Wow!
BLIMP PATTERN Straight Razor Cut Throat Vintage | eBay
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Wow!
BLIMP PATTERN Straight Razor Cut Throat Vintage | eBay
Sunbird:deadhorse:
Wow indeed!
Glad to know that a razor he values at $3,500 BIN will be shipped to you in a bubble envelope! :rofl2:
James.
Maybe he means helium bubbles?
Even at 35$ it's a bit expensive, Fontenille is a very commun mark out here in France.
Nevertheless it's a nice French "rattler" made in Thiers at the end of the XIX century.
The registred number of the trade mark is : 134.
Regards
You know, for $3500 I'd at least expect a faux frameback not to be described as a frameback! At least that what it looks like to me, unless the light is playing a trick...
I have a couple of old (real!) framebacks kicking around. Maybe I should throw them up on the bay as well with crazy pricetags just to see what happens. :)
There must be something really rare about that razor.
The seller is John West, a well known collector for over 40 years and he really knows his stuff. He provided a ton of knowledge to this forum in the early days.
Have fun.
Yeah my guess is that the scales were ordered specially to commemorate a certain event (possibly involving a blimp :)).
We always look at the blade and generally couldn't care less about the scales.
For collectors it is often the opposite, and if the scales are in good condition and they are very rare, I could see that price.
I'd never buy it of course, but I wouldn't want to buy commemorative buttons either, yet in 'pawn stars' they showed someone with a button from the inauguraion of George Washington, and it was worth many thousands of dollars.
Thanks Lynn - I was wondering about that as the seller has excellent feedback.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lynn
I think that blimp is inflated.
"OH The HUMANITY"
Showing your age ..... gotta be an old guy to know where that came from. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by sharptonn
I actually first saw it on an episode of the "Waltons". I guess that STILL makes me old, eh? :rofl2:Quote:
Originally Posted by JimmyHAD
Nah, it's part of an internet meme nowQuote:
Originally Posted by JimmyHAD
There's even a game: Oh, the Huge Manatee! - a free online game at DIGYOUROWNGRAVE
Kinda makes me want a blimp razor now
Or be a young guy (young relative to Jimmy, anyway... :p ) that saw a blimp razor on the internet, Googled "Hindenburg" to learn more, and came across the audio. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by JimmyHAD
Yeah! That's it! That's the ticket! After all, I am only 25! :pQuote:
Originally Posted by HNSB
I saw that yesterday and wondered how soon it would be on a site. The blade didn't seem to be in mint condition.
Well this kind of thing is usually mostly about the scales, not the blade. Mostly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Johnus
People who buy razors to use (like most of us) do appreciate a nice rare scale, but we are more pragmatic than a scale collector. If we are going to pay 3.5K for a razor, we want it to be like shaving with God's stanley knife so we mainly worry about the kind of steel, it's condition, and so on. Based on that criteria you'd be pushing it to get 2%, or perhaps 3% if you were lucky, of that asking price IMHO.
But that is not what this razor is about. As Lynn said, the seller generally knows his stuff - you'll never get a bargain off him, but neither will you get ripped off. He is usually on the money, as it were, at least in my experience.
James.
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Originally Posted by JimmyHAD
Well now I was thinking WKRP in Cincinnati. Less Nessman and the turkeys........