Thread: And I thought nothing can amaze me anymore...

lol probably not, as the op has said, its sight unseen so who knows what its going to look like. That's a long time for a high carbon blade to be in storage with no maintenance.

I would say once the box has been opened the seller will argue that its decreased in value and you wont get a full refund if its no good.

Originally Posted by BenjamanBarker

so i have seen in other sections of the forum as well as other threads in this section that posting curent live auctions is a no-no why does it seem like people are okay with this one being posted?? just wondering as i am a newbie and don;t want to break any rules but have been tempted to get advice on blades i have seen on the bay that are live but didn;t want to post because i thought and had seen it was a no-no!??!?!???

There are quite a few people here who doesn't like to see live auctions posted.
Others, like me, does not care one bit if they are
It is not against the rules to post those links in this sub-forum.

Originally Posted by Birnando

Others, like me, does not care one bit if they are

It doesn't bother me either, 'most' people on here wouldn't go out there way to out bid someone if they know another member on here is after it.

The problem is that none of you is a real collector. Unopened old razors seem to be rather rare, so they are quite valuable to those who value such things.
I personally wouldn't mind buying it and taking the risk on the condition of the blade inside. At least I actually would be buying a real NOS razor, and not somebody's ignorance what NOS means.
Luckily for me I don't really want it.

Tis true. Just by breaking the seal the value will go down. They have sold quite a number of these and I don't ever recall one being anything but pristine. The original wrappings really do protect the steel. Of course if the thing was stored in some humid basement somewhere for many years there is the chance....

As far as the discussing active auctions goes, there is no prohibition on that. Personally I don't like it. Just think, what if you saw the razor of your dreams that normally goes for a grand on Eboy and you spent hours going through listings and there it was totally mislabeled and listed in a totally different area and it was 12 hours before close and you were the only bidder and you were about to get it for 50 bucks and someone here saw it and told the world and the price just jumped to $900.

Originally Posted by gugi

The problem is that none of you is a real collector. Unopened old razors seem to be rather rare, so they are quite valuable to those who value such things.
I personally wouldn't mind buying it and taking the risk on the condition of the blade inside. At least I actually would be buying a real NOS razor, and not somebody's ignorance what NOS means.
Luckily for me I don't really want it.

That's always something i found bizarre, i always guaged somethings value by its usefulness, and i always fail to see the point of collecting something you know nothing about, I mean really, how much can you know about a straight if you don't use it? yes granted am sure you know the history of the company the numbers manufactured, the changes to the design at point a, b and c of it's product lifespan, but that's like saying you know loads about charles dickens because you have complete first edition sets of all his books and know the first name of the typesetter who's worked on them, but haven't ever read them.

Guitar analogy alert:

I hate people who don't play but have guitars in glass cases of the walls of their condo. yes i have seen it happen. people like that are the reason old pre CBS fender strats are between £16k-25k.. they show them off to their friends who don't have any appreciation of the instrument other than it was very expensive. I've seen these same people have these things resprayed because they don't like the fact the paint is worn... I knew a guitar repairer who refused to respray a 61 strat, told the guy who requested it he was an idiot.

Guitar analogy alert ends:

In fact I'd love to buy that razor to take it out of the hands of someone who'll put in a collection somewhere never to be used..

I'm sure you've heard of people who collect say postal stamps, or coins. Some collect ancient artifacts, and most societies spend a fair amount of resources on digging dirt to looking for some peces of say bone, or ceramics - no use whatsoever other than making up a story of what may have happened long long ago.

If you only value usefulness you probably only have tarnished and deeply pitted razors, but a lot of people here pay on a very regular basis hundreds and thousands of dollars for somebody they know to take a bar of metal, may be forge it, grind it, heat treat it, polish it and sharpen it to end up as a razor that at the end does the exact same thing as any of your razors.

As the saying goes different strokes...

What razor do you have in that glass case, Simon?

Oh... oh... nevermind... the girl has picked that lock and refuses to give her address....

Just kidding, my friend... kinda...

Originally Posted by gugi

I'm sure you've heard of people who collect say postal stamps, or coins. Some collect ancient artifacts, and most societies spend a fair amount of resources on digging dirt to looking for some peces of say bone, or ceramics - no use whatsoever other than making up a story of what may have happened long long ago.

If you only value usefulness you probably only have tarnished and deeply pitted razors, but a lot of people here pay on a very regular basis hundreds and thousands of dollars for somebody they know to take a bar of metal, may be forge it, grind it, heat treat it, polish it and sharpen it to end up as a razor that at the end does the exact same thing as any of your razors.

As the saying goes different strokes...

I think there's a difference between preserving for posterity, figuring out things that have been lost to our collective knowledge, and putting something perfectly functional and useful away because it's believed it's collectors item but YMMV i guess.

And because something is functional doesn't mean it can't be kept in good shape, we know that caring for something extends it's usefulness.

Of course i guess maybe the guys who collect razors such as this aren't aware that they are useful.

I also don't condone reading a first edition dickens, that should be preserved, but there are people out there who would be x amount just to have it, having never read dickens at all

Tony, am digging that out for you as we speak lol

Originally Posted by gugi

I'm sure you've heard of people who collect say postal stamps, or coins. Some collect ancient artifacts, and most societies spend a fair amount of resources on digging dirt to looking for some peces of say bone, or ceramics - no use whatsoever other than making up a story of what may have happened long long ago.

If you only value usefulness you probably only have tarnished and deeply pitted razors, but a lot of people here pay on a very regular basis hundreds and thousands of dollars for somebody they know to take a bar of metal, may be forge it, grind it, heat treat it, polish it and sharpen it to end up as a razor that at the end does the exact same thing as any of your razors.

As the saying goes different strokes...

Oh, Gugi... you have no idea... you've entered into this fight, but you have no dog that bites...



Simon's Dog bites and you'd do well to know that.

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