Thread: NOS Use and Lose

Originally Posted by celticcrusader

That's the exciting part for me finding a NOS razor I can't wait to be the very first to hone and then use it, looking at a NOS razor sitting in a box that will never see a hone or a shave to me is one of the saddest sights of all.

Ah, virginity, that is always a special treat.

I think collectors value their razor being in original condition. Not because of its resale value, but personal value.

Originally Posted by Phrank

Here's the pic of the razor, will be my second wedge, now IN the rotation:Looking forward to finally using this 5/8 W&B wedge, now that my second W&B 9/8 Celebrated, FBU, is on the way!

Phrank, nice to see you have discovered how nice a wedge can shave, and damnit, you got better ones than me (except for my C-MON Wedge). I'll have to think about a W & B one of these days if people will stop driving the price up.

To Each his own,If I found a W&B 9/8 FBU,Mint N.O.S in orig Box,or a Helji 134,or a 10/8 Rodgers,N.O.S.I would sell them.
I collect nothing anymore accept my S.S checks

Originally Posted by WW243

If a person was not intending to keep a NOS razor for resale what would be the reasons for NOT using the razor.

_{Collection and/or preservation}

Absolutely there is a positive side to collecting a NOS razor and not using it. But factually when that day comes and we are no longer in control of the razor.....anything could happen to it............unless you donated it to the Smithsonian or a museum of some sort.

Originally Posted by hoglahoo

_{Collection and/or preservation}

what does 'personal value' mean?

Originally Posted by Laurens

Ah, virginity, that is always a special treat.

I think collectors value their razor being in original condition. Not because of its resale value, but personal value.

I don't collect or save anything, I smoke, drink and shave with everything in my collection.

Originally Posted by Razorfeld

Phrank, nice to see you have discovered how nice a wedge can shave, and damnit, you got better ones than me (except for my C-MON Wedge). I'll have to think about a W & B one of these days if people will stop driving the price up.

Think I lucked out on this one, picked it up well before the prices went up, and I think some people dozed off on the E-Bay auction, also, maybe, because it's not your usual popular W&B, got it for well under $100...

Originally Posted by WW243

what does 'personal value' mean?

The feeling you get from possessing something nice, like when you get your grandpa's razor.

so that feeling is amplified by something NOS?

Originally Posted by Laurens

The feeling you get from possessing something nice, like when you get your grandpa's razor.