Thread: New or Vintage?

Originally Posted by Warlockdlx69

damn lol $35 is your most expensive razor? either you got some really killer deals, or you been really fortunate... (gifts) like that Griffon your talkin about... i wish i would have someone come around and hand me even a wapi... let alone a nice, expensive, quality piece of equipment.... lol

Nice? expensive? No when I get em they are usually black or red , One I got actually still had dried lather and hair still trapped in the scales. There not killer deals when you need months of practice to have the skills to spend hours working on what might be a crappy ruined letter opener after all.

lol well since you put it like that... lol

that kinda nasty actually... lol hair and lather? yick.... must be nice when all is said and done... if i had the knowledge, id spend the time rather than the money to have a nice razor... believe that...

Originally Posted by Warlockdlx69

lif i had the knowledge, id spend the time rather than the money to have a nice razor... believe that...

Here's an idea. Why don't you go all balls out. Do contrary to what everybody is telling you and pick up a lot of rusty razors off ebay for 10 bucks, some sandpaper and MAAS and a $70 Norton. You won't need the strop immediately

Then you can start cleaning the blades, then learn honing (there's more than what you need in the old posts) and eventually you'll have your very own vintage razor(s).

I think that's as bad ass as it gets. You'll have everybody's Rispek

I can see people actually being supportive of this - I mean has anybody ever gone that way? I mean past 1900's, that is.

Cheers

P.S. If you go that way I'll buy the 5/8 W&B you restore for 35.40. Shave ready

LOL man... i dont know if i got a rust bucket razor, and restored it from the ground up, A: that i would spend that much on something i would only sell for $35, and B: would spend that much time on something i wouldnt want to just keep lol

but, i dont know if i would want to go the route of full retores... maybe medium - heavy polishing, slight rust removal.. but i can see why people charge what they do for these shave ready razors restored from rusty block of tetanus infested steel, to gleaming beauty...

Originally Posted by Warlockdlx69

LOL man... i dont know if i got a rust bucket razor, and restored it from the ground up, A: that i would spend that much on something i would only sell for $35

no, it's 35.40 I was taking into account the inflation :P

but seriously I think it, given enough time, determination, minimal dexterity, and this board it is possible for a newbie to make a shave ready razor....

it won't be me though - i've taken the beaten path

let me get at least a norton 4/8 before asking me to take on that task... lol maybe even the "coticule" i been hearin so much about.... does anyone ever get rid of stones? maybe they have a few of em, and one might need to be lapped or something... whatever the case... is it that scarce to see one go up for sale for a good price?

Originally Posted by Warlockdlx69

let me get at least a norton 4/8 before asking me to take on that task... lol maybe even the "coticule" i been hearin so much about.... does anyone ever get rid of stones? maybe they have a few of em, and one might need to be lapped or something... whatever the case... is it that scarce to see one go up for sale for a good price?

Yes it is rare to see them up for sale, and when they do go up for sale they are not much cheaper than you can get them new. Usually you will only be able to save on shipping and tax, maybe just a little more if you are lucky.

ugh... lol damn those stones... so expensive for something meant to hone a razor... i mean lets say you only want to spend $20 on a wapi... then you gotta spend $70 to get a stone shipped to you just so you can use it LOL

Originally Posted by heavydutysg135

Yes it is rare to see them up for sale, and when they do go up for sale they are not much cheaper than you can get them new. Usually you will only be able to save on shipping and tax, maybe just a little more if you are lucky.

It makes perfect sense to me - they seem to be an essential and a pretty solid one. and they don't get purchased by complete newbies, so there just isn't a supply of second hand ones.

Aren't the people outside of US (where these are hader to get) using other kinds of stones? They may be even more expensive, though.

Cheers

its definitely an essential... i think the biggest inflator is the limited market... not many people making the same product.. it makes the value of it rise to such a degree that its priced barely low enough to make it feasible to buy by most people... if 10 people all made good quality products that did the same thing, im almost positive nortons would be running off the shelf at $20 a pop.. which (and this is just an opinion) is what it should be.. i dont blame the people selling it... i blame the people who make it, that charge the sellers what they do... markup is purely business...