Thread: Broken DD #1, just sold for . . . $305!

It just so happens that I know the whole story behind this razor, and the ending is pretty unbelieveable.

About two months ago, I found a DD Special No. 1 on eBay for sale in really nice condition. The scales were completely warped out of shape (like all of them are), but the blade was pristine. Even better, the blade was not the usual 6/8 size that you see, but instead the much rarer 7/8. So with all of that, I decided to buy the razor and have it rescaled. Total price for razor plus shipping was $58.

Anyway, I sent it to a friend to work on and asked him to fit the blade into a nice set of white scales that he had. My friend got the blade all set into place but found that the tip was just ever so slightly hitting the wedge as it closed. So he tried to grind back the tip by just the smallest amount, and that's when disaster struck. He ended up damaging the whole toe of the razor and had to remove like a half inch or more from the end of the razor and had to turn it from a square point into a round point.

Anyway, my friend is a true gentleman and called me up immediately with the bad news. Of course he offered to pay me back for the price of the razor, mainly because it wasn't the same blade anymore. As he said, it looks more like a DD Dwarf than a Special No. 1 now. I felt bad about taking his money, but he said, "no, don't worry, I'll be able to sell this on eBay," and that was pretty much the end of it. I think he ended up selling it to someone else for around $50, so I didn't think anything more about it (except that I wanted to try to find another DD 7/8 Special to replace the blade that got mangled).

Anyway, the exact same razor shows up on eBay this weekend, and after a FRENZY of newbie bidding (one person with 7 transactions, one person with zero), the razor sells for . . . ahem . . . $305!!! Well, I told my friend, and we were both soiling our pants over that price. Apparently, the person who bought the razor from him is the current seller, and he and I both recognize the scales and the shortened blade. So should we be breaking off the tips of more of our razors?! Is it the nice white scales that did it?!

So with all of the complaining here about newbies bidding crazy amounts on eBay for junk, I thought this story would strike a chord. Here's the auction link and photo:

STRAIGHT RAZOR DUBL DUCK RARE AND SHAVE READY - eBay (item 220560550841 end time Feb-28-10 12:11:59 PST)