Thread: Colonial razor? Earlier Chinese? Fake?

No worries: harsh, but also kind of hilarious...and certainly well-earned. I'm sure it won't deter me from future ridiculousness!

There was one in a large lot I won on Ebite, it's a rough joke of a copy if I ever saw one. It's currently weighing down a junk box...

I had a friend who kept a plaque in his office that read "No man is a complete failure, he can always serve as a bad example for others."

Quinnflint, in that spirit, would you please put back at least one of your razor photos?

Unless you spent a lot of time looking at razors on eBay , there was no way that you would have any reason to believe that razor was a fake. Yours may be one of the real ones for all I know. Real or otherwise, the forum is better off with your photo and your presence, so I hope both will return soon.

Originally Posted by Utopian

I had a friend who kept a plaque in his office that read "No man is a complete failure, he can always serve as a bad example for others."

I always say that you can learn something from anyone, even if it what not to do.

Originally Posted by Utopian

I had a friend who kept a plaque in his office that read "No man is a complete failure, he can always serve as a bad example for others."

Quinnflint, in that spirit, would you please put back at least one of your razor photos?

Okay, here it is. Moral of the story: these things are fakes, so don't buy them. However, if one happens to pop up on eBay in the next few days, that one is *definitely* authentic, and includes genuine stubble folicules from the beard of Genghis Khan, which can be DNA-verified by the seller upon request. Bid high!

(Don't worry, U, not going anywhere--too much good stuff in these forums.)

Originally Posted by QuinnFlint

Okay, here it is. Moral of the story: these things are fakes, so don't buy them. However, if one happens to pop up on eBay in the next few days, that one is *definitely* authentic, and includes genuine stubble folicules from the beard of Genghis Khan, which can be DNA-verified by the seller upon request. Bid high!

(Don't worry, U, not going anywhere--too much good stuff in these forums.)

The sad thing is that you are almost guaranteed to make more than your five dollars back on it, especially if you push the fact that you bought it in New England and speculate that it is a Colonial razor. (Genghis Khan had a huge role in the Revolutionary War but Washington had a better publicist.)

I'm glad I didn't run you off.

P.S.: not putting this thing on eBay--even with an honest description, my conscience couldn't bear putting another one of these into the market. I like the throwing knife idea--seems like a much better use for it (although there's a significant chance my wife disagree).

Maybe these things really are rare ... maybe there's only one, like the solitary fruitcake that's been passed around for 85 years. Maybe it's like a game of tag; you buy it -- you have to complete the karma by selling it. Or maybe someone wins a bet if the same rusty object gets sold more than 800 times or starts more than 800 forum threads.

Originally Posted by QuinnFlint

P.S.: not putting this thing on eBay--even with an honest description, my conscience couldn't bear putting another one of these into the market. I like the throwing knife idea--seems like a much better use for it (although there's a significant chance my wife disagree).

I don't see any reason not to put it on eBay as long as you are honest and declare that you do not believe it to be a genuine antique. There are several people selling these things on eBay and there is also a knife seller, I cannot recall the website, that sells them as Chinese Razors. As long as you are honest about it, there's no harm. Someone may still want it as a decoration.

Edit: I found the website, it's Smokey Mountain Knife Works.