Thread: I'm new and went to the flea market today searching for gold.

I found a Kriegar which I avoided thanks to SRP and Three Sheffields. I posted about my experience here. http://straightrazorpalace.com/gener...hing-gold.html

Top is a Wade & Butcher Sheffield that has some tarnish on the blade. I picked it up for $20. There was another with it but one of the scales was cracked clean through near the butt pin. It had a more intricate design so i wish I picked it up but I was low on cash and didn't expect to see anymore.

The middle has "The Celebrated. Hollow Ground Razor." w/an arrow pointing to an Iron Cross on the Blade. It seems to have a decent edge w/little tarnish. It says "Manufactured By Wade and Butcher. Sheffield. W/the same symbol below that on the shank. The handle is a bit sctuffed up with some chips along the edges but the blade it still tight at the pivot pin.

One is a "Feather Weight" that has Joseph something on the Shank along with Bestever Steel and Sheffield Eng. and the same arrow symbol again. Some tarnish and just on the blade and spine. The handle is the best of them all.

They all came in their coffins, boxes or whatever you want to call them. I'm not sure which would be good for a beginner shaver if any. Any advice or feedback is appreciated. I'll post more pics if anyone is interested.

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You did really well. All 3 are very good quality. Now clean them up with metal polish and then send them out to someone from the SRP to be honed.

Well that's the plan. As sad as it sounds I'll have to wait for payday to send anything out to be honed, or sell one of these guys.

Top one is the best. It is in good condition, and by the looks of it it is 7/8" wide.
Good catch. Cleaned up it is worth a good bit more. But please don't attempt to do that until you know what you're doing. If you have no experience you might very well ruin it.

If you want to restore a razor, do the second one first. It has significant hone wear so its resale value is already much lower.

The third one is looking nice as well. the size and styl are nothing special, but it looks like a nice razor to learn to shave with.

My advice: send the top and the bottom ones over to one of the honemeisters of SRP to get sharpened professionally. Then buy a leather strop and start learning how to shave with them.
Both razors can give you excellent shaves, but having 2 different sizes is interesting because you can alternate and see what feels best.
But don't give up on one if the other feels better. As you progress, you'll discover that it becomes easier to work with other sizes.

The middle one can be hones as well. It depends on what you want to do. if you want to learn to hone / restore a razor, use that one. I am not trying to push you into anything. I'm simply explaining your options.

Thanks a lot Bruno. That sounds like solid advice.