Thread: Handsome 7 day set

Sets tend to go for a lot of money only if they are new from TI or Dovo where the high prices are set by the manufacturer. With vintage razors all the cheapos decrease the value of the gems as well.

But, I think the biggest factor is that people shopping on ebay tend to put much higher premium on their money than on their time.

BTW that box looks so familiar - I have one for a 7-day rodgerses with ivory tangs and scales that had the exact same design down to the engraving plaque - don't remember the wood pattern but seemed similar.

can you post a pic of the box?

I thought it would go double what it did. I guess there is something to be said for saving up just incase something good comes along. When I saw that and knew I had blown most of my budget already, I also knew I wouldn't last until the end, close but not quite. I hope they went to someone really nice that will love them and perhaps show them, maybe even in someones law office.

Originally Posted by RezDog

I thought it would go double what it did. I guess there is something to be said for saving up just incase something good comes along. When I saw that and knew I had blown most of my budget already, I also knew I wouldn't last until the end, close but not quite. I hope they went to someone really nice that will love them and perhaps show them, maybe even in someones law office.

You've seen the amazing Wostenholm set in the classifieds right?

I have. However my struggle with that set is, they are NOS and I HAVE to shave with them. It's part of my compulsive behavior. Not sure if that would be a wise choice for me or not. I look at them once a week most of the time. Seven day set in gorgeous boxes. It's one of those things.

Originally Posted by Cangooner

The woodworker's dilemma: our passion for the material is part of (and admittedly a very small part in some cases) the cause of its demise.

Looking forward to seeing the brush!

Sorry... have wandered a bit

Not really. The demise is purely due to shortsightedness and the willingness of people to make a quick buck.
If any care was given to proper forestry, woods would not go extinct barring climatological causes.

Originally Posted by Bruno

The demise is purely due to shortsightedness and the willingness of people to make a quick buck.
If any care was given to proper forestry, woods would not go extinct barring climatological causes.

I couldn't agree more - hence the "very small part" I attributed to woodworkers.

As for the climatalogical situation, one only has to look at the devastation wrought in Western NA by the pine bark beetle. Milder winters reduced the beetles' mortality that would normally have been caused by cold winters, which led to a huge increase in numbers of beetles which in turn led to massive areas of coniferous forest being essentially wiped out.

Originally Posted by Bruno

Not really. The demise is purely due to shortsightedness and the willingness of people to make a quick buck.
If any care was given to proper forestry, woods would not go extinct barring climatological causes.

Make a quik buck is correct,Sadley most of the worlds great woods grow in impoverished countrys, and like africas elephant Ivory the source is being desimated,Is all about money.
Most of the great woods take hundreds of yrs to mature into lumber and unlike teak cannot be plantation grown.
When it is gone it will be gone for ever
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