Thread: Another find at a new to me local Antique Store 9/28/2011 3:30pm

Yeah, they were well kept and I love my other Boker vintage, "King Cutter", great find too.
As for the safety razor, it's a confusing one for sure and may be for some other collector. I enjoy my Merkur if I'm in a rush and cannot designate the proper time for a st8 shave. Think the Rolls Razor was in quite nice shape too, just not my passion. Thank you for the feedback and the your pricing suggestions were right on. They originally wanted 25.00 per Str8. However, in our relationship building as salesman to salesman, er shop keeper to shopper, the pricing has come way down and I will be able to pick up the remaining blades for under twenty each.

Another fine point is the leather barber roll that holds all his blades and he used to travel with his tools back in the day. When the daughter sold the entire set off it came in the roll. Now pieced apart, They've offered thirty for the leather holder and I feel that's a dang fair price not only for the holder, but the history it shows and carries.

I will be giving Glen Mercurio of Gem Star Customs a bit more work with my new blades. He's capability to hone, set bevel, and do restorations has made many of my purchases well worth the investment and his invested time.

Respectfully,
Ron

Nice scores. That Thornhill is a very nice looking straight.

Nice catch. I agree with johnmrson, the Thornhill is beautiful.
Congrats!

Originally Posted by effx

Another fine point is the leather barber roll that holds all his blades and he used to travel with his tools back in the day. When the daughter sold the entire set off it came in the roll. Now pieced apart, They've offered thirty for the leather holder and I feel that's a dang fair price not only for the holder, but the history it shows and carries.Ron

MAN, I am so jealous. You got what I would consider a priceless set. 7 blades, and a roll, all vintage with the story attached. You sir have one hell of a 7 day set in the making. I feel you got an amazing deal considering what other people would probably shell out for something like this with just the story attached to it. "Antiques" value goes up when there is a story attached to them, that you have first or second hand from the seller. It adds a feeling of history and lasting durability. Think about all those things those blades have seen in their lifetimes from when they were forged, through till now. Not even just the lives they had as happy blades shaving every day faces and heads, but the shape the world was in and how society evolved through the time periods. Did they see the birth of the second industrial revolution? The roaring 20s, the depression, world war I and II? Korea, the first flight and mass produced car, the first manned flight to space, the moon landing, the civil rights movement, temperance movement (thank the lords above that failed), the 70's, 80's 90's and now...If objects could speak and give us their collective wisdom from what they have seen, what would they say about us in the now? If your razors could speak...maybe they could get our economy fixed! They have almost 100 years of wisdom!
Anyway, I would recommend if the roll is in good shape, get some saddle soap, rub it in with a soft cloth and wipe it away after a light buffing, then repeat 2-3 times, then get some leather preservative (neatsfoot oil works well in a pinch but there are good leather conditioners out there specificially designed to "breath new life into old, cracked leather"). If it is in fair condition I would still do this, just gently and slowly. If it's half way to falling apart...then wrap it in news paper with some of those siliciate packs that come in almost anything (they suck the moisture out of the air) put it in a shoebox...or something that would fit it, and then place it somewhere dark and cool. You could also slather it in leather preservative before doing this and after 2 weeks check on it, the leather preservative should have slowly been absorbed into the leather. Doing this 3-4 times will slowly reopen the damaged pores in the leather and make them pliable. The reason to do this is so that it will be gradually and that the leather won't be damaged from too fast of a restoration. Leather is made from an animal, and while that animal is dead, it's skin still functions (albeit in a greatly reduced state) as it did when it was on the animal. The pores dilate and take in and release moisture. If the leather hasn't been cleaned and treated regularly, they won't reseal and will slowly leech all the moisture out of the leather, drying it and cracking it out. I really hope the leather roll is in good condition, it's so sad seeing leather bomber jackets from world war II turned into moth eaten rags. History should be taken care of, so that we can remember it and learn from it! Good luck!

can i come visit and go to the antique malls with you???


we don't have ANYTHING down here..... and IF we do find something they want 2.5 times retail....... :/