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The "Shave Ready" PUMA model 75 in the photos recently sold on the Bay for $89.51...I'm a total newb, and was following it out of curiosity, and to help me get a feel for going prices.
Anyway my question is: how significant are the uneven honing and bevel?
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They're significant, and they would drive me nuts, but for the price it is what one might expect.
I am sorry we cant do appraisals in the open forums, but I can assure you the uneven honing will drop the value in comparison to a razor without these faults.
OTOH: If it is not shave ready it can be made shave ready, the wear can be corrected, not undone, but corrected.
I apologize that it appeared that I was asking for an appraisal...I wasn't. I only included the winning bid amount because people seem to often ask. I won't include prices in the future.
Thanks for answering the question about the flaws, though.
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Originally Posted by nun2sharp
The uneven wear could be due to bad honing, or could be due to odd spine shape/blade geometry. As long as there is metal left below the spine it can be made shave ready. Whether you would want it in your collection would be a matter of personal choice. I for instance would forego a little odd geometry if it had something else going for it. For instance a masonic scale with a crappy blade might be worth something to a Mason. As my collection has grown, blade geometry means more if the blade has nothing else going for it, like maker, location name.
I have certain price thresholds which I have set for myself.(which somehow increase in the last seconds of an auction).
+1to what souschefdude said.
It's evidently been used, the wear is either a big toe heavy or due to some uneveness of the spine (I would say just toe heavy, a kink in the spine would mean thinner wear evident on the other side of the tip), and the patina is making the wear look worse.
Not being a razor elitist I would be quite happy to own it - if it was a poor shaver that would be different of course.
Pumas have an excellent name as far as vintage razors go and were made of top grade steel.
Regards,
Neil
