Hi guys, new member here. I recently decided to take up using a straight razor instead of the usual Mach 3. I got rather lucky since I was able to find my grandfather's straight razor stuff. He's been dead for 13 years, figured everything would be gone by now but wow did I get lucky finding everything. Unfortunately the razors are not in good shape.
Obligatory terrible pic: (If better pics are wanted, I can definitely provide them. Just got this one quick and dirty.)
http://i.imgur.com/WFHxG.jpg
The razor on the left is a Cadman Bengall Cast Steel razor. The scales are badly warped and falling apart. There's a bit of rust on the blade near the pivot point and the outward corner of the blade is rounded and I think it originally was squared.
The razor on the right is a Torrey Razor Company razor. Really bad shape, badly rounded end and a chunk is taken out of the blade. The scales are actually in pretty good shape, might transplant them over to the Cadman. Really unfortunate about the blade as I've read that Torrey's are quite good razors.
The strop is a Medal of Award 813. It's very dry and there's a good bit of surface cracking to the horsehide. I don't think it can be saved, but I would appreciate if someone could prove me wrong.
Last but not least, the brush and mug. The brush is a Kingsley Pure Bristle #840. No idea if it's badger or boar, but it seems rather soft to me. The mug is just a regular coffee mug, grampa was being thrifty. :D
No idea on the exact age of any of this stuff, but it's probably around 50 or so years old as my grandfather was born in 1918. Even if the razors and strop are too far gone to put back into service it's nice having this stuff since it was my grandfather's. Quite a nice find eh? :)