Thread: Value of my recently acquired Boker King Cutter

Well value is somewhat subjective so that is why we don't go there. I think 100, you think 2, heated argument, nothing nice, why go there :<0)
You basically have to decide for yourself. It's something that will pop into your head and go " OH I got to do that to this razor" or not.

Ok Thanks. I really like it the way that it is. I do wish the etching was clearly visible but other than that ill probably just leave it as is(other than getting it honed). Thanks for the advice.

Originally Posted by Smithbobbylee

Ok Thanks. I really like it the way that it is. I do wish the etching was clearly visible but other than that ill probably just leave it as is(other than getting it honed). Thanks for the advice.

All depends on what you want out of your razor. While it's nice to have the etching, that's not the bit you're going to shave with, so if it's one to use, don't worry about it! Get it honed and try it out. I have a couple of King Cutters and they are great shavers. Yours looks like it has seen a fair bit of use (just in that the blade appears narrower than I would have expected - they may have made narrower ones, so I may be completely out to lunch on that) but they were made of good steel.

So first things first: get it honed up and see how it shaves. If it's a keeper then it's entirely up to you whether you take it apart and do a more complete restore. But if it won't take a good edge, better to know that before you do the restore. Trust me - I did that backwards once and sunk a bunch of time into making new scales for a blade that was garbage.

Just a note about taking any blade to a buffer: be *really* careful not to let it heat up too much as you can kill the temper.