OK, so on Tuesday I was walking past a small gentleman's shop -- sells tobacco, pipes, cigars, lighters, pens and a few straight razors and DEs for good measure. I've never really stopped as the stuff they have is usually overpriced and unremarkable.

But on Tuesday they had a little Dovo stand with 5 blades stacked up on display. The two bottom blades were the Mammoth ones with crusted mammoth ivory scales, a 5/8 blade (I'm guessing) and the cute little mammoth engraving on the blade. The scales were amazing. Finished to a high polish, one set had the beautiful blue colouring and the other was mainly white but with some very interesting ivory cracks/veins.

So I'm guessing they must cost a lot, probably £300+. I'm not looking to buy at the moment, but the shop assistant was standing outside the shop having a smoke and I thought to ask the price. He looked young and inexperienced, but pleasant enough.

So he tells me the mammoth ones cost £140 each.

Exsqueeze me? I say. And he confirms £140. The ones above them (fake MOP Dovo) are £110.

I went home, looked up a few sites, and saw that his quote was less than half the price of anywhere else I looked.

So here's the moral conundrum. Do I go bag myself one of those blades at £140 and feel great about the blade I snagged but guilt at maybe taking advantage of a young inexperienced shop assistant who might get it from his boss when he finds out and get the sack? Or do I buy it with less guilt and assume the pricing error was the boss's? Or do I not go back and tell myself to stop being such a greedy tosser and I have plenty of nice blades already?