Lone Ranger had a nice collection

I've noticed lately there seems to be a collection of razors authenticated to be the lone rangers. Things look legit. When I saw the first one I almost bid but still not completely sure if its authentic. I am a skeptic. Now that there seems to have been several come along I think wow. Lone ranger had a real nice collection. OR someone is playing this to the end. I did some online searching to no avail trying to find some info on if LR actual was a str8 users. So a question for the historians in here, was he or does anyone know if these are legit? If so that's a cool piece of history.

Which Lone Ranger? Clayton Moore or the actor that filled in for Clayton for a short spell?

No it's John Harts stuff, I seen that ,, if Clayton Moore might be worth something more? Tc

There was someone hawking several of them a few years ago. I would have thought the Lone Ranger's RAD would have ended after his funeral.

Yeah I am still a skeptic. It may be legit but like tc said its harts razors. Still nice. Would be more interested if it was claytons.

If you search his feedback, you will see that the Lone Ranger apparently had an amazingly large collection of razors, knives, comic books, and whatever else he could find to flip on eBay.

I've ranged few times alone (well with a gun), so I am technically a bona-fide lone ranger. I've got all kinds of authentic LR stuff for sale - from a nice set of half burned matchstick & a well chewed hand made toothpick, to a bridge in brooklyn (and elsewhere in the country too)....

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Originally Posted by Utopian

There was someone hawking several of them a few years ago. I would have thought the Lone Ranger's RAD would have ended after his funeral.

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Yes. Bought one, nice, price, if I remember, was reasonable. Believe that it was his lawyer, selling them for his widow. Have it and the paperwork put away. Came with a letter authenticating it, a canceled check with his signature, picture(?).

Yes....for years this seller has taken this fairly obscure "Z" list celeb's supposed personal collection of straights. They have never brought very much money in any auction that I have seen ended. They are just a pain to scroll past as I surf the Shaving section from time to time. Quite a prolific collection...I never bothered to check "other items" for sale by seller id associated with it...I guess EVERYTHING this seller offers has a connection to this obscure masked man.

IIRC there was a listing years ago that claimed to be Jesse James (circa 1880s) sraight razor. Pretty sure it was a spurious claim. Anyway ..... I'm waiting to see what Tonto had in his collection. :D

Everytime I look at one, it is worn pretty badly. Not me!

Hart was a collector of Western memorabilia of all kinds. Most was pure junk. He wasn't any big star. He mostly played bit rolls in movies and T.V shows and did stunt work early on. His biggest roles were the Lone Ranger and Hawkeye which was a Canada production back in the 50s.

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Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

IIRC there was a listing years ago that claimed to be Jesse James (circa 1880s) sraight razor. Pretty sure it was a spurious claim. Anyway ..... I'm waiting to see what Tonto had in his collection. :D

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A very sharp knife and tomahawk that he shaved with, and used for VERY close haircuts.

Re-reading the title to this thread the thought occurred to me, he may have had a nice collection, but he didn't take any of it with him ........ :rofl2:

Something for us to think about when we look at those 'obscure objects of desire.' :chapeau

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Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Re-reading the title to this thread the thought occurred to me, he may have had a nice collection, but he didn't take any of it with him ........ :rofl2:

Something for us to think about when we look at those 'obscure objects of desire.' :chapeau

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The very reason I have sold over 130 blades in the past two yrs:)

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Originally Posted by pixelfixed

The very reason I have sold over 130 blades in the past two yrs:)

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I'm on the same page Bill, fixing to sell a bunch of razors/other stuff. Which makes me wonder why I'm buying yet another one of your magnificent brushes ? :gaah:

Some things are just worth keeping even if it is only till you die I guess. :shrug:

I was surprised to see when looking at the sellers other auctions that I had viewed one of them just yesterday. I was searching for a Navy Cutlass and he has one listed.

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Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

I'm on the same page Bill, fixing to sell a bunch of razors/other stuff. Which makes me wonder why I'm buying yet another one of your magnificent brushes ? :gaah:

Some things are just worth keeping even if it is only till you die I guess. :shrug:

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Life changes when you get Older (I will always be older than you Jim:)
When I lost my Buis, the wife and I sat down and decided it was time to get rid of all the stuff we almost never used,was not done for monetary gain as I lost money overall.
I had a four car garage and two storage lockers full of STUFF,I ran a garage sale every day for 30 days before we moved.
Sold all my heavy Machine tools,Most of my Gun collection,my boats, my cars,my watch collection,hell, I had 12 cases of 3 in. mag duck loads in my basement and 400 Decoys in a shed:)
Now we only have what we actually use,life is better:) I do miss my bridgeport Mill tho:) when my wife dies,maybe I will get another (Mill)

I bought one of those for a conversation piece. The razor wasn't in bad shape and only 40 bucks with the pick and note etc. Don't know if they are real or not but the check bounced :<0) I see some are a little pricey for what they are.

Yeah if the price was right it may be an interesting conversation piece. Mainly I was just curious as to if they were legit. Seen so many of them come across the auction block lately that I started to wonder if it was a sales pitch thing.

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Originally Posted by RollinCoal69

Yeah if the price was right it may be an interesting conversation piece. Mainly I was just curious as to if they were legit. Seen so many of them come across the auction block lately that I started to wonder if it was a sales pitch thing.

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:<0))))) conversation pieces don't need legit. The check he sends with them are, and probably the signed note from his wife. Scam or not who knows. He does not answer e-mails though.

Never ending supply. The Ranger must have bought by the crate load. I have been searching the bay for close to 5 years now, and I have seen the same ads for at least 4 of them

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Originally Posted by Magpie

Never ending supply. The Ranger must have bought by the crate load. I have been searching the bay for close to 5 years now, and I have seen the same ads for at least 4 of them

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John Hart was a pack rat and had a huge collection of a lot of junk. He was no big star and the stuff he had didn't increase in value because he had it. When he died they tried to make it seem like all the stuff was something special but it ain't.