Quote Originally Posted by LarryAndro View Post
If it is vintage and isn't rusted badly, it will shave and shave well after being honed by someone who is competent.
I think that "badly" and "competent" are pretty broad qualifiers. There are a lot of razors meeting your description with bad hone wear, frowns, ruined tempers, poor steel, cracks, and other problems that are just waiting to take a newbie by surprise.

As tempting as it is to save money, I think the best first razor is one that is new, or has been carefully restored.