Thread: filarmonica EPBD

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.

Originally Posted by prodigy

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 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.

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.

Originally Posted by RezDog

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.

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.

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.