Thread: What razor was a RAD killer for you?

What razor was a RAD killer for you?

The one that broke the bank

Can't say it was a particular razor for me, just that I have a small collection of nice razors and don't really need more. It doesn't help that prices have risen dramatically over the last couple years, and I remember how much certain razors used to sell for compared to now.

Originally Posted by sharkbite111

I've never even seen a Palmera for sale

Chris

Keep looking Grasshopper,someday over the rainbow,Your dream may come true

After 35 straights...diff sizes,grinds,scales,steel, I have found some I like...and now have to sell off the rest..someday.

Like any addiction, you can only contain, not cure, it. Lack of funds and 'what am I going to do with all these?' has slowed me down. Only looking for a NOS, a custom and any odd ones along the way to the big barbershop in the sky. Thought I had a NOS awhile back. Damn the eBay tricksters! Actually looking at reducing my 35 razor rotation by at least 6 or 7. That is if I can develop any negative feelings about any of them.

This one helped slow it down

Dos angelitos


IMG_1957 by Heespharm, on Flickr

Originally Posted by AntiqueHoosier

What did you buy that ceased your desire to hunt and search and purchase more and more, even if only one or two razors a year? What did you buy that finally quenched that RAD urge???

That's a good one.

I could joke and say it may the next one but TBH, what slowed me down was a laok of funds and more discrimination in what I look for in a razor. The old WWI saying, "how you gonna keep them down on the farm after they've seen Paree ?" applies. I've had quite a few come and go, some of them have stayed. Razors I would buy 5 years ago I wouldn't even give a second look now. Referring to condition. Now it has to really be something that will add to my modest collection of keepers in some special way. The last one that filled that bill was a W&B For Barbers Only in pristine original condition. I already had the FBU but a FBO was hard to come by in pristine condition.

Well Jim, If the Blade is for Barbers only,by all rights it should be mine
Whip Finish: the natural way

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Well Jim, If the Blade is for Barbers only,by all rights it should be mine

LOL,you've certainly got a good point there Bill ....... no pun intended ......

Originally Posted by sharkbite111

............ I've never even seen a Palmera for sale

Chris

Several years ago I hesitated picking up several at $200 a piece.