Thread: some razors in our classifieds

Originally Posted by Magpie

Is the Sistine chapal a dead thing? or the works of Van Gogh or Rembrandt? Those razors are not just tools, they are pieces of art. And there is nothing wrong with appreciating a work of art.

Both the Sistine Chapel and the paintings are fulfilling their primary purposes by being looked at (and worshiped beneath).

The razors, just being looked at, aren't doing what they were made to do...

Well, they're Wostenholm razors. What they were made to do was make George Wostenholm a lot of money, so they can't do what they were made to do. So maybe it doesn't actually matter!

I am sure that those razors are even nicer in person. Does anybody know anything about those razors? Things like age, manufacturer....you know, the history. Beautiful!


Take Care,
Richard

Originally Posted by Voidmonster

The razors, just being looked at, aren't doing what they were made to do...

Well, they're Wostenholm razors. What they were made to do was make George Wostenholm a lot of money, so they can't do what they were made to do. So maybe it doesn't actually matter!

I agree. They were made to shave.
Razors are appreciated in the shave. Paintings are appreciated in viewing them.
The biggest compliment someone could make me is to use the knives and razors I made a couple hundred years from now. The chances of that happening are of course slim, but I make the things so they can be used for hundreds of years with enough care.

I'd feel wrong about someone buying something from me and then putting it in a shadow box.
I didn't go through all that effort just so it would never be used.

Originally Posted by 10Pups

Makes me want to put on my Lone Ranger mask and go to the bank. My luck the bank wouldn't have that much cash on hand. Come ooonnnn Lotto #s

If you did that, put the mask on, took a photo, and changed your avatar, I'd greatly appreciate it.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

If you did that, put the mask on, took a photo, and changed your avatar, I'd greatly appreciate it.

we could prob donload the mug shot after he left the bank ..lol

Originally Posted by Voidmonster

I would hone them and use them without hesitation. Otherwise, they're dead things.

says the guy who doesn't have $5k to spend on them

These beautiful razors have no soul, they just sat there in the box, unused, dying to be part of someone rotation.
Says the other guy who doesn't have $5k to spend on them

Yeah, those are practically museum pieces. I couldn't afford ONE of them!

I think I would donate those to a museum in Sheffield... or wrap them in cotton wool and hide them in a deep, dark hermetically sealed chamber for the ages while rocking back and forth saying 'my precious!'

Originally Posted by Bruno

I agree. They were made to shave.
Razors are appreciated in the shave. Paintings are appreciated in viewing them.
The biggest compliment someone could make me is to use the knives and razors I made a couple hundred years from now. The chances of that happening are of course slim, but I make the things so they can be used for hundreds of years with enough care.

I'd feel wrong about someone buying something from me and then putting it in a shadow box.
I didn't go through all that effort just so it would never be used.

99% of the time this is my philosophy. But ever rarely something comes along so pristine that has survived exactly as it was made for all these years that I feel it's a tribute to history to keep it exactly as it is. These razors are kind of a window onto what the craftsmen produced, and exactly how they looked as they left the shop. It's a unique opportunity that all the years in between being made and being viewed and handled today seem to never have been there. Just my opinion of course.

If they were at a price point I could afford, and agreed with, I would buy them and use tape on the spine when I honed one. I would probably only hone and shave with Sunday though. Make it my "Sunday go to meetin' razor".