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    Senior Member Big Red's Avatar
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    Default wow, must be collectible, one of us?

    one of us getting this?

    Joseph WOSTENHOLM EBRO 8/8 Straight Razor shave ready! - eBay (item 150322323873 end time Jan-27-09 18:43:19 PST)

    I have two questions. 1. would whomever it is let a brother borrow it for getting copied?
    second question I guess is for local knife maker on if he'd be willing to copy a blade like this. the guy I'm thinking of used to charge 50-85 bucks for a really nice ATS34 hunting knife, micarta or stabilized wood handles.

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    I'm amazed that that razor is going for over $200. Partly because of the cracked scales but moreso for the deep deeply pitted areas.

    Wow.

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    Damn, 200... I bid 120 or so on this one. Would have liked to clean it up and replace the scales or have it done by someone else in case I failed... but for this sort of price, that looks like it would end up costing a lot of money, relatively speaking. Are these so rare?

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    Those big For Barber's Use blades get hot sometimes I got lucky and picked up a W&B for $81.00 a few months ago but I have seen the meat choppers go into the three hundreds.
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    Notice that it is not a George Wostenholm & Sons Washington Works Sheffield pipe or IXL, but Joseph Wostenholm Ebro.

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    It's funny, I just mentioned to another member the other day that going for a shiny wedge, particularly one that is sold as "shave ready"on the bay wouldn't be worth the price. Some maas will make it shiny, and a trip through the hones will make it shave ready. IMHO, not worth the premium.

    Then lo and behold, cracked scales, deep pits all over and it's over $200 with an hour to go.

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    I had a snipe on it for 150.00, guess I will pass on this one. I really want to try a wedge blade like that. They all seem to go for 150+ lately.

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    HOLY COW.......$405???????

    Is NOW the time for me to sell this???
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    Maybe I wouldn't get $405, but man, I've got my antique store chopper radar UP UP UP.

    And nope, I'm not selling my W&B. I like it too much.

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    now time to sell grasshopper....

    looks like it's a buyer's market!

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    well, note that only two people wanted it as bad as $400
    my take on it is that it's not the width but the stamp that makes it desirable.
    but i'm not a big fan of these so i don't follow them that much.

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