Well I have reasoned up this post to get some views.

I have a number of razors in my "restore box" which I fullly intend to restore and either display and pass on, and by restore I mean make like new again, a lovely mirrored or even satin blade and cleaning up the scales. (hopefully keeping original)

However I occasionally find a blade when I'm hunting that I love so much I get the edge up and it's a keeper, and now have 5 in my shaving rotation, but for my purposes I don't clean these, I like the little bit of character that these blades have with some tarnish and pitina, I do obiously sanatise and give them a bit of a polish with maas to get rid of any gunk, but does anyone else here like to keep the old character of the blades they use? Or does anyone see any downside to it other than aesthetics?

Geek