Quote Originally Posted by BobH View Post
Consider that straight razors were just tools not even valuable enough to have serial numbers and made in the thousands if not millions. Being all original does not matter much. The only exceptions that I can think of is if you are buying NIB razors or a very rare specimen. In most cases I would not loose any sleep over the decision and do what is convenient.

Bob
This is totally accurate... But worthless object + time = priceless artifact.

Broken pot shards and bone fragments that were literally tossed in the fire are now invaluable lenses into ancient ways of life. Bills of lading that were used to wipe people's butts are now priceless sources of information.

So you're right - they're just things, but dealing with old things always has a more complicated set of choices.

I realize that a 100 or 200 year old razor isn't the Rosetta stone or the Gilgamesh tablets or anything, but they're still more valuable as artifacts than they were as manufactured items originally.

Then again, cleaning without unpinning is a giant pain in my ass, so there's also that...

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