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    Quote Originally Posted by sharptonn View Post
    Either way, Lovely to see!
    That's how I'm choosing to look at it... Also, it'll be awful nice to shave with, I suspect.

    Plus a member has contacted me privately saying they'll put word out in the Chapel Hill / Raleigh area to keep an eye out for its mate.

    So while losing one was definitely a bad outcome, we're nowhere near the worst (a box of shattered razor parts).
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    I am saddened by the loss.
    When I ship i actually use four bands of filament tape around the box, flats, ends and sides. and then use transparent packaging tape to cover the edges and shipping label.

    I also put a duplicate address inside the box. Inside the box for content protection, I use "Sill Seal," about a i/4th inch thick high density flexible foam wrapped around each item with the ends of that tube taped shut. It recovers... unlike bubble wrap which gives one save per bubble that is bumped and destroyed.
    I did have more than one battered box and letter come into my place. One of which appears to have had the blade winkled out by a carrier.

    Flat Rate is cheap and there is no extra charge for the weight of the safety padding and heavily taped protection. Routing info is also a real plus.
    Never use an envelope or cheap padding! JMO

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    PS, if you ship liquids, wrap the cap where it joins\s the bottle with #33 electrical tape. It holds the cap and prevents leaks when the bottle is air shipped along the way.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Geezer View Post
    I am saddened by the loss.
    When I ship i actually use four bands of filament tape around the box, flats, ends and sides. and then use transparent packaging tape to cover the edges and shipping label.

    I also put a duplicate address inside the box. Inside the box for content protection, I use "Sill Seal," about a i/4th inch thick high density flexible foam wrapped around each item with the ends of that tube taped shut. It recovers... unlike bubble wrap which gives one save per bubble that is bumped and destroyed.
    I did have more than one battered box and letter come into my place. One of which appears to have had the blade winkled out by a carrier.

    Flat Rate is cheap and there is no extra charge for the weight of the safety padding and heavily taped protection. Routing info is also a real plus.
    Never use an envelope or cheap padding! JMO

    sill seal foam gasket Its cheap too!
    Better safe than frustrated!
    YMMV
    ~Richard
    PS, if you ship liquids, wrap the cap where it joins\s the bottle with #33 electrical tape. It holds the cap and prevents leaks when the bottle is air shipped along the way.
    When I ship razors I always seal them inside an airtight bag with a vacuum sealer (with something to prevent the pressure from pushing the blade into the scales, since it can crack them), and I tape that into the inside of the box. I hadn't thought of using the address inside the box too, that's a good idea!

    I also always tape the box ends. This was shipped from an auction house and they... did not do a great job packing it.

    Still doesn't beat the time I got a razor shipped to me in a manila envelope. No padding, not even spare paper. If memory serves, it had ivory scales and it survived just fine!
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    Sorry to hear about this loss. It is a beauty.
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    It's a shame.
    I always use well sealed boxes after the time I sent an expensive razor in a jiffy bag.
    Some one just tore it open and helped themselves.
    I blame me

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    That's a shame alright. Reminds me when I purchased a couple of razors from Europe described as damaged goods. Sent in a courier bag with no bubble wrap. By the time they got here, they certainly were damaged goods...
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    Dude, that is crazy cool! Man, they must have seriously liked that man to get him such a wonderful gift - though I’m sure it was but a small token. Gift giving in those communities is very commonplace. Especially in the day.

    Either way, you need to do even more homework - find further connections. Take the story deeper. And then report back of course.

    And yeah, after you started selling your prized stuff, I think we all expected to hear about your new DE collection. This is a very cool twist!
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    Quote Originally Posted by earcutter View Post
    Dude, that is crazy cool! Man, they must have seriously liked that man to get him such a wonderful gift - though I’m sure it was but a small token. Gift giving in those communities is very commonplace. Especially in the day.

    Either way, you need to do even more homework - find further connections. Take the story deeper. And then report back of course.

    And yeah, after you started selling your prized stuff, I think we all expected to hear about your new DE collection. This is a very cool twist!
    These weren’t (as far as I know) razors for Wagner, but to be sold by him. No doubt intended for folks with a pile of scratch. This represents a tier of fancy razor I haven’t seen much of. Not quite ‘bespoke for royalty’ (those solid silver, gold-gilt scales and gold plated blades) or even ‘working tool of the landed gentry’(much fancier blade patterns), but definitely above ‘top shelf in the stationer’s shop’ (cased set in tortoise or ivory scales).
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    My craziest lost razor with a happy ending was that I received and empty manila folder (yes plain vanilla folder) that was only fastened with the little metal bendy thing through the hole (no tape or anything), I went to my local PO and was set to file a claim, I was talking to the manager and I described the razor in a red box, she said wait a minute and went to her desk and handed me my razor!!! It had fallen out in the delivery truck

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    While it's fantastic that 2 razors arrived, regarding the 3rd...totally crappy!

    I collect British WW1 medals and have had a couple of similar situations like yours, Zak with auction houses poorly packing valuable items. What I did was photograph the packing "handiwork" and then sent the pics to the auction house's management. It was extremely effective.

    I've also done the same when the post office or UPS (exceptionally rare occurrences in comparison to the USPS) have mangled parcels. That was very helpful when I filed claims (and is powerful evidence if the there are hassles--only USPS in my experience thus far--with claim resolution or etc.).

    When possible, I avoid the USPS and stick with FedEx, DHL, or UPS for high value or rare items...worth the extra expense when I have shipping choices.
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