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04-25-2014, 09:31 PM #1
Things are not as they appear, sometimes for the better.
If you had bid on this:
Would you have expected to receive this?:
I'm more than pleasantly surprised, I was expecting the usual gray rusty sort of thing but this has 90% of the original mirror finish. I don't know if I should even try to improve it.Than ≠ Then
Shave like a BOSS
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04-25-2014, 09:39 PM #2
Looks great from here. Hone up and shave away!
The easy road is rarely rewarding.
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04-25-2014, 09:53 PM #3
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Thanked: 3226Ya done good. It is really hard to tell from the first photo what the condition might be mostly due to that horrible colour cast. You could download the image and run it through PSE auto colour correct for a better idea next time. A pleasant surprise is always nicer though.
BobLife is a terminal illness in the end
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04-25-2014, 10:05 PM #4
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04-25-2014, 10:25 PM #5
Way to go!
We have a saying in naval aviation: "Better lucky than good"...not that you're not good. Just sayin'!
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04-25-2014, 10:53 PM #6
Nice! I just had the opposite happen. I bought a razor that I expected to have a dull finish but what I received was completely BLACK After removing the top layer of black oxide, I found that the razor also was not the brand advertised. It does have a blade etch which wasn't able to be seen under the thick oxide layer so maybe not a total wash. Glad to see someone come out ahead in the game of eBay
Chris
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04-25-2014, 10:55 PM #7
Nice blade
I just love bad eBay photos like this
My 1" W&B had dull photos but it was like new when I got itSaved,
to shave another day.
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04-25-2014, 11:00 PM #8
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Thanked: 4827I've had a couple that worked out awesome. Most are what I expected. I would be most inclined to leave it more or less as is. I have an older razor that is in similar condition that I will eventually just sanitize hone and use. I like it when things are better than expected, even when it happens to someone else. Sometimes the universe smiles.
It's not what you know, it's who you take fishing!
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04-26-2014, 07:11 AM #9
That's an awesome razor! Makes you wonder why they would use that photo in the first place thought right?
Razor rich, but money poor. I should have diversified into Eschers!
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04-26-2014, 11:49 AM #10