Mappin Brothers gentlemans set in ivory

I was going to title this page ‘The day the eBay gods smiled on me’. Buy it now $39.99 and free shipping. I didn’t even read the description before clicking the buy button.An amazing pair of razors they have never been honed. Even the leather case is excellent. Almost qualifies for NOS. The blades are 6/8 near wedge with glazed finished faces and crocus finished spines and tangs. The makers mark is etched into the tang and since it wraps around the tang at an even depth it was applied after the tang was finish polished. I thought that was interesting. The tangs also have lower jimps.The scales speak for themselves and are flawless.
Mappin Brothers was sold to John Lawrence Langman and William Gibson who were partners in Goldsmiths and Silversmith Co. of Reagent St. London. In 1890 the Mappin Brothers showroom was moved to Cheapside. Note the address in the case.Since there is no England stamp I’m guessing these date 1890 – 1891.
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If you want to double your money ............. :w

+1 on Jimmy. Ive got a kidney going spare...

Great set and great price, there are ones that go by all the time. Every now and then I will search past sales for sales comparisons and see some spectacular deals. This one is definitely one of them.

Holy sh!t......

I feel kinda funny

Stone the crows that is a superb pair of razors. Simply wonderful to see.

Bob

The razor gods did smile on you, Karl. SWEET!!!

Thanks for sharing the story and the pics KarljeJ; Enjoy!

Very nice.

What a beautiful set..........my eyes weep.:cry:

I,m usually not one to envy, cause I got some nice stuff myself, but brother don't ever let me see that pair out where I could snag it! That might be my holy grail right there, cause I didn't think you could find a set like that in such beautiful shape. Congrats You win! Tc

Makes me think of when Babe Ruth was up to bat in Chicago and the home crowd was booing him. He pointed to the right field stands and hit a home run into the stands right where he pointed. Kind of like that.

Wow, I'm jealous!


Mike

Nice buy! Hard to believe a seller would not research that and ask a good price! I have seen a lot of this type thing.
Usually AFTER it is gone. ;) You are quite fortunate to have seen them as you did.

I suppose things such as this make up for the times we have paid too much? :shrug:

WOW :dropjaw:

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Arghh......!

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The free shipping part got to you too, eh. ;)

Bob

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My sentiments exactly.

all i could say while i was looking at the pictures was "are you kidding me?" Amazing, a find of a life time.

Gorgeous. Are you going to shave with them?

Have a great day...

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Gorgeous. Are you going to shave with them?

Have a great day...

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You bet. :o I'm thinking I will be the first to ever use these razors. My guess is they are 125 years old. Amazing.

Just keep rubbing it in...

An amazing pair, well done.

One in a million. Nice snag.

Put me in your will please. I'll put you in mine. Fantastic find.

$39.99!!!!!

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Wow - that is simply incredible, I've been looking for one of those, let alone a matched pair in ivory, what an incredible find and probably the best eBay score on razors I've ever, ever, seen or heard of.

Congratulations....:rock:

Edited to add: went back and looked at the date of this OP, expecting it to be April 1st....incredible