Thread: Restore/buying old razors Newb Questions

Kelly the one you said perfection , the seller just emailed me and said he will probally sell it for $250

Originally Posted by nun2sharp

Perfection!

Dang... I've been looking for one like that!

Originally Posted by Del1r1um

Dang... I've been looking for one like that!

Im in email with him, are you interested? want to make him an offer?

Originally Posted by Mike257

Im in email with him, are you interested? want to make him an offer?

Man, anywhere near the price he'd get for that would be wishful thinking on my part! I'd love to have it, but my budget is closer to what you paid for the other one to be honest

thanks though

no prob man, he said he has over 2,000 razors . If you click on the ebay link I posted you can contact him if you want.

I dunno, Nun. I suppose it could be unflattering shadows, but it looks like there's a little warble toward the heel. Not quite a smooth transition. Wouldn't take much to polish it up, but that edge might take some grinding.

tyler I also thought I saw the warble you mentioned, its on the actual edge itself toward the rear of the blade?

Originally Posted by Mike257

ok I think I got this one for a good price $30, I was wanting to bling this one out with fancy exotic wood scales and polish the blade to mirror finish. Now after looking at so many razors Im starting to think they look good orignal with possibly just cleaning up the scales a little.

Yes, looking at them for a while would do that to you. Even patina I think is quite nice, on many razors I like it a whole lot better than the shiny mirror finish a lot of people go for.

The big one I'm not surprised he wants 250 for. It's over 1" wide and not so common grind. The far more common "for barber's use" at around 1" seem to be selling lately for $200 on ebay. If I would to shave with it I'd fix the heel. Good thing I'm not into crazy large razors though.

And yes that guy is a long term collector, I think he's a member as well. although he doesn't seem to come around too often.

Maybe I'm threadjacking here a bit, but even with that amount of hone wear, that Ebay razor still has a useful life of a few years, doesn't it? At what point should you avoid a razor completely b/c of hone wear? I looked around a bit (including the wiki), but didn't really see anything about this specifically, except the general notion that hone wear decreases value b/c the razor has less life in it (has been well used) and might be harder to hone.

Pete, If I just wanted an old razor then that hone wear wouldnt bother me one bit, especially for only $25. The problem is that I wanted a pristine old razor for everyday use and to add to a large collection that I see happening in the near future. I didnt realize that pristine razors would run upwards of $200 or possibly more. I also started out with the idea that I wanted something with a blade I could polish up and rescale and would look flawless, and that is where razors with hone wear, pitting , ect became a problem. There are so many razors for sale on ebay and even here in the classifieds that one could afford to be choosy, but as far as that one for $25 goes I would jump on it if I were on a tight bujet , I love the look of it and still may buy it if I keep looking at it.