Oops, impulse eBuy!

I am pretty new to this lark, but was thinking it might be nice to have a couple of older razors to practice honing, maybe try my hand at a bit of restoration, without ruining my lovely Ironwood Dovo (thanks Jarrod at Superior Shave!)

Cut to 3 minutes later I am the winning bidder on this cast of characters:

eBay - New & used electronics, cars, apparel, collectibles, sporting goods & more at low prices

Obviously some real junk in there (that missing chunk is sure going to take some grinding out!), but wondering if anyone spots anything worth working on...

Cheers,

-Gabe

The Wade and Butcher and the Henkels look good to me. However, there's no reason that all of those razors can't be made shave-ready again barring some unseen issues.

That is most excellent (and frankly, somewhat surprising,) news. Thanks very much for the reply. Maybe I will get my practice in on the others and save the Wade and Butcher and the Henkels for later :)

Very excited.

PS, does anyone know how I can get my facial hair to grow faster? I hate all this waiting between shaves now ;)

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PS, does anyone know how I can get my facial hair to grow faster? I hate all this waiting between shaves now ;)

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In the past people after urination not wash their hands. but rubbed their faces with the same hands.:)

Or eat lots of garlic.

Sure wish I liked garlic :D

Sometimes you can find good razor in lot sale on eBay. For example to me this sell was worth to be consider but is just my personal opinion: Lot of 3 Antique Straight Razors-Burrell, Wester Yankee, Horden & Sons | eBay

That seemed like a good deal. Don't recognize any of the makers. Have a lot of reading to do. I really have no idea if I grossly overpaid, but some of the razors seemed to be in OK shape, and I recognized at least some of the makers, and I figured I would get a lot of practice in working on that many blades. Also the auction was ending 3 minutes after I first looked at it, and that always makes me a little trigger happy. Anyway, haven't bought anything on eBay in over a year, so I was due. Cheers.

I think you did alright. I would ask the seller to throw that set of reddish celluloid scales in the trash and not include them in the box. They've eaten one blade pretty bad already. ;)

There's a couple in the bunch that are well past their use by date but in general you did ok.

Thanks guys, that's great to hear! I'll be sure to post any crushing defeats and/or minor victories ;)

The "tortoise" scales are also gone. Make sure you toss those as soon as possible. Looks like you got yourself a few shavers there, good catch.

Well, the package arrived, and although none of them are going to win any beauty contests, the razors (apart from the one with the missing chunk) are in mostly decent condition. One of them has some discoloration that makes me think the temper is probably shot, and a couple have scales that seem to be too small (the blade hits the "sandwich" bit at the end). The scales are all very chintzy feeling after the lovely ironwood scales on my new Dovo, but I am hoping to fix that. The blades also all seem very narrow compared to the 6/8 on the Dovo, but maybe that had something to do with the experience below.

I just picked one that seemed to have a decent blade ("AIG" brand, made in Allegany, NY), gave it a few passes on the Norton 4000/8000 then a good stropping, and it passed the HHT with flying colors, so I gave it a go. Gave me the closest damn shave I have had yet (out of the whopping six straight shaves under my belt!)!

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I am sure it's mostly due to my prep and technique slowly getting better, because I find it hard to believe this is outperforming my lovely new Dovo, but looks like you guys are right, definitely some shavers in there. Very excited to know I can bring a razor to shave-ready. Thanks to all for the encouraging words. Now to go figure out how to make scales!

Cheers,

-Gabe

Nice!!! good job! Congratulations!