Thread: Grinds my Gears: "Antique Stores."

Yes, it's amazing what you can find on E-Bay, was mentioning to Voidmonster after the Jonathan Crookes razor thread, popped onto E-Bay on my phone when I was at the in-laws, bored, and did a search, found a Jonathan Crookes located on E-Bay Canada, even in Ontario, auction was ending later that day, I bid $20.00 figuring there was no way I'd win, it was the blade only, got home, logged on, and lo and behold, I'd won this fascinating blade with the pistol and the heart stamp on the tang!

The stores and E-Bay can be a strange place, you'll never know what you'll find, and I'm not surprised anymore if I see a piece of junk for high dollars or a gem going for cheap, sometimes it's just being in the right place at the right time....cheers!

I hit 'antique alley' in NH yesterday. I went to about 20-25 stores. I bought a Henckels stamped to someone in NH ( i lived there for 13 years) and a 'king of all razors' or something like that made in Boston. $28 for both. I passed on a Kropp with a broken scale and an Oxford with a mint box. I also passed on a 3 razor lot because only one of the razors was worth a damn and the guy wouldn't split them. I also passed on a really, REALLY, nice looking razor with rose inlaid scales and George Washington crossing the Delaware etched on the blade because it had a good chunk out of the heel. Then just for good measure, the last store I hit (3 minutes before they closed) had a Gillette TTO for $4. So out of 20-25 stores, I bought stuff from 2. It was a long 8 hour day (3 of them driving) but I enjoyed the hunt I did find some other interesting items such as Joseph Rodgers knives, a Wostenholm folder with I-XL on the blade, and a couple of stones that were arkys, I believe. All in all, a good day...but I've had many more 'empty bag' days as well. Definitely a hit or miss game!

Chris