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I took the dive and am about the start my journey through Gentleman's shaving.
Well after wanting to get into straight shaving and lurking on he site for a while. I decided with my B-day coming up it was a good time to get in the game. After reading one of you guys who had found some good blades at the antique store I decided to put my ebays on hold and go see what was there. And long story short. I came home with my first to razors. I picked up a Bresduck dubl duck Special No. 1 and a Wade & Butcher's "for barber use only". I was big and I thought it could give me some good variance to try. (Photos attached) The duck has a little bit of blacking and the Wade shows some light surface rust. I know that kind of goes against the advice of what you buy (not new or well taken of members stuff). But I gave both a good look and think with a good polish they could be a great start. So I got them both for $50. So how did I do. Do they look ok? I'll search through the forums for some buffing polishing advice but do any of you experts see something obvious that I should start with. I don't have a strop yet so I'm still few days away before my face come into contact with this boys.
Edit: on the duck the edge has some black spotting on it. It might look like uneven or damage but i think it's just rust (or whatever it's called)
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