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Hey guys, long time shaver and lurker here, I'll skip the introduction post and just say nice to finally step out of the shadows.
I wanted some opinions on the following razor on eBay:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/120774704410...#ht_500wt_1180
Do you guys think this is actually from the early to mid 1800's? There's absolutely no information that would give details either way. I'm betting it's probably not that old...
I doubt it is 1800 years old, as the ad seems to indicate. Are you sure it's a razor?
The reason it piqued my interest is because it resembles the razors in the first couple pages of the straight razor values book that I own. According to the book, razors that looked very similar to this were the precursor to straight razors and originated from China(?). I guess what I'm wondering is if this really old, or a modern day remake of the old things.
I'm pretty sure that they are all fakes.
I would say it is fake, that thing has been floating on eBay for months and it still hasn't sold
Not only months.. Years...they arre all over the place, with the same pic.. Don't buy it..
To me looks like an old broom handle with a Toyota leaf spring that was taken to a grinder!!! these people are smart why would you make an instrument to shave your face so damm big!!!!!!!!
I'm going to take a contrary view and say that I think it's a legitimate antique. The ad shows it being used to shave, but I doubt that was its purpose, but rather an invention by the seller. Not sure how it was used, but I think the purported age is quite possible. That fact that it's been for sale for some time is not relevant to its authenticity.
About a year or so these things were all over the place. Fake or not, does it have any real value?
Chinese! These come up on that auction sit a lot. Razors of this type are still in use in the far east.
Regards - Walt
If this is real, I do not believe it is necessarily from that old.
Too add to pcg's comment. You can see similar razors being used here
2007.03.19 Barbershop in Turfan, Xinjiang - YouTube
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Originally Posted by pcg
I don't think they are as old as claimed, because if the is what happened to the steel blade, imagine how the wood handle would age. I'm no expert on wood, but most vintage western wood scales are really beat up.
Can you imagine shaving with one of these? OMG! They may be antique, but isn't amazing that, upon encountering western razors, Asians switched fast from these Samurai swords to imitation English razors?
As you can see from the video, razors like these are still in use in China.Quote:
Originally Posted by pcg
Samurai swords are Japanese, the videos and razors are all of China. There are still makers of Wakamisori in Japan. There are no makers of "imitation English razors" in Japan.
Solingen was far more influential in East Asia than England was, in terms of razors.
I agree, these razors being sold constantly. With the same pictures.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brighty83
Thank you all for the feedback and information. I agree that there is no way this is several hundred years old. However, if the price was low enough, I think this would be a cool artifact for a straight razor collection. I could see some of the gentlemen on here taking one of these and really cleaning up the edge for use.
That being said, I'm sure not buying one.
If you are still interested you can pick up all you want for $12.99 each on this site. Which is where the espray seller probably got theirs.Quote:
Originally Posted by conroygc
Regards - Walt