Quote Originally Posted by acacia View Post
Thank you. I guess my first order of business will be to determine if I should get a new blade or a vintage one.

I'm leaning toward a vintage, restored one that's been properly sharpened.

As I mentioned in my intro post, my experience is that old tools, in particular old edge tool steel, takes a superior edge to modern equivalents, which have consciously made compromises for durability, rust resistance, etc. at the expense of the keenest possible edge. I see it in edge tools like knives too. Is that true for razors as well?

Acacia
Vintage is good but new can be also. It really comes down to the individual blade tho some of the older razors are a sweet shave. Wouldn't hurt to have one of each if within your budget otherwise I always tended towards vintage myself.