Thread: I love watching the last minute of an eBay auction...

Originally Posted by prodigy

I'm still waiting for a 9/8 the celebrated FBU to pop up with a buy it now for under a hundred, but that's just me dreaming lol!

With your luck it might be sooner than you think. I've snagged a few "finds" but a lot of them have bitten me in the seating apparatus. But I keep hoping.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Glad to see you are feeling better. Uh...can we see a Wade and Butcher which looks as a Mappin Bros Lancet now?
Don't want to be too much trouble this late!

This is the closest W&B I have found to the Lancet...



It's with gssixgun for a cleanup at the moment. Was a good ebay purchase but not many people must have been bidding as it went for less than I expected (or I had false expectations of its value)

Originally Posted by AndrewJM

This is the closest W&B I have found to the Lancet...



It's with gssixgun for a cleanup at the moment. Was a good ebay purchase but not many people must have been bidding as it went for less than I expected (or I had false expectations of its value)

Very nice Andy, i hope you aren't going to do too much to it.

Originally Posted by edhewitt

Very nice Andy, i hope you aren't going to do too much to it.

Just a polish of the blade then hone. No fancy scales for this one yet. Will be interesting to see how she is to shave with.

Originally Posted by prodigy

I have had some good plucks recently. Just won a near mint dubl duck goldedge. I refreshed the newly listed page and there it was, buy it now for $45. It looks to be in great shape but I guess I'll find out for sure when it gets here. I also just won a W&B FBU 1 inches for a mere 90$ when they have been going for several hundred lately. I'm still waiting for a 9/8 the celebrated FBU to pop up with a buy it now for under a hundred, but that's just me dreaming lol!

Sounds great...but as the saying goes, without pics, it didn't happen. Love to see a pic of the DD and the W&B....

The DD has a little light rust, so maybe not mint, but it will clean up very nice. The before picture of the FBU was pretty rough with rust, but was almost all surface rust, the only pitting that is really there at all is by the pivot. Its in the tumbler now so it should get much better in a few days. The scales for the FBU are in great shape, soaking in neatsfoot right now. I was able to salvage the washers too so it will be all original except for the "pin" when its all back together.