Restore/buying old razors Newb Questions

ok in the short time I have been straight razor shaving I have taken a liking to frambacks and big choppers. I bought a wade Butcher 6/8 frame back off ebay for $30, Now Im looking at a 8/8 chopper.

Let me get to the point here, Im noticing that the frame part or I guess the spine seems to look flat on a lot of these razors, are they suppose to be like that or is that wear from honing. If it's wear would I round it out if I were to restore one. I bought one that the scales are shot and Im thinking of blinging one up with high polish blade and some exotic wood scales. They have no pitting on them and one Im going to leave orignal ,maybe just clean up the scales if possible without taking the razor apart.

Guys can you look at this, I can get it for $25. I wanto to have someone make some fancy exotic scales and polish the blade , is this worth the money. Is the flatarea on the top from honing or is that normal?

Vintage Wade & Butcher Sheffield Straight Razor - eBay (item 250380613301 end time Mar-05-09 17:32:03 PST)

Looks like a lot of hone wear to me. I would suggest you keep shopping until you find something that leaves you with no doubts.

ok so that flat area is suppose to be rounded?

yep, sure is. come on back over and you can take another look at mine and get a good idea of what to look for.

No, it will be flat on the side but not that flat. It has has been honed a lot. Even with that hone ware I bet the price shoots up in the closing day.

What do you think of this one

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...adebutcher.jpg

The guy will sell it to me for $25 the one with the hone wear. The pic Im showing now he has not got back to me with a price yet.

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What do you think of this one

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...adebutcher.jpg

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Perfection!

ok I think I got this one for a good price $30, I was wanting to bling this one out with fancy exotic wood scales and polish the blade to mirror finish. Now after looking at so many razors Im starting to think they look good orignal with possibly just cleaning up the scales a little. This one has a small crack in the scale.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...1214/frame.jpg