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My mother found me a blue wonder which looked like it had never been honed. It only had a few spots of rust which were easily cleaned up.
I can agree with your local barber's opinion. As for honing,...

I think this just comes down to personal preference. It is just like a shiny red sports car goes faster then a rusty pink one. Expensive and shiny ivory must shave better than a cheap plastic one.

Another barber who doesn't know shite about razors. Imagine, the scale materials could affect the properties of the edge.

No, he's right. Bengalls are useless. Don't buy them. (I wonder if I could drive the price down?)

I heard the same thing from a barber in Moe who had a display of straights on his wall. He had a full beard and told me that no one uses straights anymore. But he also told me that Bengalls were the...

That's what happens when you tell us about razors you have found but yet to buy. That mysterious man Sumgai is lurking here somewhere.

I have a Flic. I should hone it up and give it a try.

I think we should keep talking up the price of Bengalls, link in a few photos from the http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor-clubs/17272-bengalls-band-brothers.html thread and tell everyone how great...

I have a Birko in the 'I'll get to it one day pile'. Found it in an antique store in Gippsland.

I think the Bengalls and Gottas were sold in Australia, but imagine many of the older Sheffields were bought over to Australia by immigrants from Europe. For 100 years we would only accept immigrants...

I have found heaps of Bengalls in Oz. They seem to have been the most prevailent brand. But I have also found a couple of Harmonies.