Thread: How does one spot an antique store that has razors?

Lol!

Ben's right! Most of the stores over here either look at you like you're mad or show one solitary razor, covered in rust, with a price tag that would make Warren Buffet blanch.

Pickings arent so good in London it must be said! Occasionally you luck out at a street market, but most of the time its eBay for me..!

Just a guess, but all the antique shops have probably been cleaned out by collectors and SRP members......

I find your more likely to get something in the more hard up type shops, & those that sell more junk.

This has been my experience also.I've more often found razors in the seedier antique shops.The ones that seem to accumulate lots of stuff and it's maybe not that organized.The high-end wannabe ritzy shops are extremely clean and pricey but stick their nose in the air if anyone should even suggest anything as base and primitive as a straight razor.I had a snobby antique dealer ask me if I was suicidal when I asked if he had any.

Originally Posted by Walt

Have you had any success using this approach?

Regards - Walt

You know, I haven't tried, but I really do think there's a higher likelihood of success if I were to.

Antique fairs are possibly a better candidate, if you ever have any take place around you.

Originally Posted by aroliver59

This has been my experience also.I've more often found razors in the seedier antique shops.The ones that seem to accumulate lots of stuff and it's maybe not that organized.The high-end wannabe ritzy shops are extremely clean and pricey but stick their nose in the air if anyone should even suggest anything as base and primitive as a straight razor.I had a snobby antique dealer ask me if I was suicidal when I asked if he had any.

I had a lady say this to me also, then asked me if I was auditioning for Sweeney Todd. Hers were all far overpriced so I left without buying. $300 for a broken Boker is too much for me.

Sorry, we don't have any problems finding straight razors in antique shops, flea markets or estate sales. The problem we have is having enough money on hand to buy all the razors we find. Antique shops are not retail stores in the normal sense. Ya never know what is going to be stocked on their shelves and what the shelves will be restocked with. While buying from an antique shop usually costs less money than ebay there are overheads like time, gas and wear and tear in your car that increases the cost. If I were to resell my finds and account for the overhead there are times ebay would be cheaper. We enjoy the hunt, the time together and perusing the shops. Straight razor finds are a bonus. We just picked up six razors today. We may get to post pics before the end of the weekend if Jr and I get them honed up. If you can afford the time keep at it and you will make some scores.

You don't find the razors; the razors find you.

Don't forget, it only takes one collector in your area to wipe out all the straights in an antique shop.

I must just be very lucky ware i live because 80% of the shops around me always are getting razors in. and the flea market i go to every week has them almost ever week, that people sell for next to nothing. They do find you!

I have been lucky since i got into straights, most antique stores around me have them, though you have to look for them, and over here anyway, locked up, so never on display, but beneath otherstuff, the one place where i seem to get a lot from has them with medals etc in a glass locker, and the other place, he just throws them in a lockable box with a glass lid, i always have to ask him if he has any in, as its impossable to see them under the other stuff he has, the other place i get then from, again, in with the medals locked up.