Thread: Buy my first straight razor

I'm no expert by any stretch of the imagination. The first one looks like a wade & butcher however I may be wrong. If it is I can speak from experience that they are good shavers. However it's hard to tell from the pic if that's rust on the blades edge or just reflection. The second seems to have a fairly clean edge with the exception from one spot that looks like possible rust. If it is it looks minor enough that you could still get out honed and put a good edge on it. You will definitely need to have them professionally honed before you attempt to shave regardless of which one you get. In my opinion if you can afford both go for it. Again in my limited experience it's nice to have several blades to choose from in the beginning, as I'm sure most guys here would also recommend.

Good luck keep us posted!