Thread: eBay 101

Originally Posted by saitou

Might be, might not be, I think the wear at the toe doesn't match with the even wear on the spine so getting taken to the grinder might explain that in my newbie mind anyway. What's the general consensus on grinder marks anyway? does it make the razor unusable? I have a razor that has been ground down (shortened) and I can see some heat marks on the very point where it was ground down but not along the edge or along the blade or anything. I guess I'll just have to hone it up and see how it shaves, always wanted a little dwarfer lol

Another thing that can create excess toe wear is honing with 2 hands & putting pressure on the toe or rolling the stroke excessively.

The main thing is that when you perceive anomalies in the pics you walk away from the sale.

If you see heat marks then read sentence above .

And ask more photos !!!

If the guy is honest (he could not know that those are heat marks, or it is just oil) he'll make them in no time.
If he refuse :

Originally Posted by onimaru55

you walk away from the sale.

and maybe you could run !

Couple of good fixer-upper razors here. Or possibly a Sasquatch.

I'd pay 15 for them on a gamble

Nice name on it but a little hone wear...

Rakkniv Filarmonica på Tradera. Rakning | Samlarsaker

Originally Posted by Lemur

Nice name on it but a little hone wear...

Rakkniv Filarmonica på Tradera. Rakning | Samlarsaker

Seeing that makes me wonder. Some dude used that, used the heck out of it. At what point did he say, "huh, I guess I could use a new razor"? If the guy did get a new one, he'd probably slit his throat during the re-learning process.

Originally Posted by saitou

I'd pay 15 for them on a gamble

A fool and his money...

I had to send a letter of condolences to this seller. I think DD in this case stands for Dead Duck. It is dead and I don't think he knows it.



He has some other items that are cheap too. Dubl Duck Dwarf Bresduck Straight Razor | eBay

Originally Posted by 10Pups

I had to send a letter of condolences to this seller. I think DD in this case stands for Dead Duck. It is dead and I don't think he knows it.

That thing looks like a Salvador Dali painting.

Here is a tricky one. No, not the easy one on the right, the Dovo in the center. Look close. 2 little nicks in the blade edge. one near center, and one out near the toe.


This is not always enough to make a razor "bad" Most chips can be honed out if you dont mind turning your 6/8 into a 11/16 but look at the next photo, and look at the area that corresponds to the chip at the toe, and you can see a rust line. This could be a crack, which throws it right into the bad catagory. Without better photos its hard to know for sure, but at the very least active rust is a sign that there could be more troubles under it, which might give one cause for pause