I went to the local pawn shop today and asked if they had any straight razors. They had 4 old ones. I was hoping to pick one up for under $40 and restore it. One was a decent candidate with a restorable blade and broken scales. When I told him what I was going to do, he looked at me like I was nuts. "You probable polish old coins too" he said. Anyways, he ended up wanting more than a new Dovo for each of them. The shop owner knew nothing about the razors other than that they were old, so I was kind of surprised he valued them so highly. I passed and will keep looking.