(@mods: if this topic is in the wrong category please move it)

In the classifieds is an ad for unhoned new old REX 42 razors(66 in stock apparently). The razor is advertised as not shave ready. And as a newbie(I've got 1 shave ready razor and 3 razors I'm slowly restoring) I want to either:

- Buy one or two and wait for my honing skills to come
- Buy 2, get 1 professionally honed and try the other myself

Mind you that I only have a barbers hone I haven't used on my shaving razors, only on test razors to try my honing skills.

So I've got 3 questions:

1. Would it make a good shaver(it's Swedish so I think so)
2. How much honing would the razor require(i.e. how well set is the factory edge)?
3. Would this be a good deal or would I be wasting money?

Cheers,

BrickBag