Breaking into restoration/ finding razors in need of TLC
Good morning from Texas gentlemen!
My name is Austin, I am a college student from Texas and I having been learning about straight shaving for the last year and a half, shaving for the last month, a member of SRP for a few weeks and I have the bug in a bad way :) My first and only razor is Smith Brothers Razor that Maximillian did an excellent job restoring and after seeing what can be done firsthand and spending a lot of time reading up on it I have decided I want to learn how to rescue and restore razors too. My dad is a jeweler so I have a workspace and all the tools needed to do the job right, but I need razors to learn with. SRP has got to be the largest and I know the most helpful community of shaving enthusiasts there so I figured what better place to look than here. If any of the community has any interest in helping a young man learn how to do this I could use any old razors that you don't have any use for and any restoration tricks you may have learned! Thanks for reading and I hope your week is starting well.
the best advise is too look at them close
I agree with what was said above the most important issue it to look them over carefully before buying, especially if your paying more than a couple bucks for them. if the photos are small and not well done there is often a reason. Ask for better ones if they dont come pass on that one. I have gotten a couple in the past few weeks quite reasonable, unfortunately I had to take a coupe junkers to get them. Always a price to pay.