. My latest one is a high quality german kitchen knife which needed restoration and a new handle.

The thing is, of the 100 knives I inspect, only 1 or 2 turn out to be not mass produced junk. It takes a knifemaker or experienced knife user to see the difference between a high quality knife that looks like junk, and actual junk. And the actual junk knives vastly outnumbers the 'looks like junk' knives.

Get the sight unseen $28 razor from whipped dog. I just got one. It's ugly as sin but shaves like a dream