Newbie with questions about "antique" razors
Hi all, I've been looking around your site a bit because I had started thinking about ditching my Fusion and trying straight razors...and well you've convinced me to give them a try. So, long story short, I went to a local antique shop looking to get a couple razors, since I don't have the money to buy multiple new DOVO straights. Well I found two of them for under $10 so I figured why not get them, if nothing else I could practice honing with them.
One looks to be in pretty good shape except for a little tarnishing and two small scratches near the edge. Will these scratches affect the shave quality? If so is it possible to hone small scratches/nicks out of the blade?
The second razor is more questionable, but I couldn't pass it up since it is a Soligen razor. There don't appear to be any nicks or dings on the edge, but the blade is fairly rusted from the center to the spine. So my questions for this one are, do any of you have any suggestions for how to remove rust without damaging the razor? I would like to "save" this razor, partly because it is from Soligen and partly because I like the scales.
Thanks for the advice,
-Mark