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Antique Wolstenholm Son England Straight Razor Bareber Hook Hanger Gift | eBay

Antique RARE Old WWI Mulcuto Werk Extra Solingen Straight Razor Gothic Legend | eBay

Originally Posted by aaron1266

Antique Wolstenholm Son England Straight Razor Bareber Hook Hanger Gift | eBay

A famous man is said to have spoken these words or something very similar;

Forgive them Father as they know not what they do.

First the "Barber's Notch" and now the "Barber's Hook"

Originally Posted by aaron1266

RARE Antique German Straight Razor L M Co Special Unique Blade Wood Handle | eBay

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did you see the inside of those scales

Originally Posted by cosperryan

did you see the inside of those scales

Yes I Did; and the Seller's description said that the razor was 'Unique' and that the handle was 'Homemade'.

It is quite possible that in days gone by that someone had dropped that razor, broke the scales and did what they could to keep using that blade in Service.

Remember that there were many who could only afford to make a purchase Once! I donated a razor that was purchased from a store where I live and it included the original coffin box and it was stamped $2.50 and back in the day that was probably a couple of days wages!

Just Saying

I think I stepped in a time warp. I thought an 8" belgian blue was about a $75 stone.

Now, if they get too expensive, people are going to start calling them a magic hone.

Ardennens Straight Razor Hone Blue Coticule 8"x 3" Belgium Coticule with Box | eBay

Originally Posted by DaveW

I think I stepped in a time warp. I thought an 8" belgian blue was about a $75 stone.

Now, if they get too expensive, people are going to start calling them a magic hone.

Ardennens Straight Razor Hone Blue Coticule 8"x 3" Belgium Coticule with Box | eBay

He has a coticule for the same price so it could have been an honest mistake when listing.

I'm not sure. The coti is only a 5x3 stone. His modern 5x3 is more than I'm asking for a vintage deep rock coti, and I have to admit that asking 2 bills for the deep rock that I have listed makes me feel guilty. If I could find good sales data on one, I'd be willing to revise - for some reason there are none in ebay completed auctions.

At any rate, looks like he's got a lot of pretty nice stuff but his prices in my opinion are optimistic. Especially on unlabeled stones. Sort of an irk of mine when people list unlabeled thuringians and assert that they're eschers. They very well may be, but the label is the proof. Assertion isn't proof. Label doesn't make it any better, but it sure does make it more valuable.

True. The label is where the money is. Nothing wrong with being optimistic either. Likely he will get all kinds of offers ranging from the lowest low ball to I could do that.