Thread: help me evaluate this razor

Hey all!
What do you guys think of this razor? eBay - New & used electronics, cars, apparel, collectibles, sporting goods & more at low prices Is it worth 60 USD?
Thanks

Someone obviously thought it was worth $64! Nice looking razor though.

Well it was me Just wanted to check if I made a good call...
Yes its nice looking indeed, hope it will shave as good as it looks.
Although I'm thinking of buying some cheap one to practice stropping and shaving with it first, so that I don't destroy this one. Can someone give me advice on which one to get, cheap but usable?
Thanks

Congratulations! $64 = £41.50 which is the top end of the scale price wise for me at any rate, I generally won't go more than £25. Value is a hard one to call though, too many variables, what's worth it to you may be expensive to me, the main thing is you are happy with the deal and that's all that counts.

I'm going to get flamed here for leaving other makers out but, anything from Solingen on the bay if cheap enough with no chips would fit the bill, at least you will know the steel is good and there tends to be more razors from Germany than any others, at least on the UK bay at any rate.

thanks osdset

We do not do appraisals because that's highly subjective. You liked the razor, and you bought it, so obviously it was worth to you what you paid, and since the seller accepted your offer it was not worth to them more than that.

It's a restored vintage razor and the seller says it's honed and shave ready, so it all depends on how much you trust the seller. Chances are it is a good razor.

Cheap but usable razor? If you want it to practice stropping you'd want to dull it like a butter knife (otherwise may as well use your normal razor), and then it will not be usable anymore until it's rehoned again. I guess you can take your chances on ebay and pick another vintage razor that looks to be in good condition, but since you don't have experience to evaluate its condition from often poor pictures (you want it cheap, means it can't look good) so you may end up like a lot of beginners with a piece of junk that for most people won't be worth fixing up.
Or you can buy a razor in the classifieds, but these are in most cases already honed and by dulling it you'll destroy part of what you're paying for.

If $5 is money you may be willing to throw away you can buy a chinese gold dollar razor. It's cheap and with some work can be made to shave, but when it's all said and done you may end up paying as much as you paid for the one you just bought and it won't look anywhere as good. Or if you decide to do the work yourself you'll end up spending even more on hones and then learning to use them which is significantly bigger investment that may or may not be worth to you.

Thanks for a great reply gugi
In short I'm willing to throw away 5$ or so for cheap razor to preserve a 60$ razor. But I also want not only to practice stropping, but also shaving. Gold Dollar you say? Well if they can be made to shave then I'll look at them and maybe get one.

If you're buying to sell, you probably paid too much.

If you're buying to collect and use for a time, you probably didn't pay too much.

Think "dollar cost averaging," like investing. You might have paid a few dollars too much on one deal, then gotten a smoking good deal on the next thing, then you use them for a while, sell them for what you got them for or a little more maybe and someone else has started collecting good deals.

If you wanted it, and it's more for less what you thought it was what you were going to get, good deal.

Enjoy.

Old story: little kid skips school and hangs out at his Uncle Mort's Pawn Shop for the afternoon. Mom is really angry, at the kid AND her brother. She asks the kid what he learned at Mort's that he couldn't have learned in school. Kid say "practical arithmetic." Mom screams Practical? Practical? Okay Mr. Practical, tell me then, how much is two and two? Depends, says the kid, you buying, or selling?

A very nice Tuesday razor. Should be a great shaver. I'd never spend that much on it...but that's ME and there are others who would (at least someone bid $63 right?). BUT, you wanted to evaluate the razor not value the razor right?

For a good cheap razor to learn on I'd strongly suggest the classifieds here, or one of the vendors like Larry at whippeddog.com instead of throwing away $5 you can invest $20-40 in a good (if not pretty) razor with which you can learn to strop, shave, hone, etc. as you wish without defiling a $64 investment.

@Normbal: Loved the story.

Peace,
Jim