Thread: Educate me, please

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?

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.

Originally Posted by nun2sharp

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.

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