Thread: Ebay selling dangers - blade width

I'm looking for a nice 127/128th blade if anyone is selling

127/128 is that shave ready or blunt?
as I'm sure that 0.2mm under 8/8 would double buy the time you honed it if blunt, taking it back to 63/64" and thats just no good at all LOL

I don't hone, I just scrape the hair off my face with the razor at an 89.78643 degree angle .

i would have to agree with Dzanda. It could be how the blade was measured. i bought a 6/8 on ebay but it turned out to be a 11/16 if it was measured from edge to bottom of the spine (same as how Dovo measures their razor). Did the buyer say what size he measured it at?

I suspect he did not like something else about the razor and or had buyers remorse so he found the minute discrepancy to complain about. And yes, Ebay does protect buyers over sellers

He wanted an 8/8 and didn't get one - that's really the long and short of it. Who cares whether he shaves with them, collects them, or grinds them up and blows the dust out his window - he's the buyer, he can do as he likes.

FWIW other things worth considering are:

where was it measured from? cutting edge to - where? top of spine? ridge of spine? centre of hone wear? Could make another 1/16th of an inch difference.

was there much of a curve? if so, is a tad under 8/8 (which is what it was) representative, the widest bit, the average (nah, its not the average!)

Furthermore I have read a lot of nit-picking posts right on this forum from people who have complained about getting a lesser width than they bargained for...

Just playing Devil's advocate, you understand...

Regards,
Neil

Originally Posted by Neil Miller

He wanted an 8/8 and didn't get one - that's really the long and short of it. Who cares whether he shaves with them, collects them, or grinds them up and blows the dust out his window - he's the buyer, he can do as he likes.

FWIW other things worth considering are:

where was it measured from? cutting edge to - where? top of spine? ridge of spine? centre of hone wear? Could make another 1/16th of an inch difference.

was there much of a curve? if so, is a tad under 8/8 (which is what it was) representative, the widest bit, the average (nah, its not the average!)

Furthermore I have read a lot of nit-picking posts right on this forum from people who have complained about getting a lesser width than they bargained for...

Just playing Devil's advocate, you understand...

Regards,
Neil

Really...bought this razor awhile ago, and the seller said it had this beautiful "patina", when I got it, I couldn't find any "patina", but I sent it back to him as it was covered in dirt!!!

Is there any standardization for the measurement? When I think of a 6/8 razor, I think of 6/8 under the spine, and not 6/8 including the spine. If I sell a razor and it measures 6/8 including the spine, I call it 11/16th. I can understand if the guy was mad due to the razor being just a little shy, but when you're buying, it's good to ask the question first.

If I can't get 6/8 under the spine, but it's really close, I'll say just shy of 6/8.

If it makes you feel any better, I had a guy send me an escher back because he said he liked it but his wife didn't. All he has to do is make something up to get ebay to force me to offer a refund, so I put him on the never-sell-to list and that's about all I can do.

To me, the crux of the issue above 6/8 is rarity. I can understand:
* why someone buying a 7/8 would be upset to get something that's actually 6/8 under the spine (because 7/8 are rare compared to 6/8)
* why someone looking for an 8/8 would be upset to get something that's actually slightly under 1" from edge to top of spine.

In rarified air like that, you're compromised if you don't think you can personally resell something labeled the same way you bought it.

If you want to play with the guy, you could send him an email with links to a few auctions that have razors with measurements on the box and tell him he should stick to those . haha!!

Straight Razor Frabil 7 8 Solingen Antique Shaving Cut Throat Vintage RARE | eBay

(I bought this razor last week and at first glance, I thought "i'm not sure if that's really a 7/8, which is a big deal because I know 4/8 to 6/8 were sort of common sizes for die forged blanks", and then I looked at the box...see the measurement on it? I guess I can't get in a fight with this guy about it!)

I quote DaveW "In rarified air like that, you're compromised if you don't think you can personally resell something labeled the same way you bought it. "

Daves statement says it all

Originally Posted by cubancigar2000

I quote DaveW "In rarified air like that, you're compromised if you don't think you can personally resell something labeled the same way you bought it. "

Daves statement says it all

I say that as a guilty seller. About a quarter of what I've bought in tools and razors and have resold has been sold at an almost total loss because I didn't feel like I could list something the same way a seller did (as in to my detriment) when I bought the item. I don't generally buy things thinking of flipping them, but knowning my nature, most of the things I buy I will probably sell eventually because of an itch to try something else and a desire not to have an endless pile of things to keep rust off of (tools or razors). It sucks to take a big hit when you feel you have to list a flaw that quarters the value of something!!