Thread: Rare Razor prices

The thing with collectibles is that you can't set a fixed price on any of it, whether you're talking about razors or baseball cards or stamps. I know there's pricing guides out there for most collectibles, but those are based on recent average prices, not an any intrinsic value.

As a shaver, as several people have pointed out, that blade wasn't worth more than a tiny fraction of what it went for, and NO razor is worth more than a few hundred dollars at the very most.

However, there could be two guys out there trying to build a collection of a particular era or style of razor, and both needed that one razor to complete their collection.

In a case like that, the only limit on the selling price, is the depth of the wallets involved.

Why is no razor worth more than a few hundred dollars? Aren't there new TI's selling for $500+ right now?

Originally Posted by schmoozer

Why is no razor worth more than a few hundred dollars? Aren't there new TI's selling for $500+ right now?

Because I didn't say that. I said that no razor is worth more than a few hundred dollars, as a shaver.

Somebody paying $500-$1200 for a TI or Maestro Livi isn't paying that much just so they have something good to scrape the hair off their face.

Don't get me wrong, if I could afford such an item, I'd own one. No bones about it. But, I'd be buying it more for the luxury and prestige of owning one than I'd be buying it as a tool.

Agreed, as a shaver, I don't know many razors that are worth more than 100 dollars, but if you take custom work and artistry into account you'll find people willing to pay tons more than that.

Speaking merely for myself, I wouldn't pay anywhere near the prices that some of these things are going for... but I don't value the scale designs nearly as much as I do the blades. I don't need a rare razor, but I do like great shavers that look nice.

Originally Posted by Del1r1um

Agreed, as a shaver, I don't know many razors that are worth more than 100 dollars, but if you take custom work and artistry into account you'll find people willing to pay tons more than that.

You hit the nail on the head. That's precisely what I'm saying.

Got it, thanks! User versus collectible. I think everyone has a different line splitting the two.

I picked out 6 I am going to send in to get honed.
Stilleto - top left this has a small nick in the heel but looks like it needs to get straightened out anyway.
Krusius Brothers
Devon - bottom left
Ford & Medley - top right
Worchester
JA Henkels - bottom right

Since you have never shaved with one, if I were you I would take a good full bladed 6/8, a 5/8 full hollow and maybe a 7/8 wedge if you have one and send them off. This will give you a few different blade profiles and sizes to find if you prefer one size or grind to another.

You might want to check out the SRP Wiki here for shaving tutorials. Particularly this post here by Lynn on easing into straight razor shaving gently.

Thanks Jimmy. I had read the guide but it didn't seem to talk about blade profiler, just makers. I do have some wedges, need to go through them. Will cut my selection down to 3.

Originally Posted by schmoozer

This just went off on eBay - RARE~ Roman Soldier Handle John Primble Straight Razor - eBay (item 380127818477 end time Jun-03-09 15:27:46 PDT) - for over $2,000.00.

How many members expected such a price, if they were watching it? I was figuring $600 max.

This is really, Really funny. I bet what happened is two people who collect razors for the rare handles each put in a huge sum as a spike bid and one of them trumped the other and got stuck with the bill!

I remember seeing this one. I didn't bid because while it was less than $100 at that point it was more than $30 and I thought that price was insane. I remember seeing that it had a Kentucky mark on it - so - Romans, Kentucky? No way it's 2000 years old! I thought the seller must be referring to the Roman soldier molding. And since the scales pictured showed only one side, I thought it was a good assumption that the other side has simply blank - and that the scales were celluiod at best.

Seems maybe somone's snipe setting got caught, or, a few guys actually thought it was Roman era (and that Kentucky existed 2,000 years ago?). In any event the seller is probably still sitting in shock!