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[Crossfitboy]

hello all

My great grandfather collected razors that have been stored in a plastic bin for the last 20 to 30years. I just stared to tackling this project. Step 1) cleaning (only a 100 or so done) 2)(next) categorizing all the makers 3) finally selling a good portion of the razors.
My grandfather collected over 400 razors all in varies conditions and the vast majority of the razors are 120 to 200 years old just with the brief research that I did. so I can't wait for all the help that I will need in learning the world of Straight Razor life

[DZEC]

Welcome to SRP.

You’ll find a lot of good advice here, especially related to maintenance and restoration.

A lot of the members are probably salivating over the number and age of the razors you mentioned are in your grandfathers collection. A find like that doesn’t appear out of the blue very often.

We do have one rule of thumb: if there isn’t a picture, it doesn’t exist. We love photos of razors and good, detailed pics will help us offer meaningful suggestions and advice.

Hope to see your posts and your pictures in future posts.

[Crossfitboy]

Welcome to SRP.

You’ll find a lot of good advice here, especially related to maintenance and restoration.

A lot of the members are probably salivating over the number and age of the razors you mentioned are in your grandfathers collection. A find like that doesn’t appear out of the blue very often.

We do have one rule of thumb: if there isn’t a picture, it doesn’t exist. We love photos of razors and good, detailed pics will help us offer meaningful suggestions and advice.

Hope to see your posts and your pictures in future posts.

I will start taking pics to help me document what I have as I go along

[petercp4e]

Hello and welcome to SRP.
Sounds like quite a collection.
Enjoy your time here on the forum.

Pete <:-}

[BobH]

Welcome to the forum. Looking forward to you posting photos.

Bob

[bouschie]

Welcome to the family. Sounds like a great gift. Looking forward to photos when you get a chance.

Where about upstate. I lived in Medusa for 35 years. 30 miles south west of Albany. My son and his wife still live in Colonies.

[markbignosekelly]

Welcome, enjoy your time.
Would be great to see your collection. They are some great threads on restoring razors that will help immensely.
Save a few heirloom razors, many here would love to have that privilege.

[RezDog]

Welcome to the forum. I would say start with the least valuable razors. You would not be the first one to stuff a razor trying to learn restoration. Also learning to use them would also be a great advantage.

[rolodave]

Welcome to the forum

[Gasman]

Welcome my new friend. As Rez was saying, start restoring a razor that dont need much and is not fancy or worth much. We have lots of info in our library about fixing , restoring and honing razors. Also a section on how to use them. That makes the fun much more exciting.