Thread: Cheap Ebay Razors for Honing Practice, Really??

All of my real steel is eBay, antique store rescues.

I bought two that would never be daily shavers but could become serviceable to experiment restoring and honing with.

I may one day try something new but I have an affinity for the pieces with history behind them.

I also tend to not over “restore” them, just enough love to clean them up nice and put them back into service.

It is a bit of a catch 22, you need one that is in good enough shape to bring into use and all of those would be savable by a halfway skilled restorer.

Getting one that is shave ready and learning by doing your touch up’s first as you learn to strop is probably the way to go.

I on the other hand was hard headed and my first needed work although very little

(polish and hone with a light bevel reset) to be serviceable.