Thread: Need some verification please

I found this posting on Craigslist, and it seems to good to be true. Can anyone verify for me if it is genuine?
http://cedarrapids.craigslist.org/hab/5017674270.html

It does seem to be an incredibly low asking price for all that stuff. It is almost $400 in shaving equipment.

The pictures appear to be the real deal. Perhaps there is some reason that they are so cheap, like the original purchaser is not the seller. There could be a few reasons for that. Of course the dishonest ones come to mind first. I'd email them and ask some questions.

check it out , he may not know what he has, it may be stolen , that might as well be free at that asking price.

Seems like a great price on all that......
I hope it isn't some woman selling her boyfriend's/husband's stuff over something stupid? Anger and revenge are some kind of twistedness at times.

LOL

I hope my wife doesn't sell my stuff for what I told her I paid for it.....

Depending on the strop and hone it would probably be worth the 50 just for them.

I have another theory to give, here is a pic of my Hartsteel:



Notice that yours is initialed by the same joker who made mine (they are supposedly made start to finish by one person and marked by that person). Notice too that mine has a nice bevel on it that I had to make (one layer tape) since it came without, despite being marketed as shave ready. The pic you show looks like my razor when I first received it, no bevel. The Hartsteel was my first razor and I remember how I thought the whole straight razor scene was absolute BS based on this first bad experience. This seller may be experiencing the same problems, he may even have bought the hone with the idea of fixing things but has given up and wants to put the experience behind him.

+1 hart , they sell blanks as shave ready

Originally Posted by Hart

I have another theory to give, here is a pic of my Hartsteel:



Notice that yours is initialed by the same joker who made mine (they are supposedly made start to finish by one person and marked by that person). Notice too that mine has a nice bevel on it that I had to make (one layer tape) since it came without, despite being marketed as shave ready. The pic you show looks like my razor when I first received it, no bevel. The Hartsteel was my first razor and I remember how I thought the whole straight razor scene was absolute BS based on this first bad experience. This seller may be experiencing the same problems, he may even have bought the hone with the idea of fixing things but has given up and wants to put the experience behind him.

I am still waiting on a reply from the seller. I am hopeful it is still available. I know the Norton 4k/8k stones can be expensive, not to mention the Illinois strop. And I have been eyeing Hart for a while now, hoping to get a US steel blade. Currently, I am saving up for a Tim Zowada custom, or one from his son.