Thread: Confusing the next generations

Originally Posted by BeBerlin

Well, we've got some 472 razors in here: Category:Straight Razor Database - Straight Razor Place Wiki - and none of them should be rescaled or reground.



I must admit that some of the rescales I've seen here remind me of ricers, but as long as people love them, that's fine.



Indeed! I wish people would put their razors in the SRDB in their original states before enhancing them with coloured plastic, or worse.

Regards,
Robin

P.S. Anyone got a spare set of original scales for a W&B Bow in excellent condition?

I am willing to bet before restoration they looked like old razors.

Originally Posted by oldfat1

I would like to see a data base of the razors as they were. So that in the future people will now what they looked like.

I'm thinking about cars here, we all see Ford Model A's with V8's in them. Disc brakes, 9 inch rear ends etc.Very few will ever see a real Model A. But to the real car guys, some will restore them as close as they can to original.

While others modify and update them. I think both trains of thought should be respected. It takes a lot of work to make it look like no work was done. It takes a lot of thought to refine something and still make serve its task.

I would like to see the restoration guys make an effort to show what it was. While the other guys show what it could be.

Just my thoughts,
Ken.

They were always intended to be a tool for the barber to use in his profession. No one ever believed that they would fall into the rhelm of collectable art.

Originally Posted by nun2sharp

They should be marked as "altered" and have a "certificate of alteration" describing the alteration,date of alteration, name of alterer, and reason for alteration, and you should be the bureaucrat that has to log, verify, certify, file and store all of this vital information. Have fun Doc!

Well, you had me going. I was well on my way to higher blood pressure when I realized you were being facetious. Until just a few years ago very few people even cared about old razors and you could get any brand in really good condition for $20. Now they are somewhere between a gold standard antique and a piece of collectable art.

The way the government is printing money it will take about $100,000 to buy a straight razor in a few years anyway.