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    Blood & MWF soap make great lather JeffE's Avatar
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    Default Really old, really expensive pair of razors

    Here's a new listing for a pair of REALLY old razors. It's too bad that the seller doesn't show more of the blades themselves, but I guess that's his choice. Does anyone actually use a blade this old for daily shaving? I kind of like the idea of shaving with something that has been in use for nearly 200 years, but looking at these razors, I'm not sure they would be good for anything other than one or two shaves a year. Also, no offense to the seller, but who has $1200 to spend on museum-grade shaving gear right now? Not me anyway. Enjoy.

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    I shave with a spoon on a stick. Slartibartfast's Avatar
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    I dont want to say anything negative about this guy.....So i wont....

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    As far as I recall, Dylan had a few very old stub tailed blades he was using. There's a man who appreciates past quality!

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    I do like the oldies, but I don't like them $600 each. I'm sure somewhere out there, there is a collector that will be very happy to see that auction, but I have no idea what that collector is thinking.

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    The scales are the selling point with that pair. If he started at $0.99 he would probably get near to half his asking price. Pressed horn scales bring a premium from collectors of those lovelies.
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    Funny. Few month ago i bought few razors from the local charity auction of my home island. One of those had almost identical scales. Price was *little* different, and i think both seller and buyer were thinking they were making a good deal.
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    wow I guess if you want to play (with that seller) you have to pay
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    So the consensus is that the scales are what's special about this lot? I didn't know that. Personally, I tend to overlook the scales, especially when they are damaged, as these clearly are. The parts that aren't damaged, however, are nice to look at, but again, I don't know anything about how you'd get from that to the seller's asking price.

    On a larger scale, it's always surprising to me that there are people out there who buy and sell and collect these razors with absolutely no intention of ever using them, although I suppose that would apply to just about every category of "collectible" out there. Are there gun collectors who don't ever intend to shoot the guns they buy? Are there automobile collectors who don't ever intend to drive the cars they buy? Obviously yes, but that fact just doesn't seem to fit into my brain -- I keep coming back to it and feel like I must be missing something.

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    I also like to use it if I'm going to keep it. If you are a 'true' collector though, you wind up with way more than you will use. I've seen scale collectors pay big $ for razors in which the blades were trashed. Especially figural scale collectors.
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    I remember the 800$ (or was it 1200$? can't remember) razor that had some sort of seamen figure engraving, or something nautical. The blad was crap but the cell scales were what made it go for that price.
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