Thread: eBay frustrations for European wetshavers...

I have been watching eBay for a couple of weeks now, looking for that $5 bargain I keep hearing about. For me, living in Europe, it can be a frustrating experience, because the majority (or so it seems) of the razors I would want to bid on, and which seem to go for $5-10, only ship to the United States! So, no cheap razors for the Euro boys! Those who ship to Europe sell razors which go for $50+, it seems. Or sell horribly cracked razors no-one in their right mind would want to buy.

Minstrel,

What are you looking for? I have a lot of razors laying around, and I'd sell you one for $10 plus shipping. That would just cover my costs.

Josh

Europe, I just recently purchased a Thiers-Isard razor from france for 9euro, cost me 7 euro to ship is to america, all said and done 20 some dollars, now I'll share a little secret with you, since the post is in french the words straight razor dont appear in the posts. you should be looking for "rasoir coupe chou". i find that since these arent really marketted to the north american buyers you can get bargains on high quality blades. Anyway good luck

FredS:I guess I'm just not looking in the right place. I'm not very experienced with eBay, since I've only used it for about a year.

I thought eBay is eBay, and you can find everything on sale on eBay from one site (i.e. ebay.com), but apparently this isn't so? Have to look through all the different eBay sites "manually" to find the bargains?

Josh: I already have a 5/8 Wester Bros. "Manganese Steel" spike point shave ready straight razor, but am looking for a razor with a round point, maybe a 6/8 if possible. I know there is one at ShavingShop.com for $54.95 new, and I am quite tempted to buy it... In fact, if PayPal hadn't bugged out when I tried to check out, I would have ordered it already.

I got a couple of straights from eBay a few weeks ago. They came as a pair, were in fairly good condition (only took a couple of rubs with some fine wet and dry paper), and have now both been honed and are shave ready (thanks to LXemergency and 1 I did myself). The best bit is, they only cost me $26 total (inc shipping USA to UK). Keep looking, one will pop along sooner or later.
Good luck.

Hopefully I have attached a photo of one of them?

Hmmm. I don't think I have any 6/8 round points.

Round points are generally less common, so most of the blades I have are square or spike points.

Josh

You dont have to look in the different sites manualy, but since the french razors are posted in french a simple search with the words straight razor wont find them

Coulndnt you simple grind down a spike point to make it round? wouldnt affect the razors performance i asume?

you need to search the european ebays. There are some surprising bargains there. I've recently snagged a pair of ivory-scaled heljes and another pair of ivory-scaled M&W from europe. I don't know if there just aren't as many straight razor fans in europe, or if they're interested in other brands than I am.

Originally Posted by FredS

Coulndnt you simple grind down a spike point to make it round? wouldnt affect the razors performance i asume?

It's easier and less of a hassle to just find a round point. They're widely available and command lower prices.