Another example of when sellers see a lot of items with the label "shave ready" and decide it would be great to use it on their own stuff. Sure looks shave ready to me.
Vintage Wade Butcher Shave Ready | eBay
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Another example of when sellers see a lot of items with the label "shave ready" and decide it would be great to use it on their own stuff. Sure looks shave ready to me.
Vintage Wade Butcher Shave Ready | eBay
Wow ..... just Wow ....... :gaah:
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i notice that it has been repaired too. nice restoration :)
I'd like to strap the seller into a chair and shave them with that!!!
Oh come on guys!! Lighten Up!
It is shave ready!!
Well at least if you’re going to use it to scrape the hair off of a hog once it’s been blanched in the hot water!!
Well maybe not!?!?!?!?!:shrug:
You wouldn't shave with that?? :fim:
Now I know it's possible to shave someones belly with a rusty razor earl-eye in the morning. Shave ready. Yo ho.
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Ah thanks for this post I now know what a true shave ready razor looks like............ something to aim for then!!
What's so bad about a thin bevel?
A bit of hyperbole maybe. :p
One would he bound to enquire as to exactly what crack pipe the seller had been smoking prior to deeming that shave ready.
At least it's obvious. I've bought a few "shave readys" and none of them were. I disregard any claim to readiness.
It might be the seller's sense of humour, he could have added that training wheels were extra ;).
I just noticed they removed/revised the title, and it no longer claims shave ready.
Just make sure it doesn't turn into seller bash. I see this quite a bit, and kudos to them for changing it. One victory. If I sell something shave ready I am sure to list the hone progression.
C V Heljestrand MK No 31 Straight Razor Eskilstuna Shave Ready | eBay
you can add this one to the oh really it's shave ready is it
You think that chip might be a slight problem? Lmao maybe you wouldn't feel it?Quote:
Originally Posted by RezDog
Maybe my 9/8 wade and butcher fbu I chipped on the buffer has hope after all!
Yes, shave ready translates usually into, open package, re-package, send out to be properly honed.
If asked if I would like it made shave ready, I say don't bother, usually will just end up removing more metal and causing problems later.
It does in the description though.Quote:
Originally Posted by JoelLewicki
It may be the sellers have no real concept of what shave ready means to a user and they add that qualifier to every straight they sell because every straight they have seen for sale has been described that way; it's just some words that are part of the standard description of a straight razor. It doesn't make it right but it's more of a willful ignorance in some cases.
Of course, they could just be dicks:mad:
Never ascribe to malice what can be adequately explained by human folly... Shamelessly cribbed, likely misquoted but possibly relevant.
My definition of shave ready when I see it posted is can cut the tape of the package it came in. :dropjaw:
The Gentleman in the Gentleman's site.Quote:
Originally Posted by Christel
I hear what you're saying and agree with that thought.Quote:
Originally Posted by Christel
Having said that, ignorance, or the lack of knowledge is no excuse to use a term that you do not understand in order to simply sell something.
Now, if someone does their own honing, and may not be that experienced with it, but hones it the way they hone their own razors, I have no problem with that person claiming shave ready - to them it is. Whether I then think it is shave ready becomes a personal preference.
Simply using the term because you've seen other sellers use it, and not understanding what it actually means, is disingenuous and misleading and I don't believe the motive is honorable.
What do you mean, those aren't shave ready? They look just like my razors...
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I'd love to own this razor to send in for restoration.
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Originally Posted by RezDog
I didn't see the "Shave Ready" part anymore, but hey look Insurance is included with all shipping :rofl2:
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I honestly saw a razor like that once on ebay and the description said "Looks to be factory original I was told is was made to shave around Moles on the face" :rofl2: Honest that is what the seller wrote
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Originally Posted by gssixgun
You rascally ol' polar bear, you've made me spit out my coffee!
Haha, I saw that one too!
I saw a listing a while ago on ebay for a razor that had a bigger chip out of it than that. The seller described it as having a built in bottle opener. Seriously.Quote:
Originally Posted by gssixgun
It's not just eBay sellers that don't know. Entire forums don't know what the term means.
Who doesnt want to shave with a bottle opener?!Quote:
Originally Posted by johnmrson
