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    Its how it works. I do it too. A razor sells for ridiculously high prices, and it wont take long before somebody else says "I have one of those, I want to see that kind of cash too!"
    Of course, the huge prices were caused by that first item being in amazing condition, so the next few razors will slowly drop in value, until they settle back to a more reasonable sum, and folks get to "ho-huming" until the next unusual razor shows up! The worst (from a sellers standpoint, best for a buyer) is when 3 or 4 of them all show up at near the same time. Every now and then you can get a great razor because the other guys are saving up the big bucks for that NOS item, and you can steal the gently used version for a comparative song without the competition!

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    I saw that $400.00 reaper. It's in really, really, really, bad shape.
    I'd keep waiting. The blade is terrible, it's rusted, the toe is a lot smaller than the heel, it looks about 4/8th, if that. The scales are warped, and I'm sure if I got a closer look at the blade, I'd be even more disgusted. I wouldn't give more than $20.00.

    Seriously, Don't waste your money on that one. Just my opinion.
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    +1 to that
    Yea I'd have to agree that out of the 3 reapers that have been on ebay recently, this one is by far the worse.
    The other that was sold today went for around $500 .. the scales on that one was quite nice
    but yes the first one was in very nice shape . Much better than I've seen in the past.

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    If I recall correctly, the first one (that sold for $922) had chipped scales (near where the toe meets the scale). That was the biggest thing that I saw and I stopped looking other than to just follow the bidding out of curiosity.

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    Here's the photo with the scale chips I mentioned above:

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    Quote Originally Posted by SixNipples View Post
    Here's the photo with the scale chips I mentioned above:
    I've known carpenters and ironworkers who put notches in their tools to personalize them and to be able to ID them in case of any misunderstanding. Than there were the gunfighters of the old west who reputedly put notches in their gun grips. One for each man they dispatched. If those notches were put there deliberately I hope it was for ID purposes and not to commemorate victims.
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    # of victims = using reaper to shave .. i can believe that

    However this reaper with the 3 notches is not the one I was talking about.
    There was a reaper that just went for $500 today , i don't have the link but I'm sure someone here knows which one I'm talking about ..

    That one had really nice scales ,,, and it was notchless

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    Quote Originally Posted by JimmyHAD View Post
    I've known carpenters and ironworkers who put notches in their tools to personalize them and to be able to ID them in case of any misunderstanding. Than there were the gunfighters of the old west who reputedly put notches in their gun grips. One for each man they dispatched. If those notches were put there deliberately I hope it was for ID purposes and not to commemorate victims.
    Who knows Jimmy maybe that razor belonged to the REAL Grim Reaper and he's gonna be upset if someone stole it. Maybe each notch represents 1 Billion Served like Mc Donalds.
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