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Well ... More like buyer fail!!! I didnt read the description entirely! At the bottom of it said minor crack! :(
Not happy! I thought i was gonna add a 3rd Henry to my collection and a blue steel none the less! Gents! Read! Lmao!
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that sucks !! ive bought without reading before also .. it turned into a great lesson for me , ..lol
Ouch!! That's a bit more than a little breadknifing is going to fix... said captain obvious!
Man that's really too bad cuz otherwise, its a great looking blade. Sorry about your luck :( .
at least you have a nice set of scales to salvage... :D
I have made a couple of goon purchases too. That should be fix-able...fail. you have a lot of company I expect
I think you want to look at it as getting a very good lesson on the cheap.
I've done the same. Bought a cheap razor that was pretty dirty in the pic. No big deal I thought, I can clean it up no problem. As I was cleaning it I found a crack pretty similar to the one in your pic. Plus, the scales were crap too :( Lesson learned and I now have another tape cutter for honing...
Chris
That's a shame. I've seen some people turn cracked blades into mini razors, but in this one the cracks is so close to the toe that I'm not sure if it would work. You'd also lose the etching.
Yes, I've been caught as well with not reading listings properly. Hopefully it's the only time you make that mistake.
I was so happy when it got here! I love Henry Sears! My wife says "nice razor... Did you noticed it is cracked!!!???" :/
Yep! Just noticed it! I told her!!!
I have bread knife some razors and made some shorties but i think this one is done... Bread knifing this one will be too much and the angle too steep! I might still do it and use it to cut tape for honing or something!
The scales i was able to salvage and mount them on another henry that had broken scales ... So not a total loss
Mini Razor with a french point is what I see..
Like you said, not a total loss but unfortunate.
In Christ
SB
I've made a similar mistake, and I've also been overbearing trying to protect myself. Yesterday I saw a blade for $35.00 or "make offer" and three offers were declined. I studied the pictures carefully and couldn't find an issue, but figured if someone wouldn't pay $35 there had to be something wrong. Finally I contacted the seller who adamantly said there's nothing wrong with it and he would sell for $30 but no less because he paid $40 for it. I gave him the $35. The seller was so appreciative that another customer didn't try to wear him down. There is equal frustration from the seller side.
Ebay is risky. You win some and you lose some, and you have to learn to accept that fact. What upsets the process is that not only do some buyers not know much about what we're buying, the sellers often don't know much about what they're selling. This causes some items to sell artificially high and artificially low. And of course there are some real rip-off artists who throw a wrench in the process.
Completely agreeQuote:
Originally Posted by CaliforniaCajun
We've all bought bad razors live and learn. I try not to buy from a vendor with a no return policy.
