Thread: Vintage vs modern straights?

Originally Posted by Deerhunter1995

To answer Your question vintage razors are desired because quality went into there making and everyone likes holding a piece of history that has a storybehind it. Great starting razor s btw

You mean, like this old Torrey?

On the box is written in fountain pen,

“Used by Roosevelt in the Badlands-lands Madora 1883-4.

Teddy Roosevelt went to the North Dakota, Badlands in 1983, to hunt Bison, fell in love with the land and bough a ranch, following the death of his mother and his wife, who both died on the same day on Febuary 14, 1884, he returned to Madora for solitude.

The razor is of the period, and while there is no provenance other than the writing on the box, it quite possibly could have been used by T. Roosevelt.

I paid around $15.00 for the razor and did not notice the inscription on the box until getting it home.
In many cases we are holding in our hand a piece of history a hundred, two hundred or more years old that can still be shave with well.

With the exception of a handful of custom makers, one has only to compare the quality of modern razor to vintage to see the detail of vintage razors, that cannot practically be produced today. Look at TI, Boker and Dovo, then compare price.

As has been said about antiques, “They, just have been better… longer.