Let's not forget there is always e bay for traders. The Rolls Royce of classifieds.

Professional traders don't fear E Bay and to be honest sellers seem to get really high prices.
Usually higher than on B/S/T and unlike B/S/T the razors can often have major flaws.

Why do we need to tarnish SRP's reputation as the leading forum for straight razor shaving information with commercial matters.

Sometimes I feel (only a little bit) honest open discussion is restricted because members are afraid of offending the commercial brigade. That doesn't sound correct to me nor does it sound a good recipe for the long term health of SRP.

Against this I can see that a good dynamic trading section processing quality razors at fair prices brings new members to the forum and this rejuvenates and brings a new dynamic and fresh ideas to the forum.

I can accept it is not an easy dilemma and nobody really likes change even though we are told we should embrace it to go forwards.