Thread: New setup, vintage blades; decent, for starting?

The Torrey needs sharpening and work but looks good. I'm thinking gugi means wouldn't touch the second one, point. You've done some pretty drastic work there and personally, I'd be worried about it breaking during use. Those little known Solingens can be picked up in much better condition for not much money and are generally good shavers, find another would be my advice.

The second one, I mean I'd simply throw it in the trash, at most save the scales. It's missing 1/3 of the blade and in a bad way, i.e. at the heel/stabilizer end. Which means it acts in a very very different way than a normal straight razor. The new weird ergonomics makes it plain dangerous for me. I mean I'm not saying one can not shave with it, I'm saying one should not want to and the couple of dollars it may be worth is certainly not enough reason to try.

As far as the first one, I already wrote, the edge is trashed, that much is clear from the photo. Again, different people have different tolerance to pain, but shaving with that edge is not representative at all of shaving with a properly honed straight razor. In fact a cartridge razor would feel better after months of daily use.

Finally got my razor back! Thanks to mainaman, I had a pretty solid shave. Information you guys shared and I gleaned from the wiki got me great success, and like... 2 nicks.
Putting on aftershave is a whole new world of wince-inducing pain, but I got like, easily the closest shave of my life. It was also faster than shaving with disposables... and that's not to imply I was rushed, either. It's really nice to not spend half the time cleaning hair out from between blades.