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Item number on the bay is 261633148678. It appears to be in very good shape, so I put in a bid. These normally go for a very steep price, but no one else bid on it. Did I get very lucky or was there something I missed? Hopefully it works out in my favor...
Sometimes everyone else is either busy or sleeping. I had a quick glance and didn't see any glaring issues. One of the things that looked a little off is that the scales are absolutely pristine looking but the blade had some wear and tear. Not that that is any great event. It should be ok. I don't follow the pricing on those those I am without comment there one way or another although conversations involving value are best left to PM's anyway.
Thanks for the input. I was on my phone when looking at it, and now on the computer I see there is a nick in the blade. It's not huge but it is there. It is advertised as new, so I'm debating on asking for a refund or taking it for what it is. I know the whole talking about prices is highly frowned upon, but this is the auction talk area of the forum so I feel that is harder to avoid than the other sub forums.
The scales certainly look new but I would not rate that blade as new or even as very good. It is going to have to be a judgement call on your part. I have bought and been happy with some blade that were advertised as new and new they were not when I bought them. I bought them because they were a blade I wanted at price I was happy with. I find there are a lot of misused terms out there. New, like new, mint or minty are all way over used. It seems that nobody wants to say good condition anymore because they are all trying to overrate stuff. To me good condition means minimal wear and serviceable. Nothing wrong with that.
It is most certainly not new, has a chip on the edge and rust on the blade. It's the no.13 6/8 version as well, which is the one I like but more rare than the no.14.
I saw it the other day as it popped up as 'related item' when I clicked on the lot of 6 from another thread. I considered bidding on it, but after seeing the condition and the round point decided against it.
As far as asking for a refund, I think the seller provided good quality pictures to judge the condition accurately, regardless of whether he posted that in his opinion it looks unused. You should have considered things and asked questions before bidding not after and it is completely unfair to bail out from the sale or try to renegotiate it now based on buyer's remorse.
The nick will not consume as much blade as you think it will. It looks like someone honed the point, and that will sink into your face and fillet it if that's the case.Quote:
Originally Posted by prodigy
You can very easily mitigate that just by honing it very lightly blunt (not enough to change the shape, just enough to remove any sharpness that might be on the round point...use a fine stone).
Once you've removed the nick and honed the sharp round point so that it's not a threat to your face, you'll have a razor that isn't going to break you if you decide you no longer want it.
There's no free lunch on ebay. I've gotten razors that I ground nicks out of only to find that nobody wanted to pay more than I paid for the razor. That's the way it is. Get your razor, get it set to shave well and shave with it and don't worry about it - water under the bridge.
I agree with gugi, I have done the same thing (pictures on the phones), but I do not exit ebay bids when it's my fault, it's unfair to the seller and inconsiderate.
Use esnipe in the future so that if you see something on the edge of the razor in a higher resolution picture, you have your bid in esnipe and not in ebay, and retracting it isn't an issue because it's not going to be officially placed until right before the auction ends, anyway.
By the way, if you think that one is bad, take a look at this one 400790465119
(I bought that, I'm too cheap for one in good condition). It'll take me hours to carefully clean that and remove the light pitting, and leave the etch. I'll bet when it's reconditioned, it'll only be worth what I paid.
Welcome to razoring.
Some good advice here...ultimately, when you get it fixed up and shave ready, you have a superb, highly regarded blade in your rotation that will provide decades of great shaving...and that's all good. Great grab by the way! ;)
Thanks for all the advice. I do feel like the pros out way the cons, all based on pictures so far. I will get honed up by a pro and hope that it will meet the expectations of such a notorious razor. I will be slightly disappointed if it is the 6/8, but even then I guess it's certainly no deal breaker. I'll post some HE pics when it's all up to par. It should be here thursday.
Good point about over used terms to describe something. Rare is another over used term that gets used a lot when scarce should be used.Quote:
Originally Posted by RezDog
Here is one for you: My neighbor listed a straight razor a while back on eBay and in the description it read "I don't know anything about razors but it sure looks good to me." That's not a description, that's an opinion.
Once all honed up, I am sure you won't be disappointed. 6/8 or 7/8, I think you did well.
His description says new and unused for that reason I personally wouldn't have purchased the razor as it's neither new and it's certainly used he doesn't even state there is a chip in the blade.
Indeed his description is misleading, but the pictures are very clear. There are many sellers on ebay who know nothing about straight razors but seem to be able to form a confident opinion on the condition of what they are selling.Quote:
Originally Posted by celticcrusader
Which is why the buyer should examine the pictures thoroughly before committing to buy.
I'd look at everything else he's selling. If he's selling 50 razors, then he should know. Go out and look at zigzigpapa's listings and he says every razor has a scratch and corrosion on it, even though some don't. I think he's just saying that to keep people from complaining about something.
Then look at the seller who brought the filarmonica that I bought onto ebay and asked $119 and called it "good condition" or something like that. It's covered with light rust. Zigzigpapa wouldn't have even listed it.
There are plenty of people who use iphones and apps, etc, to dig stuff out of antique markets are at flea markets and they list items based on what they can find as prior sales, they don't really know much about what they're selling other than it's worth the trouble to list it. I know a tool dealer like that in eastern shore maryland. He uses an iphone to figure out whether or not he should buy stuff and post it, and while he's not dumb, he doesn't know much about razors or razor hones and sometimes will list hindustans as coticules and coarse coticules as razor stones.
When people don't know, I cut them a little bit of a break as long as the pictures are good enough that I can get an idea.
So the razor was a 6/8 version, and the hone wear was worse in person than in the pictures. I contacted the seller, and he was very understanding of the misinformation. I will be receiving a partial discount, and keeping the razor. Half off the final price!!