Thread: Newbie Question.....It this worth biding on?

First restore? Stay away from razors with etch. This will only break your heart. ( in my experience anyway.) Grab a WB from where ever you find one. Personally I think sanding on a thick blade is a lot easier than a hollow. If you ever have one crack under your heavy finger while sanding you will know what I mean. What you want to watch for and learn to spot is a decent bevel and learn what hone wear is and what it should look like. Then you can search anywhere knowing what your seeing and find a deal!

You could practice sanding on that, but not for 40 bucks. If you simply want to practice sanding ask here for a crappy old rusty razor that someone may not want to be sent to you; maybe paying just postage or have a look around a local antique shop.

If you were thinking of honing it, I reckon it'd be pretty thin by the time you got that nick out; and you'd maybe stray in to the logo. To me, it looks like way too much work, but maybe I'm just lazy...

Originally Posted by Gehring9006

I can see the chip on the edge of the blade, but I don't know how easy it would be to have that fixed? Let me know what you think.

Just providing an answer on the chip itself nothing else...

General rule of thumb I go by for chips...

Is the chip larger then the bevel ???

Yes = Oooooo that's going to take some steel off

No = Should come out pretty easy

This rule works pretty good right up until you get a wrongly honed old heavy blade with the spine worn to a frazzle and a 1/8" plus size bevel then all bets are off

I also agree with Pixle, that in that pic the spine looks a little wonkey, I would want a better pic at any price

Thanks to all for the great insight! Being new to this art...as with any new activity I enjoy...I tend to dive in right away and want it all!! But I see the value of being patient with this new hobby/sport/art..whatever you want to call it. All I know is that for the first time since I started shaving 25+ year ago...I'm enjoying every shave.....even if it cost me a a few drops of blood.