Advice on a Found Razor

[Hermetic]

My dad, knowing I'm into shaving stuff, recently picked up this razor at a junk sale.

Some detail shots of the box and blade:

I figured if there was anyone who knew anything about it, they'd be here, so Ihave two questions about it for you guys:

1) Is it a collector's item that should be saved? He seems to think it is (as does the box, misspelling aside).

2) If not, is it a decent straight razor for me to get honed and try shaving with? I've been looking at low-cost ways to upgrade from DE to straight razors, and $0.00 is a hard price to beat.

Thanks in advance!

 

[nemo]

A pic would really help! We're good, but not telepathic.

 

[Hermetic]

A pic would really help! We're good, but not telepathic.

Yeah, I forgot to add a pic. There should be 5 of them now.

 

[Mike H]

I am pretty sure these are made in Pakistan of questionable steel. I have never had one, so I can not say for sure.

 

[Hermetic]

I am pretty sure these are made in Pakistan of questionable steel. I have never had one, so I can not say for sure. I assume there are Masonic symbols on the blade?

I'm pretty sure it's masonic, yeah. Shame if it's made from crappy steel. I was hoping I'd lucked out into a good starter blade...

 

[slimxwhitman]

A pic would really help! We're good, but not telepathic.

Haha.

 

[Lion and the Fox]

Congrats on the find!

 

[Legion]

It looks a bit like a Joseph Allen Non XLL, but the lack of tang stamps, miss spelled etching, and wonky looking bevel makes me think modern third world copy.

 

[BBrad]

. . . the lack of tang stamps, miss spelled etching, and wonky looking bevel makes me think modern third world copy.

Also, anything that has a box that says "collectable" (sic) probably isn't collectible . . .

If it can be honed and take an edge that lasts for a few shaves, great! I'm guessing it was produced more as a display piece and not for actual shaving use.

 

[Hermetic]

Also, anything that has a box that says "collectable" (sic) probably isn't collectible . . .

If it can be honed and take an edge that lasts for a few shaves, great! I'm guessing it was produced more as a display piece and not for actual shaving use.

Yeah, shows how wonky deadlines have got me that I saw the typo and just went "Oh, misprint, cool!"

 

[CigarettesCigars]

Reeks of third world.

 

[weizemanner]

The RICKT hand
AND DWN AN UNIVERSAL


I see a guy in some third world country going "this letter looks close enough..."

Collectable and Collectible are interchangeable according to the oxford and webster dictionaries.
Definition of collectable

adjective

• 1 (often collectible) (of an item) worth collecting; of interest to a collector:his books became increasingly collectible classicscollectable coins
  

• 2able to be collected:a hire car, collectable on your arrival
  

 

[kirk 988]

It looks a bit like a Joseph Allen Non XLL, but the lack of tang stamps, miss spelled etching, and wonky looking bevel makes me think modern third world copy.

very true

 

[weizemanner]

That bevel doesn't look usable at all...