Thread: hard to find razors these days

Some might even buy them for weapons, not the best weapon but Hollywood seems to have a razor fight in a lot of action movies.

I found some at antique store a while back. The guy had 20 blades, othose I maybe wanted 3. His only offer was all of them for $200 or none at all. Needless to say I left and haven't gone back. I gave up going to the local stores because if they do have something it's over priced. I will say that since I started things have blown up a lot. I remember seeing W&B FBU's go for under $200 on ebay, now they go for over $500!

They do show up here in the antique stores but most you would not bother with being high priced and not in particularly good condition. It is rare to find a decent one.

Bob

Originally Posted by MJC

I see a new trend on the horizon...
It starts with edging your beard with a Straight Razor...
Pretty soon shaving with a Straight will be the gold standard of hipness...

It already is, we're just ahead of the curve.....

Yep and all the 20 something news are now honing professionally and selling on eBay as shave ready. I quit looking . If I need a razor I just wait till someone I know has one that I like and buy it, or like I've been doing for 3 years I just order a custom, in any blade style I,m looking for. Oh well I shaved for over 40 years with a DE I guess I could go back to it. Tc

oh and Phrank has all the really nice W&B,s so no reason to look for them!!!

I'm not a big fan of "hipsters" and that's why it bothers me
I have gotten lucky before at old barber shops and really have all the straights but as a collector i'll always be looking and I guess that's half the fun!

Originally Posted by tcrideshd

Yep and all the 20 something news are now honing professionally and selling on eBay as shave ready. I quit looking . If I need a razor I just wait till someone I know has one that I like and buy it, or like I've been doing for 3 years I just order a custom, in any blade style I,m looking for. Oh well I shaved for over 40 years with a DE I guess I could go back to it. Tc

oh and Phrank has all the really nice W&B,s so no reason to look for them!!!

Hey I'm a 20 something that sells shave ready razors on ebay! However everyone raves about my edges and usually interrogate me on my stones and methods used. I have yet to win a razor advertised as shave ready that actually was, and there have been many. I'm in the same age bracket as these hipsters, and I hate that so much....

My dad is an avid antiquer, and has been for many years. He told me that a while back he used to see straight razors everywhere, but they are a fairly rare sight now. I don't go all that often to antique shops but have found only a few sad and well used/abused straights. (An exception of course was my find last week that I posted lol)

Whenever I go to Regina, the antique mall there usually has a few straight razors and other shaving related items. I've had some pretty good luck going there. In Winnipeg I have found a few shaving items at different antique shops and malls. They are usually overpriced for "junk". On my courier route I have 3 antique shops. I stop in periodically and see if they have anything. Found an old strop and the odd razor.

Speaking of Hipsters...