Thread: When shopping at antique stores...

Always ask to see what's in the box!

I went to an antique store up in Maine, and asked if he had any straights. "Yup...."

He pulls out a handfull of venerable razors in various states of decay and deposits them on the counter in a heap...

Nada.

I bend down and take a peek into the display case. "Is there a razor in that box?" I querry.

"Yup..."

And violla! A pretty nice Joseph Allen NON XLL, with minimal hone wear, and not much corosion, just some tarnishing for the most part. An easy restore.

A little elbow grease, a new set of scales, and here she is:

That's nice!Great find.Wish I could get so lucky.Nice job on the restore.

Well trousered Sirl

Dude,
you must be living right!

Yes, I am green with envy, but happy for you. Nice snag!

PS: love the "traditional New England" answers the clerk gave you

some of us are lucky =(

I think there's someone in my area buying up all the straights,

I went into a big antique store the other day and asked if they had any straights,

Was told 'yeah we have heaps' and directed me over to where they would be

Not a single one

'we normally have 20 or so' she said

WHERES MY AWESOME FIND =(

Ah well, good work!

I like the "pins." How do they look on the other side?

Well done, sir! I doff my chapeau to you!

Mark

Originally Posted by Seraphim

Always ask to see what's in the box!

I went to an antique store up in Maine, and asked if he had any straights. "Yup...."

He pulls out a handfull of venerable razors in various states of decay and deposits them on the counter in a heap...

Nada.

I bend down and take a peek into the display case. "Is there a razor in that box?" I querry.

"Yup..."

And violla! A pretty nice Joseph Allen NON XLL, with minimal hone wear, and not much corosion, just some tarnishing for the most part. An easy restore.

A little elbow grease, a new set of scales, and here she is:

nice, i have the same razor with different scales, sweet shaver