Thread: NOS? Help!!!

Don't know for sure about razors, but a lot of pocket knife "salesman samples" often had numbers written on the blades similar to the numbers written on you WAY COOL W&B.

Fancy box and sleeve just might indicate that razor could have been a salesman's sample that he used to show potential buyers and the number on the blade was what he would use to write his order.

Good catch!

Nice razor if it isn't NOS it sure is in really nice shape.

no boker, I was really going for the black one, figuring everyone else was going for the one you have. Lost them both in the last few seconds. probably best because my wife feels I have to many razors already. enjoy it and let me know how it shaves.

The numbers on the blade could lead one to believe it a sales sample. Doesn't look to have ever been honed, but there is a very, very, small amount of circular wear at the pivot that would lead me to believe that it has been opened and closed quite a bit. This backs up the sales sample theory. Anyway, fine razor. Very Best, John

It is definitely not 'new old stock'. You have nothing on provenance whatsoever, so even if it used to be NOS it is no more.

The box is for a different model too, although with a mass production on that scale I wouldn't be surprised if w&b were sloppy enough send them out mismatched.

As far as the sharpie marker I would say this is how crazy rummors get started. If it were that easy to turn things into salesman's samples we could all turn our razors into sales samples or no samples within 3 seconds depending on which one is more profitable.