Thread: Do you ever attempt to tell people...

Originally Posted by MistressNomad

FOR REAL?

Now, I know *nothing* about restoration. Nothing at all. I've never even honed a razor. Even my stropping is amateur at best.

But even someone as clueless as me took one look at that first razor and all I could think was "HOLY HONE WEAR, BATMAN!"

Even if they were in reasonable shape, $200 bucks would be a touch ambitious. But like that? Seriously, I'm not even sure a couple of those could be saved. WTF.

I haven't really searched Ebay for razors - I'm happy with what I got for now. But some of the links you guys put up... geez. Who the hell in their right mind would see razors that look like that, with that price tag, and think "Yeah, that sounds fair?" Even if they knew *nothing* about razors, it doesn't take a genius to see when a given object has some serious problems.

personally, i do believe that the gentleman posting that item, while he was typing rare and verrrry rare, was vvvveeeerrrrryyyyy high.

Originally Posted by wvloony

personally, i do believe that the gentleman posting that item, while he was typing rare and verrrry rare, was vvvveeeerrrrryyyyy high.

and i dont mean you mistress nomad, so please dont be offended, was only using your post as a tie in.

No, not any more. While not straight razors, here are two contrasting responses to basically the same input. The good one first, although no changes have been made in the listing.

GILLETTE ROCKET SAFETY RAZOR NICE CONDITION MADE IN USA - eBay (item 330391324926 end time Mar-01-10 13:00:48 PST)

Then the typical response:

RARE GILLETTE BLUE TIP FLARE ROCKET SS SAFETY RAZOR - eBay (item 230419115297 end time Mar-02-10 23:01:21 PST)

Hawkeye - Wow. That second response is amazing.

Basically what this dude is saying is that the actual item doesn't matter - you can call it whatever you want.

Well, I got a bridge in Brooklyn to sell this guy. Though it's actually for a model train set. I wonder if he'd be ****ed off when he found out.