Thread: Rare and Collectable???

Yes, basically it is. As an Aussie ax man from way back, I can say without a shadow of a doubt that that sucker has not even gone for half what it is worth.

When you are out there, face to face with a thousand hectares of old growth forest, and the buggers are coming at you left, right and centre, the only thing between the old ax man and a nasty scratch or a twig in the eye is his trusty ax, sharpened on the good old norton stone.

Those stones saw me through hell and back gentlemen. Hell and back.

James.

Originally Posted by Jimbo

Yes, basically it is. As an Aussie ax man from way back, I can say without a shadow of a doubt that that sucker has not even gone for half what it is worth.

When you are out there, face to face with a thousand hectares of old growth forest, and the buggers are coming at you left, right and centre, the only thing between the old ax man and a nasty scratch or a twig in the eye is his trusty ax, sharpened on the good old norton stone.

Those stones saw me through hell and back gentlemen. Hell and back.

James.

What the hell are you talking about?





I keed, I keed.

Originally Posted by Jimbo

Yes, basically it is. As an Aussie ax man from way back, I can say without a shadow of a doubt that that sucker has not even gone for half what it is worth.

When you are out there, face to face with a thousand hectares of old growth forest, and the buggers are coming at you left, right and centre, the only thing between the old ax man and a nasty scratch or a twig in the eye is his trusty ax, sharpened on the good old norton stone.

Those stones saw me through hell and back gentlemen. Hell and back.

James.

I've cut down trees with an ax and I've cut down trees with a chainsaw. No matter what hone I could use to get my ax to whatever degree of sharpness possible, I'm gonna pick the chainsaw. BTW, Jimbo, I have yet to have a tree come at me at all. You must have really ticked them off.

If this hone is so great for the ax, why did he list it in the razor section? Could it be...? I've seen people shave with knives, I wanna see an ax shave!

You are missing the point. The value is in the box.

Im still missing the point, whats so great about the box?

Sort of like when the Escher has the end label stating color and is worth an extra hundred bucks ?

I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure those who are asserting the value of the item are being sarcastic. At least that's how it came across to me.

In my opinion, the high price is equivelant to the insane prices overly large razors, razors with masonic etchings, and pristine Ducks seem to draw. They are overhyped collectors items, and nothing more. If people have the money and choose to spend it that way, I have no problem with that. Though knowing that some of those razors will sit unused in glass cases often makes me shed a tear.

I politely emailed the seller and asked him about the hone. According to him, they are in fact extremely popular with ax-men, particularly in the US, and he expects the final bid to be double its current $300.

So if any of you have such a hone in your stone junk pile, you might want to dig it out and unload it!

Originally Posted by holli4pirating

In my opinion, the high price is equivelant to the insane prices overly large razors, razors with masonic etchings, and pristine Ducks seem to draw. They are overhyped collectors items, and nothing more.

Every time I see a duck sell for well in excess of $100 I think back to the video Lynn put out years ago where he says that the duck was his favourite razor. I always wonder just how much of it's value was due to those words he innocently uttered...

Originally Posted by Utopian

I've cut down trees with an ax and I've cut down trees with a chainsaw. No matter what hone I could use to get my ax to whatever degree of sharpness possible, I'm gonna pick the chainsaw. BTW, Jimbo, I have yet to have a tree come at me at all. You must have really ticked them off.

If this hone is so great for the ax, why did he list it in the razor section? Could it be...? I've seen people shave with knives, I wanna see an ax shave!

really? you have never heard of a tree coming at someone?

Why just the other day my wife's friend was in a car wreck and see said she was just driving along minding her own business when this tree just came jumping out in front of her car. Too bad she didn't have an axe.