Thread: To Clean or Not To Clean

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Like Tom said, depends on the razor. It also depends on the eye of the beholder. Show me an old Sheffield with 100+ years of patina, a full blade and scales that may have a tight crack at the wedge and a few bug bites, and if I like it I'm a buyer. Polish all the patina off it and I still might buy it if I really wanted the blade profile. Put wood or acrylic scales on it and I will pass every time.

That is me. Some guys are just the opposite.

What he said! The eye of the beholder is to be considered. Good as well as bad. Everything appeals to someone, for certain. That is the beauty of this hobby. Some like new, fresh scales full of color. I am like Jimmy. Correct, or close. I have not always been that way. The glitz and all had me for a bit as well. There are razors in my collection which need "correcting" . To make them closer to what they should be is MY preference.
After all, it depends on money as previously discussed. If you can afford to buy a razor for 500 bucks and spend 250 on it to make a 350 dollar razor, it is(or was) a collectible! Not just a razor! (stranger things have happened) If you invest in it and restore/rejuvenate it as a real deal, authentic user, you can always get your money back. I have not put this into action as I want to keep all my razors and go to my grave with them! Just some observations!