Thread: Wondering why these brand are expensive?

Originally Posted by WW243

It was a weak early morning joke, but I don't see the prices dropping significantly unless there is a capital D Depression. If someone looks at Glen's information about the cost of NOS razors, there may be a whole new level of speculators, people who have no real interest in the razor just an interest in the return on investment end of things.

OK, got that and kind of suspected that in the first place. People like to speculate in a lot of things but I am still skeptical on future growth.

bob

Originally Posted by WW243

It was a weak early morning joke, but I don't see the prices dropping significantly unless there is a capital D Depression. If someone looks at Glen's information about the cost of NOS razors, there may be a whole new level of speculators, people who have no real interest in the razor just an interest in the return on investment end of things.

You have no idea of how close you are to the truth of the matter...

Originally Posted by macpowa

I was wondering why these brand of straight razor are so expensive : Wade & Butcher, Dubl Duck and Filarmonica? What make them so special?

Thx.

I can't speak for the DD or the Filarmonica, I don't own either,,,,,
but;
It's a known fact, that the Wade & Butcher will hone its self if given 48 hours of rest between shaves,,,,hell, if you give it 72 hours between shaves, you don't even have to strop it.

The cream of the crop Razors will never go down in value.
As a former Gun Collector I look back to the late 1950s/60s,back than you could buy from the NRA,sent thru the USPS, surplus colt 1911 A1s for 65.00,garands,50.00,you could buy vintage colt SAAs for 200.00,win. 86s for 150.00,sears sold Belgian made browning O.Us for 300.00 (brand new) Mauser 98s at the emporeum of all places for 29.00.
In the words of Will Rodgers: buy land, they do not make it anymore

I hope you are right!

Originally Posted by BobH

OK, got that and kind of suspected that in the first place. People like to speculate in a lot of things but I am still skeptical on future growth.

bob

The rarer models in NOS condition of almost any out of production consumer good is collectable and collectors are speculators not really interested in the using of said consumer goods. I fully understand that but that is not an indication of the quality of the product.

Bob

Originally Posted by WW243

I hope you are right!

Yea, me too but I am wrong more times than I am right WRT speculating.

Bob

From a newb perspective, my only reviews of old razors and what to buy has been the internet, namely this forum and a couple of others. So far every purchase iv made is with a search here and after seeing "great shaver" from a few apparently independent sources it does go a way to deciding whether to go ahead with a purchase. W&B and Filarmonica are repeatedly mentioned as being great vintage razors. IMHO it's similar to "non car people" knowing that Ferrari's and Lamborghini's are good cars from popular reputation. "Car people" know that there's LOTS of great cars out there and which make and model are truly magnificent although our personal preference leaves us biased.

Collectors come in two groups (1) from the investment, I'll pay the price it dosn't matter, I'll make a profit on it when I resale it. (2) I want, love it, need it to complet the set, etc.. and depending on how you feel about it, got to have it, I can go without it, watch and see if the pric comes down, then that can also determine how much you are willing to pay. I have 9 straights and have never paid more then $10 for any one of them and they all take the hairs off my face, some of them need more kind words (and work) then the others to beenused a second time and that is were quality and knowledge come in to play. IMHO.
Rich

For the past 20 or so years this country has been in a collecting mania which has caused prices of everything collectible to rise dramatically. Folks are looking for new things to collect, unknowns so they can get in on the ground floor before the prices start to go up. Razors have been discovered I'm afraid to say.