Quote Originally Posted by RezDog View Post
That is part of it for sure. There is also the collecting of rare or unusual razors, and the repair and restoration aspect. I do have my most commonly picked razors. Oddly enough very rare razors often sell for much less than the hyped razors and those with a large fan following base. Razors made in the late 1700’s and early 1800’s in need of repair are often seen for under $50. There are some here that only have very rare or unusual razors in their collection.
Ooh that's a good point actually, makes me feel a bit better about possibly buying razors outside of a need! Interesting what you said about rare vs hyped though. I've found 1700s razors to be rare (esp. those that aren't broken beyond repair in some way) for sure, but those that I've seen are often quite expensive...but maybe that's just me. The 2 I've gotten from ebay have been about US$200 (before restoration). The first really old razor I got - my fox&norris from a member of this forum I ended up paying <$100 in all including restoration.

I'm a BIG fan of very old Sheffield razors so I'd very much like to find more, but I'm increasingly finding ebay to be almost nonsensical in terms of price if prices on this (and other) FORUMS are to be taken as norm. Sadly, however, my local antique stores are even WORSE.