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What he said (above)
buy lots of reasonable razors that look OK, keep the ones you manage to sharpen to your liking, flog the rest you have improved to your friends here.
Easy.
That IS the fun.
M

My sharpest razor cost me £1 and a few hours honing stroping and polishing.
The old vintage razors probably cost quite a lot when they were made, there were hundreds of makers knocking them out so...