Thread: why

any one that knows why these are so much this is the third one to pop up
kind regards peter

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Custom-Straig...QQcmdZViewItem

Seems very expensive to me, but what do I know.

Found it very anoying reading it through.

Steven

The exclamation marks raise the value

what a wacko! the artisan made 5/6 razors in her life???

It IS a beautiful razor for sure. I would love to have it - for $50 or so, maybe even 100. However, "must in any collection" - whatever

Unless some expert comes here (e.g. Lynn) and says that's the best razor he has even tried, he borrowed it for just one shave only from an old barber who's the unknown son of a russian tzar killed by workers after the Revolution, women and kids wisper legends about the razor at night before bedtime, and men kill to get their hands on one of the 6 razors ever produced, and when you collect them all you become the master of the world...

Cheers
Ivo

ps I am going to actually send the seller a message to offer to buy it for $50 just to rattle his chain a bit - stay tuned for an update

Lol Ivo, that's a good one. You rock bro

Make sure you question the quality of the steel in the razor. How you are unsure if it will take a good hone.

Of course if you want to just be flat insulting you can tell him, that everyone know's it's old barber's stock that collectors want. And you can pick up a new Dovo for around $60 bucks.

Originally Posted by Kavall

Make sure you question the quality of the steel in the razor. How you are unsure if it will take a good hone.

Of course if you want to just be flat insulting you can tell him, that everyone know's it's old barber's stock that collectors want. And you can pick up a new Dovo for around $60 bucks.

Nah - that's mean

Eloi does some high-end stuff, no question about it. But I haven't heard much about razors... Regardless, there's no way only 5 or 6 razors were produced. The real question is who made them and how... I doubt the razor was hand-forged, and even if it were - who is this master forger from the 1960s, one of the best that ever existed?

Cheers
Ivo

Originally Posted by izlat

I doubt the razor was hand-forged, and even if it were - who is this master forger from the 1960s, one of the best that ever existed?

Apparently Pierre is still honing razors at TI, maybe Eloi borrowed him for a few weeks?

Lol, here's the response I got:

"This is NOT industrial ELOI razors !! This is CUSTOM from directly Mr.ELOI handmade !!This is different !! ..The Handles is in Ivory Mammouth with the age of 40000 years ago !! The Hollow ground Blade is in Carbon Steel handforged and handmade Mirror finish !...Regards!!"

I did some quick research. Eloi died in '63 so he COULD have worked on a razor earlier... I have sent an e-mail to the distributor to see if there are any Eloi straight razors available. Eloi was endorsed by Vuitton, Hermes, etc. so I am not expecting anything cheap... let's wait and see

Cheers
Ivo

Whats with all the exclamation marks?!!!!