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Good points, and if I did get something off eBay I would do so in the knowledge that I'd likely not be able to restore it to shaving condition. And I doubt I would get more than a couple just to see...

This is true, but then I really don't know what to look for yet. Part of thinking of eBay is to study old designs, so even if there's cracks or deep pitting they are useful for what they can tell...

Thanks, I've been looking over some razors on Ebay as well, seems most are reasonably priced, but I don't know which is considered collectable or not.

The best part of the description was "shave ready", now that was just funny, in hind sight anyway.

I'll probably leave them alone for now, got a show this weekend I'm getting ready for and it...

The scales look like carbon fiber, if you squint and have water in your eyes. They are flexible enough that if you don't handle the razor very gently when closing the edge will hit the edge of the...

No problem, I got the gold dollar as an entry level blade, and I quite like it, except the handle is a bit too flexible, and the tang of the razor too slick and over buffed. The edge holding seems...

I don't know about the knowledge part, still scratching my head on a few things, but I'm hard headed enough to keep plodding along till I maybe figure it out.

I'll post pics when I get it done, it...

New member here from south MS. I originally got interested in straight razors from a knife making perspective after a fellow knife maker made one. I purchased a Gold Dollar razor to learn to shave...