Thread: Bunch of razors

Keep them if the family member was close. They are of sentimental value & old heirlooms like that are always special. You might want to clean them up & also go to the library here & learn how to restore them. If you are interested in wet shaving, you will find that using a straight razor that has been honed & stropped properly will give you a much closer, smoother shave than the conventional 4-5 bladed cartridge type razors of today plus the cartridge refills are expensive! You can go here:
Lynns YouTube videos:

https://www.youtube.com/user/LynnSAbrams/videos

Also the library here:

Straight Razor Place Library - Straight Razor Place Library

http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...wers-here.html

These are some helpful links but you know what to do since you know how to use a computer, you can browse different ares in here & find all kinds of information. If you click on the large SRP logo at the top of the page, it will take you to the main page where you will find the straight razor database along with a lot of other things on the left side. The database might have some of the razors you have acquired & you can find out about them. If you are interested in this, it wouldn't be a bad idea to buy you a few books about straight razors as well which give history & dates of manufacture & so on. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask on the forum or you can even send me a message if you need to know something.
You will like it more than the conventional cartridge type razors plus they tend to burn & itch but a god straight razor or even a good old double edge razor with some good blades like Feather blades will give you a good shave. There are also more than just Feather blades that are of good quality & you can buy sample packs on Amazon & eBay to see which ones you like.
Good luck & I hope you decide to take up wet shaving.

It's called a frameback, and I have one just like it. It's a great razor, pretty, and a superior shaver.

That ain't 'just like it', Andrew!

First of all I am not just looking for a quick buck with these. I will sell some of them because I already collect pocket knives, butcher knives, axes, hatchets and cast iron cookware. I don't want or need another habit to feed. Ideally I'd like to work this collection down to a manageable size and I can add them to my antique cabinet. I have no interest in shaving with one or reconditioning one. Maybe I need to look elsewhere to find the help I am seeking.

Originally Posted by MOboy

... Ideally I'd like to work this collection down to a manageable size and I can add them to my antique cabinet. ... Maybe I need to look elsewhere to find the help I am seeking.

A manageable size! That's hilarious, considering some of these fellas think 200+ razors is flirting with "unmanageable"! One built a round, glass-topped wooden coffee table that doubles as a lighted display case for something like 75-150 razors. Can't remember who it was... anyone care to dig up that post and paste the pic?

And in regards to this being the right place for help... this is a gathering place for gentlemen to discuss common interests. They will wax philosophical to compare and contrast razors like fantasy sports nuts go on about players in a given sportsball. For them, its not about the money.

Would you go to a museum chronicling the history of guns, with priceless examples showing specific advancements in the development of that technology, and ask them how much $$ each item from an inheritance could put in your pocket? (Sorry, this is the best comparison I can come up with after insomnia put me 5hrs past my bedtime.)

You will be EXTREMELY hard pressed to find a more helpful group on the interwebz. Just about the only thing they won't help people do, is figure out how to charge top dollar for razors.

Keep us in mind when a family member mentions which razor(s) were the go-to shaver for the person who passed these along, and human curiosity makes you wonder what that experience was like!

Private message me.
I am in central Missouri and would be willing to help you..
V/R
Tim

Originally Posted by oldblades

Private message me.
I am in central Missouri and would be willing to help you..
V/R
Tim

Not to mention first dibs?

100+ razors? Dayumn, I'm just a regular SR shaver and have around 10 razors, which is already an abundant amount for 'just shaving'. But once in a while the ADs kick in and you get more.
Looks like (R)AD is not new and doesn't confine itself to our "modern" generation of wet shavers.
It's hard for a man not to obsess over his tools, ergo acquiring good quality tools and plenty of 'em.

Originally Posted by RezDog

I propose that you get a couple professionally hone, hang around here and learn to shave, and by the time you get that done you will discover you don't want to part with any of those.

That's good advice imo, but we are into SR shaving after all.

Lemme tell you something, it has been my experience, that I seek and try to obtain more razors like the ones I inherited. Nothing comes close to the ones you inherited though, you can find the same one, it's very nice to have a copy, but it lacks the personal touch. So once you get rid of those razors, you will never ever find razors like them anymore, at least not with the personal meaning attached to it.

100+ razors is a lot, so it's your choice in the end. You have now in your possession what others on this forum and that family-member, god bless, have been trying to obtain during a good time of their life. Just sayin'.
But you've come to a place that is obsessed with straight razors, so of course from our personal standpoint, we probably wouldn't get rid of any inherited razors. You just have to decide what you are going to do. There's no right or wrong. You just don't ever want to have that regret.

In the end, it's just shaving. They are his razors and now yours, so your call buddy. I know you would like a good home for the razors, no doubt.
Was he a collector or a really avid shaver? Or both? Any particular reason why you inherited them? Just asking, I'm a curious man.
Anyway, I'm sorry to hear about his passing.
I congratulate you for inheriting his fine collection, most of the guys on this board would be beyond ecstatic with that kind of inheritance.

Originally Posted by appa69

Not to mention first dibs?

Since I have over 1,000 razors I do not need to place dibs on any of them.
I was offering help to some one that has asked for it and I am willing to help.
V/R
Tim

Originally Posted by oldblades

Private message me.
I am in central Missouri and would be willing to help you..
V/R
Tim

This is a funny post