Thread: Current Market for Razors (been out of it a while)

Maybe because I stopped buying everything I saw. [emoji23]

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It's cyclical and certain times of the year are worse

Welcom back. Acquisition disorders emptied our wallets.

It's been worse, it's been better. I noticed prices to have gone a bit down where I live. But not as near where the prices were before SR shaving got 'widely popular'.

Certain seller are aware certain type razors have gone for quite some money so they still ask premium prices, it's mostly a brand game from my experience.
Certain brands, NOS razors and bigger razors can still go for a heft price imo; unless you're lucky, I once got a seriously beat-up Bartmann (cell rott, pitting etc.) for very cheap at a time it was very hard to get one for a relatively decent price.

I usually buy 'beat up' razors without any functional damage for cheap. I'm not spending more than 20 euros for a razor, unless it's from a modern day maker.
I once bought mostly NOS razors, but it became a bit too pricey for me.

I can't find myself paying more than 20 euros for one currently, because I have enough (read 4 daily shavers in rotation, and plenty more to restore), unless it's something I really """"want""".

Only one razor I lately paid a little more for and that was because it was the same type of razor I inherited from my GGF, that's probably an emotional thing and was a completely irrational purchase.
Although I don't often see that type of brand razors being sold. (It was the Mandarin brand from Goedecke Solingen)

All that being said, my favorite buys just remain 'lesser known' Solingen brands, quality builds and still plenty of them being sold for cheap, fun little restoration projects mostly.

OTOH, premium brand vintage type hones have the same trend going on I notice, I can only think of one though, Eschers will probably never be had for very cheap, prices do seem to go up and down.
It's a market after all and it fluctuates as you'd think it would. And it's a bidding thing where I go mostly, sometimes you get "lucky and sometimes not that much. That's the fun with bidding and also the negative. Demand and supply n'at.


Congrats on the new job and congrats to you and the wife with the baby!

haven't noticed any difference myself but i get mine all from antique stores and flea markets where people generally don't keep up with the price trends. Hope it's true though as it would be good for us who still love razors!