ok, I know if I want something half way decent, I should buy from sellers here, have done so for my first shave. However, I am trying to accomplish several things at once on the newbie front. I am also an eBay newbie as well as a straight razor newbie. I am currently bidding on this item to practice using eBay. Since I know very little about razors in general, and cannot see the pictures, I am of course curious about the item itself. Also, I haven't bid much, but if by chance I should win, I'd kind of like to know. At the very least, I figure I'll have something which to practice honing. Of course if it needs restoration, I'll probably have to give it up, even though we own a dremmel. Here is the razor I'm bidding on: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=260014232725 Hopefully that is the proper link. Thanks from newbievill.