Thread: Tell me what you think_1

Hi,

I'm new to Straights and have a few months of DE under my belt. I'm about to explode with excitement of my new found hobby. I think I will enjoy restoring, sharpening and many of the other aspects of Straight Razors. Though a noob, I know I'm hooked. To give a picture of my personality as it relates to hobbies: I tie fishing lures, fletch arrows, reload ammo, 'working on' custom fishing rod building, I process any game that I harvest, etc. The list goes on. OH, I change my own oil too!!!!

I have found that there is so much more enjoyment when you become a part of what you do, not just participate. Also, the respect and rewards are much greater.

Anyway, with all that said, my dad has ended up with several straight razors over his years of gun and knife collecting/trading. None of these acquisitions were of anything significant.

BTW, These are my personal Razors

I am posting some pictures of some razors I think may be of interest to me. I am curious to know anything about these blades. They are in varying conditions and I'm sure there are things about them that I am missing.

Specifically, I am curious about: 1)quality of blade 2)potential for restoration 3)value

I understand that it may be very difficult to assess these razors by looking at pictures. I'm only looking for ballpark thoughts.

I will post a new thread for each of the razors. There's only 4 or 5.

I have no attachment or investment of any kind to these razors, so please feel free to "call crap, crap"

Thanks,

Carroll

thats a keeper!


i would start by polishing that with some mass then polish it some more .. hone it and used it!


value varies greatly based on blade width, this is a "newer" wb probably 1900 or newer

Clean that bad boy up, rescale and hone it and ENJOY!!! I bet you stole it didn't you? Didn't you!? ADMIT IT!

X

You didn't show the tang. I have a W&B with identical engraving on the blade and shank. Mine has an extra long tang that is engraved "Improved tang". It is a beautiful little razor. I like it so much when I recently went to the hospital for ten days or so, this was the only razor I brought with me. When one of my surgeons saw it he began the thoughts of straight razor shaving. He asked me three times (on three different days) to "see" my razor again.

I don't buy razors to turn them around for profit. I covet functional art, like fine tools and razors. I then obsess about what I covet until I justify, rationalize and finally enable the purchase of these objects. Once obtained I have no concern at all for what value the item(s) may have. The value of a razor (or anything else) is exactly what you are willing to exchange for it, no more, no less.

Very nice. You have a keeper... unless or course you just don't like the looks of it. In that event, keep me in mind!

That is a good one. I would probably pay up to $25 (of course I would try to get it for less) for that one at a swap meet because it does not have a lot of wear or corrosion and the brand is top notch. The blade should polish up easily with just MAAS and should hone up fairly easily as wel; the weakest link there is definately the scalesl. They will need to be replaced and that can get fairly expensive if you can't do the job yourself. Out of all the razors that you posted, this would be the one that I would get.

Nice razor. You could try to smooth the bug bites in the horn scales by wet sanding them with some wet/dry sandpaper (you can dry sand too, but it will smell more like burnt hair while you're doing it). I'm a tough judge when it comes to how I value razors that I may purchase (this is good since it keeps my RAD in check) so for me, I'd say $20 or less.

Chris L

I really appreciate everyone's advice so far. It looks like I have a few razors that I can use to practice some restoration. I certainly don't plan on selling them, I just wanted to make sure that none of them were worth sending to someone more experienced to be restored rather than using them to learn from.

Again, thanks for the help.

Carroll