Wade & Butcher Boxed Set of 2 Straight Razors - eBay (item 180424239144 end time Nov-03-09 19:15:57 PST)

As for disclosure, this is not my auction and I have no idea who the seller is - but I AM thinking about winning them. The only reason I'm posting this is because after about $250 the pool of folks willing to keep bidding shrinks rapidly and most of us become spectators. Since this is past that now, I'm a spectator at the moment but since I keep looking at them I may decide to bid like I mean it. These remind me of what would be a set of mint proofs in the coin world - and I've never seen any W&Bs that look this good or that even have a style like these.

This one has been up for almost a week I think. I saw it a few hours after it was started and put in a bid just to remind me about it later. I thought my bid was about right to win it but I also realized that things may get out of hand - so I reserved a few bucks just in case I need it for this.

I have to say this LOOKS like one heck of a set of blades. The scales on one of them needs to be replaced but I still like both blades. So the question is, to go all-in and bid the moon for these or stop bidding at around double what a good W&B might go for on a good day? Man I can't stop looking at those pics! Does anyone see anything else problematic with these that I might be missing aside from the fact that we all want them?