Thread: $35 vs $199. Give me a reason!

Originally Posted by grant9908

So..... In the classifieds here, there are $35 straights and $199 straights. If they both shave just as well, then why would I ever spend the extra money. Convince me.

that's exactly what I was thinking when I started. now I've been into wet shaving for about 9 months. I got 12 straight, 3 De, 3 badger,1 boar, 1 synthetic brush,3 strops, 8 hones, 2 scutles, mugs, bunch of soaps,creams,oils and it doesnt seem to stop. I guess you'll never know what's gonna happen to u

Originally Posted by sigit666

that's exactly what I was thinking when I started. now I've been into wet shaving for about 9 months. I got 12 straight, 3 De, 3 badger,1 boar, 1 synthetic brush,3 strops, 8 hones, 2 scutles, mugs, bunch of soaps,creams,oils and it doesnt seem to stop. I guess you'll never know what's gonna happen to u

That sounds....... excessive.

Originally Posted by grant9908

That sounds....... excessive.

No it sounds perfectly sane and reasonable thank you very much.

Originally Posted by grant9908

That sounds....... excessive.

If you think thats excessive, you should see Jimmy HAD or Joed's collection!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!WOW

Alright guys, help me out. I want a 3-4/8 a 6/8 a 7/8 and I already know I want a W&B. 8/8 give me some good cheap advise.

Originally Posted by grant9908

Alright guys, help me out. I want a 3-4/8 a 6/8 a 7/8 and I already know I want a W&B. 8/8 give me some good cheap advise.

Good cheap advise, another oxymoron HeHEHEHEHE

Originally Posted by grant9908

Alright guys, help me out. I want a 3-4/8 a 6/8 a 7/8 and I already know I want a W&B. 8/8 give me some good cheap advise.

Good cheap advice: Go to bed earlier. The early bird gets the Chopper.

Originally Posted by grant9908

Alright guys, help me out. I want a 3-4/8 a 6/8 a 7/8 and I already know I want a W&B. 8/8 give me some good cheap advise.

You will not find 6/8 or 7/8 W&B ready to shave for $35 in the classifieds. Which means you'll need to look at other channels - antique shops and online auctions. You'll then have to budget at least another $30 or so to send the razor to be properly honed, which leaves you with about $5 for the razor itself. Considering that shipping to you is $2-$6 means that your chanced of finding said razor for $5 in local antique shop are much higher than finding it for $1-$3 online.

Now that's good advice that you got for free, I don't think you can get it any cheaper than this.

Originally Posted by grant9908

Alright guys, help me out. I want a 3-4/8 a 6/8 a 7/8 and I already know I want a W&B. 8/8 give me some good cheap advise.

When you want the same thing everyone else wants and the seller knows it, it is not cheap. Posting any cheap alternative will not remain cheap for long.

The best cheap advice I can give you is to be patient, search everywhere and don't pull the trigger until you find what you want and it is in your price range. I don't see where asking everyone else to do this for you is going to result in a low price for more than an instant after it is posted.

It's ok guys, I found these awesome 8/8 straights by this very reputable looking company called "B&B" off ebay . It was such a good deal, I bought two!