Thread: Monitarily Confused

It seems vintage blades can be hit or miss. I've been very lucky to get two pristine ones (like brand new) from an antique store, but those seem to be rare occurances. For instance; I went to a flea market earlier today. I spotted several blades, but none of them were anywhere near the condition of the two I already own. One was slaughtered - apparently by someone trying to sharpen it on a knife sharpener. A few of them might have been nice restoration objects, but I just don't have the time to put into it.

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I've been able to find some usable ones at antique shops nearby- my favorite razor is a Torrey I found for about $12. I also bought a $5 W&B chopper with a nick in it. The nick honed out okay, but the crack behind the nick was covered by tarnish. I think it's trash.

With such a good supply in my area, I'm half tempted to start buying all the ones I come across that are in decent shape and throw them up on the classifieds here, but my restoration and honing skills are sub-par and selling them "as-is" will make it difficult to cover my expenses.
J.

Originally Posted by jfreaksho

I've been able to find some usable ones at antique shops nearby- my favorite razor is a Torrey I found for about $12. I also bought a $5 W&B chopper with a nick in it. The nick honed out okay, but the crack behind the nick was covered by tarnish. I think it's trash.

With such a good supply in my area, I'm half tempted to start buying all the ones I come across that are in decent shape and throw them up on the classifieds here, but my restoration and honing skills are sub-par and selling them "as-is" will make it difficult to cover my expenses.
J.

Thats a real shame on the W&B Id love to find one of those, I get the feeling there are more of them on your side of the pond than in the UK though, they must have exported them all!