Buying straight razors for restoration projects
Hello,
I have been wet shaving for a while now and have a small collection built up of mostly restored vintage and a few new ones. In fact, I just won a brand new Dovo Mammoth straight on a Facebook raffle. My question is, if I want to get into the restoration aspect of wet shaving, where is the best place to shop for vintage razors besides eBay. I have combed through the local thrift stores and flea markets but for some reason straight razors don't pop up to often in my area in West Texas, or maybe I am just not looking hard enough or often enough. I have shopped the SRP classifieds and bought from there but it is currently down for whatever reason. Are there recommended website out there that sell straights for restoration projects? I have done some Google searches but have not seen anything that have jumped out at me. Any thoughts?
Also, what do you guys usually look for when buying vintage restoration projects online? How can you tell your getting something worth restoring? I know its a learning process and mistakes usually have be made had in order to learn from them. I want to limit my buying mistakes by asking some experts.
Thanks in advance.