Old open blades worth keeping?

[Cold]

Hi Folks,
I picked up a couple of vintage razors today and one of them had a blade box with a bunch of blades in it. I assume, as these are unpackaged ancient blades, I should just throw them in my blade bank and call it done. Any other opinions?

 

[TexOkie Shaver]

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Hi Folks,
I picked up a couple of vintage razors today and one of them had a blade box with a bunch of blades in it. I assume, as these are unpackaged ancient blades, I should just throw them in my blade bank and call it done. Any other opinions?

They look they are in bad shape, so at the very least I would be careful handling them. No telling what kind of nasty infection you could get if one of them cut you. The dispenser might be worth keeping. I don’t think you can get those anymore.

 

[Smooth and Sharp]

Blade bank

 

[TheBigL]

Old blued blades are cool. I would try to clean them up a bit and make some sort of display. Framed or something obviously so they are not touchable. It would be a neat bathroom or mancave art kinda thing.

 

[Cold]

Thanks for the replies.
Decided to throw them all into the blade bank.

The art piece idea, while intriguing, would most likely never happen. I’m too lazy.

 

[ajkel64]

The art idea would have been nice. I have seen some damaged Straight Razors polished up and displayed in a shadow box and they looked stunning. Some blades even in a nice wooden picture frame would look great in a man cave or even on a sideboard type cupboard.