Thread: Keen Kutter for $30 seem Reasonable?

I'm on the lookout for purchasing my first straight razor, and may have found something worthwhile.

It it is a Keen Kutter. Maybe a 5/8? Keen Kutter and reference to a hardware store are on the blade, but no other visible marking to indicate where made. I've heard some of the blades are American made and others are from Germany. The scales (sorry, I'm a newbie and not sure if that is that right term) are not Bakelite and are almost sort of a textured, rubberized finish. Perhaps they are not original. There are no spots or rust on the blade. To my inexperienced eye the blade looks hollow.

Antique store is asking $30, does that seem reasonable? It is not shave ready, so I would have to send it out to be honed.

Any thoughts, info or opinions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Be polite, see if you can get them to laugh and then ask if there is any wiggle room on the price. I think you might have a good find.

That gets to be a bit of a sticky point around here. We do not do evaluations and this sort of falls right into that category of discussion. If you like it and you want it, you may want to see if you can use Panama's technique. With straights condition is everything and there is more things that can be wrong with a blade than simply rust. It might be worth a gamble just to learn what you did get. There is a thread that is pretty good at discussing the finer points of buying used razors. It is called Ebay 101.

Personally, I wouldn't, unless it's pristine. That's about what guys sell shave ready razors for on the classifieds. Not lookers or sought after ones, but solid workhorses.

Originally Posted by holli4pirating

Personally, I wouldn't, unless it's pristine. That's about what guys sell shave ready razors for on the classifieds. Not lookers or sought after ones, but solid workhorses.

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