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    I received a John Engstrom razor in the mail today that I had picked up on eBay for 99 cents. I didn't have any great expectations, but it had a friendly smile and didn't show any rust. It shaved arm hair out of the box, so I touched it up with five or six laps on each side of a Karbo-King barber's hone and another 10 or 12 laps on the strop. Wow! It was popping hanging hairs as fast as I could pluck the from my thinning reserves. I wished I hadn't shaved this morning because I can't wait to try this guy out. It's really great fun to find a little diamond in that dusty eBay coal mine.

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    I'm a little concerned about that rust looking stuff on the edge, but otherwise, good find. I like swedish steel.

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    I can't see how you can wrong for 99 cents.

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    heh, Engstrom for 99¢, eh? That just makes me feel evil somehow.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Leighton View Post
    I'm a little concerned about that rust looking stuff on the edge, but otherwise, good find. I like swedish steel.
    Yeah, I noticed that spot when I bid, but decided to take the chance. But, it cleaned up real good, with no rust damage at all.

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    Good job! Nice buy!

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    great buy, i got a couticle natural without the blue attached at an antique store it was all black and nasty i bought it because of the shape it looked like a couticle to me even all nasty for the grand sum of 50 cents

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    Ain't it grand what you can find under a layer of crud? That's why I love to prowl through the plunder in antique stores, flea markets, etc. You never know what you might find. I picked up a Clauss at a flea market on Sunday for a dollar. Some rust - but still solid. But it won't compare to that Engstrom. That one booted a Wade and Butcher out of the rotation after the first shave.

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