So if you are into collecting razors and trying new Soaps and brushes, you can't fairly compare the money spent on this solely to what you would have spent on carts or canned foam. Why is this, you may Ask? Well, when you are collecting SRs it is not a fair comparison to disposable cartridges. If you spent $120 on carts a year, that's money in the trash... which is where those used up carts go. If you're patient and frugal, you can obtain supplies to restore old straights for very little. A stone progression from bevel set to finishing can be had for ~$100 if you are patient. Polishing compound, sandpaper, lapping film, etc pretty inexpensive. Good vintage razors that need little more than cleaning and honing can be found for less than $30 easily enough, for much closer to $20 if you're really patient. Once cleaned and shave ready, these razors are worth considerably more. Maybe not quite worth your initial investment + time in restoration (unless you enjoy working for minimum wage), but still a good shape restored vintage razor of name brand renown can fetch decent money in the right circumstace.
Those razors you acquire, they are worth many time more than just the money you spent as compared to carts. I actually am beginning to believe that RAD (I guess more specifically vintage RAD) is more akin to coin collecting. Except coins have no functional use. Still the collecting aspect is the same. There's a value that won't depart from that razor, even over 50 years. Most razors, with proper maintenance, can last at least 2 lifetimes of exclusive use. Probably more than that. That dirty and dull, but otherwise in good shape, Greaves razor circa 1860 that someone's great great grandather put in a drawer because he wanted something else after 10 or 15 years over a hundred years ago still has tons of useful life in it. That razor is highly unlikely to decrease in value. Actually, when you're lucky enough to have found it on the bay for about 30 bucks, you best bet it will be worth many times what you paid for it 30-40 years from now.
Those razors you acquire, they are worth many time more than just the money you spent as compared to carts. I actually am beginning to believe that RAD (I guess more specifically vintage RAD) is more akin to coin collecting. Except coins have no functional use. Still the collecting aspect is the same. There's a value that won't depart from that razor, even over 50 years. Most razors, with proper maintenance, can last at least 2 lifetimes of exclusive use. Probably more than that. That dirty and dull, but otherwise in good shape, Greaves razor circa 1860 that someone's great great grandather put in a drawer because he wanted something else after 10 or 15 years over a hundred years ago still has tons of useful life in it. That razor is highly unlikely to decrease in value. Actually, when you're lucky enough to have found it on the bay for about 30 bucks, you best bet it will be worth many times what you paid for it 30-40 years from now.
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