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    Quote Originally Posted by dave5225 View Post
    Let's see , you can get a shave ready Dovo from SRD for about the same money that the Wapi went for . Which proves to me that some ebay bidders have no common sense . I haven't bought anything from ebay for the past 3 years , because of crazy bidding , like this . Sure , you can get some good deals if you spend enough time looking for them , but I don't have that much free time .
    Wapis are NOS, harder to come by than a couple of years ago.

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    Look a little bit back in the completed listings. Someone paid over $200 for one.

    I have got a few living in my closet :-)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kees View Post
    Wapis are NOS, harder to come by than a couple of years ago.




    I have got a few living in my closet :-)
    Sell them on ebay!
    Greetings , from Dundalk , Maryland . The place where normal people , fear to go .

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    i was somewhat interested in checking one out until i read all the mixed QC reports...now, no way

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    The wapis werent near as bad as the Gold dollars, but they had their issues. Great shavers though once fixed(if needed).
    It is easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled. Twain

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    The Wapis had a heel problem, although different from the GD's and DA's, it wasn't the form it was in the steel about 30-40% of them after a few honings had the steel in the last inch or so of the heel just fall apart... It was almost like they had a temperd edge and an un-tempered center..

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    Quote Originally Posted by gssixgun View Post
    The Wapis had a heel problem, although different from the GD's and DA's, it wasn't the form it was in the steel about 30-40% of them after a few honings had the steel in the last inch or so of the heel just fall apart... It was almost like they had a temperd edge and an un-tempered center..
    Hush Glen! Kees and I were just about to abscond some obscene profits. I curse your fingers man!
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    Quote Originally Posted by syslight View Post
    Hush Glen! Kees and I were just about to abscond some obscene profits. I curse your fingers man!

    May his stones go soft!
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    Rolls back the hands of time...

    http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...g-my-wapi.html


    Note the difference in times.. Back then any honing problem was Overhoning

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    I never had any issues whatsoever with any of the Wapis I bought. They honed in about 2 minutes and I still have one left that I shave with now and again - same edge as I put on it over 5 years ago and still fine. All of mine were the SFK stamped shanks, which I seem to recall were a different (better?) batch or something... sorry, memory is not what it used to be and I couldn't be bothered using the search to find out if I am right or not - I am sure someone will correct me if I am wrong

    Based on my experience with them, they shave in the same ballpark as any Dovo I've come across, and have a similar proportion of quality control issues. The only issue I have with the Wapi is the scales - certainly heavy and out of balance with the blade - but you do get used to it and many people simply rescaled them anyway.

    The cheapest Dovo you can buy in Australia is about $120. So although 80 bucks for a Wapi seems just plain wrong to me, I can see why they might fetch that price. Makes me glad I bought mine when I did though....

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    mine are also the SFK models. no honing issues and the scales sort of grow on you after a while. guess i was lucky.
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