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What did I buy and are they worth restoring?
I'm totally new to the world of straights. Saw these at a local shop and bought them based solely on how good they looked. Now I'm wondering if these razors are good shavers and if so, what needs to be done to them? Boker looks like it just needs to be honed. Puma has rust so I'm wondering if it can be restored and if so can the etching be saved?
1. Blade is marked H. Boker Solingen on one side with a tree, other side is blank. Looks like there might be some faint etching on the blade but can't make it out. Scales (think that's what the handle is called) looks like horn, but I don't know if it's real or plastic
2. Blade is marked "90 Puma Solingen" and "Made in Germany from best Puma-steel" on the back. Face of the blade is etched "Puma High Class" in gold. Plastic (I assume) tortoise shell scales with Puma logo on front and a sticker on the back that reads "The unusally smooth shave of the Puma razor depends on the steel being forged twice(?) hammered and hammered again"