Thread: Picked up this razor at antique festival looks very crude and old.. Any help?

I bought this today and looks quite old. Would someone have used this to shave? It is surprisingly straight

They are all over eBay. Chinese razors.

Like new chinese razor made
To look old?

Every time I do a search for, "Ottoman Straight Razor"...that's what comes up...going on two years now....probably fake old relic...as mentioned, all over eBay.

Was it advertised as 'shave ready'?

Originally Posted by kelbro

Was it advertised as 'shave ready'?

Antique Gold Dollar maybe???

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I think it looks cool.

Those pictures look better than a lot of the ones I've seen on eBay. Because there are so many I've always just gone on the assumption that they are not that old and certainly not rare. Some of them look cool, that one looks pretty cool. I have no idea if it is a real vintage razor or even a real razor but it is absolutely a great conversation piece. If it was pretty inexpensive I'd say it is a winner, if it is actually a razor, it's awesome, if it is actually an old razor, that's the bomb.

Ask yourself...
"Am I ready?"