Quote Originally Posted by clrobert60 View Post
I hope you're not referring to the razor - I've got two pre-1850 straights that look good and shave great. Granted, they were restos and didn't come shave ready but the point is that a quality straight's life expectancy is in the hundreds of years unless it's abused.
+1 and ditto to that statement. I have a razor, circa late 1800's, that shaves great and will probably be around long after I am gone.