So, on my third antique shop/mall on my way home, one finally had some straights. More than half a dozen... for $14 each! And I was told the seller was willing to negotiate on the price. There was an ERN, a J. A. Henckels, something labeled "magnetic" (and actually was... why?), and some unmarked ones. All were unusable for various reasons: pitting, corner broken off, slight-to-moderate frowning, 50%~ish rust covered :overkill:, and I think the Henckelshad a chip about the middle of the blade roughly the size of the ball in the tip of a ballpoint pen :(. One or two, according to the gent shootin the breeze with me while I looked them over, had bakelite handles. He bout fell over himself when he saw 'em.
I was just looking for a beat up SR on the cheap that I could teach myself to hone on. For $14 or less, I think I'll get 1 or 3 lacking rust/pitting.
I can probably get pics in 2-3 days, if y'all would like.
So what do ya think? Decent find?