Thread: How Nutz is this one going to be???

It is not that nice,
the guy took some really nice pictures though.If you look closely you can see some slight hone wear on the spine and the gold wash has been completely removed as this razor has been cleaned up.
there also appears to be some pitting on the blade and the center pin looks loose and there is grime and gunk on the scales and in the pins. The scales are yellowed and it seems like the seller does not know straights well and is only parroting the 500 ebay auction hoping some sucker comes along.
I offered him 140.00 before he put it on ebay and he was willing to sell it to me until he saw the 500 auction.

Originally Posted by Targ

I offered him 140.00 before he put it on ebay and he was willing to sell it to me until he saw the 500 auction.

Is the seller an SRP member? How did you offer him $140?

There's no gold wash on this razor in general, but it does seem that there is some spotting which is not merely dust speckles but corrosio

Cheers
Ivo

There is a bit of a remnant of the gold wash on the tail it seems. Since this seller is claiming it's NOS it makes me wonder about the veracity of his other claims.

What, did the lister yank the razor back? Auction is already closed with the reason being "reserve not met". Is that why he had the most unusual stipulation that bidding could not start until tonight? I'm confused. I most certainly was not going to bid on this one but was curious at how crazy it was probably going to go.

Oh, and I don't know many NOS razors that have significant rust at the pivot pin area. To me that means.........water which to me means............the razor has been used.

Personally, although there are many interesting celluloid scales on old razors, no way would I pay a significant amount of money for any of them since it would be my luck that the celluloid would start to rot uncontrollably in the future and end up being worthless or, worse yet damage the blade too!

Originally Posted by Chrisl

What, did the lister yank the razor back? Auction is already closed with the reason being "reserve not met". Is that why he had the most unusual stipulation that bidding could not start until tonight? I'm confused. I most certainly was not going to bid on this one but was curious at how crazy it was probably going to go.

Sounds like there was a back door deal going on there....

Originally Posted by oSPANNERo

Sounds like there was a back door deal going on there....

He relisted it again, lol.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll....cWAT.m240.lVI

Originally Posted by Chrisl

Is the seller an SRP member? How did you offer him $140?

I saw it on craigs list and sent him an e-mail. He was selling it for 160.00, I offered 140 and he said ok. I was waiting for a paypal request that he said he was going to send on Saturday (three days after agreeing to sell it) when he sent me an e-mail saying that considering how much the last one went for (500) he could not sell it to me for 140, sorry.

This is by far the weirdest auction I have ever seen!!!!!

Originally Posted by gssixgun

This is by far the weirdest auction I have ever seen!!!!!

I may try and get me a good shape GE to see what all of this hoopla is about with the ducks.
But than again they have been going for crazy prices as well. I will just be patient and see if I can pick one up for a fair price.