Thread: Anyone have $11,750 I can borrow?

Straight Razor Collection Barber Shop Many Hard to Find Examples | eBay

Seems a little much to me to AVERAGE $303 a razor. Who knows, I am VERY new to the straight razor scene. Much like Cheetah, I have acquired a few too many razors to have never shaved with one yet. But I do have an excuse, I have been out to sea quite a bit lately. Every time I talk to my wife she annoyingly says "Another package arrived and it feels like another razor!" I know posting a live link may annoy someone, but I figured nobody would be jumping on this one, so if I have offended anyone....my apologies.

Jason

Seems high ?

Is Wullie selling his collection?

See the problem he has here is to buy a lot like this takes someone with serious coin willing
to tie it up forever. Plus when people shop for stuff and they willing to spend alot they get to be
really picky about which ones they want and are unacceptable to not even buy.
I perty sure the seller is going to have to sell as single items some will never steal a few might.
Before i die i will not be shocked if i spend that kind of coin on vintage shaving stuff in my life.
Brushs strops natural stones and hones j nats vintage strops.
i personally will never spend serious coin on mugs.
I might have so far spent 8k dollars on my stuff just to shave my face.

There is some really interesting stuff in there...I am not going to comment on value (mainly because I have no idea), but some really cool looking pieces none-the-less.

The biggest problem I would have (other than the money) is that it is so much more fun to acquire a collection over time and have the memories and stories behind each piece (even if it is something as simple as haggling with a flea market vendor over a razor laying in a blanket on the ground next to a bunch of other stuff). I guess what I mean is, it is about the journey...and this is sort of like plunking down a bunch of money and waking up at your destination with know idea how you got there

It looks to me that this collection was built more for scales than for the actual razors..
While there are quite a few good looking ones in there, there are also quite a few ridiculous looking ones
I will not be in the running for this lot!

Originally Posted by unit

There is some really interesting stuff in there...I am not going to comment on value (mainly because I have no idea), but some really cool looking pieces none-the-less.

The biggest problem I would have (other than the money) is that it is so much more fun to acquire a collection over time and have the memories and stories behind each piece (even if it is something as simple as haggling with a flea market vendor over a razor laying in a blanket on the ground next to a bunch of other stuff). I guess what I mean is, it is about the journey...and this is sort of like plunking down a bunch of money and waking up at your destination with know idea how you got there

This lays at the core of why i have bought must the stuff i have bought. It's the hunt and
the trill of getting a great deal.
When someone just simply asks for a ton of cash for something i am into it's really easy to
just walk away. Even if ya want it there no trill in buying it.

The price is based on the scale collect-ability not the razors themselves

I love some of the scales, it's giving me ideas for when I start making scales some day. Double O

I saw that one. I looked. Then I looked again. Then I rubbed my eyes, and looked a third time. Then I snorted and moved on.