A little score/trade today.

Yesterday i got my hair cut at a different place than standard. I was talking to the barber who owned the shop. A guy of about 30. Told him about my razor hobby and he pulled out a little box of junk as he called it. A few razor parts to us. I told him it wasnt worth much but a few pieces could be used if he wanted to try restoring. He said he was going to glue them to a board and hang on the wall. :shrug:

Today as i was getting ready for work i went thru my razors looking for something to trade him. I found a Willian A. Shul, 9/16, plastic scales that i had won on ebay for 1.25 & 3.50 shipping. I had cleaned it up, repinned and honned it. Nothing special but a nice little shaver I had less than 5 bucks into. I put it in an old coffin and took it to him on the way to work. He was happy to make the trade for a useable razor. He was happy and so was I. No loss on either part.

So here is the mess i traded for. 3 blades worth restoring and 3 set of scales that could be reused. The rest is trash but im happy with the deal...

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Moral of the story is to go see a different barber now and then. You never know what he might be hiding in a drawer.

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This is what he got in the deal.

If you are happy and he is happy, that's really all that matters. I like those win / win deals!

That's how I kinda how got started in restoring, Jerry.

I was on the hunt for goodies ( razors, strops, hones, ect. )
Stopped at a barber shop, and as I came thru the door, I noticed the barber had a straight in his hand...Ah ha. !!, I thought to myself.

So I ask the man politely, would you have any items you'd like to sell.....? No..he says. But if you know anybody that can make scales, I have some I'll trade for the work to make some. So I walked out the door with a fist full of razors, for each one he wanted restored. But no strops or hones, would he part with.

They'll even tell ya about other shops to check out. Most of these guys in this area went to barber college, together.