Thread: The insane price of Filarmonicas

Like the 20 grand Jnats on the bay,those razors never sell at much over 500, whice is still a rediculas number.

Originally Posted by Bruno

Generally, these are driven by the shavers.
The scales are pretty bland so they don't attract the general collectors who are in it for the scales.
The blades are not special either, so they don't attract the collectors who might want it because of the welding patterns or rare steel types.
Ergo, only the shavers remain.

W&B's are similar. There is absolutely nothing tangible which makes them worth the premium over other brands of that era. It is all down to brand recognition and the 'must have' factor.

I 100% agree with your view regarding W & B and Filli's i've restore a few and owned a couple, and I would rate every razor I now own better in quality and equal or better shavers than the W & B or Filli's i've owned, I think they are vastly overated, I would have them down as good but certainly not exceptional.

Jamie.

Originally Posted by Matt69

Are these price changes driven by fashions among straight shavers, or among the collector-but-not-shaver people? Or a bit of both?

I didn't know there were collectors only until that thread about the 17k collection a few days ago.

That's not a collector, that's a hoarder

Thats why I bought an Iberia Doble Temple #13 for much less, and its as good or better than a Filli. I know a website chaulk full of Fillis for good prices too. As for W&B, i much prefer Rodgers, or Wostens, or Reynolds. The only W&B I"d ever get is my dream razor which is an Adamantine Edge.

A few years ago Classic Shaving was selling the last production Fillys as NOS pieces. I think I paid around $100 for a 7/8s. They had a hard time selling them off then. I can imagine if they sold those now.

Theres a guy on ebay selling a handful of brand new ones, $700-$1500. Insane, but I would like a Sub-Cero, what a cool name lol.

I bought one of the Classic Shave Fillies. It's a good shave with junk unfinished plastic scales. Am going to rescale in black carbon fiber, have it apart now. Don't see any more in the future, there are too many good buys of real shavers out there still. This weekend I Picked up a Wade Butcher, a Griffon and a Wald Esex in near new conditon for less than 10% of a single Filly.

To quote a famous Fed chairman, "Irrational exuberance."

Irrational exuberance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

There - I said it! Maybe there will be a crash lol.

Originally Posted by animalwithin

.... Insane, but I would like a Sub-Cero, what a cool name lol.

Cool name, and a great shaver to boot

At the end of the day,whatever anybody has to say about a big honking #14 filly,everyone before they die,should shave with one have a nice day