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Thanks, I felt it was called-for.

And yeah, folks should let eBay know. It looks like he makes no effort at all to cover himself (even a line with something like "this is believed to be...

Yeah, I saw one listed as a "priceless personal item." Wonder if there's a definitive way to show it's a replica. I guess the type of metal used would be telling... It'd be nice to shut down a...

True...but I do sell an actual, authentic, good razor on eBay occasionally, and I know if I saw one of these ancient mystical chinese colonials in a seller's history, my maximum bid on any of his...

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...

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...

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

Ouch. Yeah, just found the previous threads (I promise--I did search for previous threads before posting, just didn't put in the right keywords). So, chalk up another naive post to my growing body...

Oh yeah, and the pin looks like a square nail, if that helps date it.

I recognized the design from a razor book, which IDs it as "possibly Chinese in origin" from the 1700s or earlier. However, web references suggest this type of razor may be Colonial.