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

Originally Posted by aaron1266

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

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.

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

I asked him this...

"How come your charging 225 when I can get a brand new one with free shipping for 99. Just curious why your charging the prices of a decent JNAT for coticule backing."

Originally Posted by cosperryan

I asked him this...

"How come your charging 225 when I can get a brand new one with free shipping for 99. Just curious why your charging the prices of a decent JNAT for coticule backing."

Did he answer?

I have a hone question related to this listing. The Belgian Blues I have seen are usually labeled BBW which I think means Belgian Blue Whetstone. Is the coticlue only the yellow rock?

Originally Posted by Leatherstockiings

Did he answer?

I have a hone question related to this listing. The Belgian Blues I have seen are usually labeled BBW which I think means Belgian Blue Whetstone. Is the coticlue only the yellow rock?

Generally, when you're telling someone you have a coticule to sell them, it is the yellow part you're referring to. You could be selling yellow with a schist backing that has no cutting ability, and you won't be slighting anyone by saying that (as in, use of the term coticule implies there's yellow but it doesn't necessarily imply any bbw is involved). It's pretty much assumed that the back has no cutting ability unless you say the stone is a natural combo, which implies the back will be belgian blue. (or that the stone is a vintage glued stone with a begian blue back).

Marketing of the blue stone seems to be a recent thing, probably because coticules in a general sense 100 years ago weren't particularly expensive and a piece of material could be had for a carver or cabinetmaker that wasn't blue, but instead either all yellow or a natural combo. A cabinetmaker would probably want a yellow coticule with fast cutting power above all, anyway. There are better tools for carvers (most notably novaculite hards of the various types).