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Here is a couple of pictures of a razor currently being auctioned on ebay with a starting price of $25.
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And here is the description of the item.
Antique Fayban Straight razor. Very good condition. Blade has small inprefection as seen in the photos. Made in Germany.
Surely this seller can't be serious? WTF? It belongs in the bin.
Antique Fayban straight razor. 1 Day only! | eBay
Looks fine to me, lol
Still not as bad as the snaggletooth wade and butcher.
It will probably come out with just a little bit of polish.
This is part of the reason we say to avoid eBay until you know what you're looking for..! There are a lot of unscrupulous people out there who will hock any old junk if they can. Ok, this one is pretty obvious, but others are not so clear.
Some sellers are full of BS and that blade has totally had it.
This is just a prime example of the rare double thumb notch straight razor. What looks to be a large chip is actually the second thumb notch made specifically for those with two thumbs on one hand.
Well I just saw a Wostenholm with a cracked blade sell for $50 last night, so you never know what crazy people pay for things. This one is obvious, but the Wostenholm quite frankly shocked me.
Interesting beer bottle opener. US members may not know that screw tops are uncommon here in Europe, so we need a proper bottle opener. I am gonna bid 50 USD, this is a unique item! :rofl2:
Did anyone else see the morley with bamboo scales that has been up for auction about 3 months? Started at $100...now it's down to $85. It just bugs me every time I see it in the newly listed.
As I told someone else today I live in No-Wet-Shaving-Person's land. There are straight razors around but the general population believes that no one except gang members or homicidal maniacs want a straight razor that does something besides sit on a shelf as an antique or an oddity. The local antique stores do have razors with broken, rusty, beaten up blades and they think they are in excellent shape and price them like they are in mint condition.
I guess for a razor to park in a curio cabinet that razor is in top shape.
Lori
Isn't that what's called a "Worked Edge"? Very custom, very chic. I also am quite annoyed whenever I see someone with an unrecoverable POS that they are convinced is a collectors item. I really do prefer to stumble on the exact opposite (i.e. a hundred year old razor that looks like it's never been used for $5-10). I think the Cadillac of my fleet came with about a $25 price tag. Most are in the $5-12 range. Most aren't pristine but with a little elbow grease don't look bad and are great shavers.
Do you guys have a problem with Barbers' Notches?
C'mon guys, once that tiny chip has been honed out you'd get a perfectly servicable 2/8 razor..... hey, at least at that size it will be a wedge :roflmao
Thats what i was going to post ,but you beat me to it!! I think its the best straight i have seen yet,you can open a bottle of Sam Adams with it,while your lather is warming up in your scuttle!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Kees
