Hello all,
I am new to the forums and straight razors; thanks for a great site with tons of useful information! Thanks to you I have sucessfully avoided the $7.99 Pakistani eBay razors. I now have a few vintage razors that seem to do the job. I had a couple questions about blade width...
1) If a used razor for sale is advertised as 5/8 does this indicated that it is currently 5/8" wide, or when it was new it was 5/8"; or you can't count on one vs. the other (inconsistent)?
2) If a razor starts out as a 5/8 and is now 4/8, it would seem (at least on a hollow ground blade) that it would not be as sharp, or as easy to sharpen as when it was full width? At what point is that razor not considered useful?
Thanks again!