Thread: Rare and Collectable???

Am I missing something? Is this really worth over $300?

I wonder if the fact that the seller put in a starting price of $99 set off a misperception of its value and set up a bidding war. On the bight side, if I am wrong and this thing is actually so valuable, anyone else can still jump in on the bidding with 8 days left!

My crystal ball tells me of buyers remorse in the winners future!

Just because it's shaped and stamped like a razor hone, I would even question whether the grit on either side is even fine enough for a razor.

I got burned (nobody's fault but mine) buying what I thought was a grime covered coticule combo about 3 months ago. It turned out to be a worthless dime a dozen coarse and coarser stinky manufactured aluminum oxide oilstone.

Chris L

A real mind blower. OTOH there are three individual bidders and the seller says it is popular with ax men. Could this be the Australian ax man's equivalent of an Escher yellow/green with label?

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 ?