Thread: West Coast vs East Coast Re: Availability

@ daytona... Thanks! I'm glad someone else has noticed something similar, unfortunate as that may be. The Goodwill suggestion is a GREAT idea! I have never been there... In fact, I've heard on your side of WA that there are a couple so large that they charge simply by the pound... How cool would that be to find a box full of straights and just have to pay by weight?!?!?!?!?!?! Packwood Flea Market... The huge one on Labor Day was where I found one guy that had a bunch but he wanted a lot... That sale is HUGE and had I more time may have found more.

@ lindyhop66... WOW! Yeah, definitely a big difference there... I found a Wade & Butcher chopper at an Antique Mall and it was an okay razor but in rough shape needing full restoration/honing and they wanted $125 for it and were too firm on the price. Your story sounds exactly like the guys picking up bike parts... I was killing myself trying to find motors and some guy would post how he just helped a guy clean out his yard and the guy gave him 2! Mightvbe time for a Road Trip!

Gonna have to drive up to North Caronlina then, nothing here in Alabama, and when you do find one at an antique shop, they think it's solid gold they're selling! I saw an awesome boker with the scales textured to look like a tree, opened the razor and there was about 3 mm of nothing but a jagged mess left, $79! She wouldn't budge an inch...I said good luck, she gave me a puzzled look, and I left shaking my head.

You're right about that thinking they have gold. A one day a week "antique/junk" seller told me she had 8 mint straights with ivory scales. She threw away the case and strop. She thought the strop was a small belt. She brought me one straight with bakelite scales and said she had found a pricing list for straights and bakelite was rare and not plastic and wanted $65 for a no name poor shape straight.

Oye! Yeah you would think if you were going to sell something like that you would do some research on the particular item. The same shop had a vintage Henkel's (spelling brain fart) w/ white bakelite for $100; I just looked out of curiosity ($100 really!?)...all that was left of the blade was the spine and tang...wow just wow She even offered to knock off $20 b/c there were a few scratches on the scales... probably should've pounced when I had the chance!

Hmmmm... I just had a thought.... I wonder what those Antique places would pay for razors? If they price the poor stuff so high I wonder if I could flip a few $8-$10 eBay scores for around double that after which they could, of course, plop a nice $80-$150 price tag on there!?

Might be able to turn this to an advantage... ??

I like the way you think brother mwah ha ha ha ha!