I gotta agree with Lee here

Shave ready is a big deal, also the balance on the original SS scales are sorta a pain in the butt especially for a beginner, many of the Wapis were rather off on the spine or the heel too...

Here are some pics of a "fixed" Wapi with new acrylic scales and the blade is shave ready and proven...

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Now if you could find one like that
You could take advantage of the one great thing about the Wapis, which is that fact that they were rather easy to shave with, they are a 1/4 hollow so they pretty much just plow through your beard...