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    At one point (recently) I was down to only 2 straight razors. Then I bought a very nice 6/8 Bismarck Registered at an antique store because I liked the size and condition of the blade. I followed that up with another 15 razor purchases in the following 10 days. The main reason for purchasing them was I liked the overall quality of the selections after searching through several hundred at this source and the shop keeper sold me all 15 for under $15.00 a piece. I felt that if I decided to sell any of them in the future, it was likely that I wouldn't lose a dime because of how reasonably I purchased them in the first place.

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    The last couple were purchased out of optimism, and because the price was not much more than a coffee at Starbucks.

    I bought 2 at 2 different antique shops on the hope that one of them would work out okay. Well, as it turned out, the surface pitting was too much on both, and I could not get a clean edge on either.

    So, I paid $11 dollars for some honing practice, and a rather nice set of bone scales. I can live with that

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    Keep your eye on Washington. One or two more sessions of congress and RAD will be illegal!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    OOOPS! Pass the styptic please.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wvloony View Post
    nessmuch, dont scare the poor man off, next thing you know he's gonna be walking down to the seedier side of town, walking up to people and asking if they have a straight razor for him to buy. Either that or pulling up to some street corner wanting to buy them

    RAD it does a man good. better living thru aquiring more razors

    Where will it end or does it ever

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    Because I love wedges and I love bone scales and I love French points and this one was all three..!

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    Seemed like a good idea at the time.
    The price was right.
    Even though I already have 1 that is the same, this one may be in better shape.

    As long as I keep stuff moving in and out of the house, its ok with the wife.

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    Quote Originally Posted by onimaru55 View Post
    Because the name made me laugh.
    Made me laugh too LOL

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    Quote Originally Posted by Doublewood View Post

    Where will it end or does it ever
    NO end insight for me, first it was a DDuck,then a Boker,henckle,griffon,then i stumbled onto wedges OMG. started with 2 now have 22. Then it was a size thing 6/8 13/16 7/8 still dont have a 1" chopper,round point then square point, sway back, DO YOU SMELL WHAT IAM COOKING HERE !!!!!!!! then there is brushes/hones/strops OH MY!!! WE ALL HAVE IT BAD BUT YOUR IN GOOD COMPANY

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    Kinda like Lay's Potato Chips...


    Marc

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    I like large, heavy wedges. They're hard to find so when I see a nice one, I tend to buy it. I have three now so I haven't been looking for any more.

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