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07-31-2009, 03:36 AM #1Brad Maggard
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A good surprise.
I won an auction of ~40 razors, give or take. The guy only had pics of 20 of them in the auction, but, I read the fine print and found out he was throwing in another 20 that had "problems".
Well...as I was unpackaging the box today, I immediately noticed the completely unexpected logo of a Mr. John Barber...... and then I was a happy dude ;D
(also pictured is a nice 8/8 Elliot that was in the lot)
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07-31-2009, 03:43 AM #2Woo hoo!
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Woah!! Nice.
If any of the other ones are like those 2 than it looks like you made out well. It would be nice to win a large lot of razors like that, it would surely keep me busy for a while. Enjoy!
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07-31-2009, 03:49 AM #3Brad Maggard
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I ended up dumping ~30 razors in big lots back up on the 'bay, and keeping about a dozen. there was a lot of junk. Still..ended up with 3 W&Bs, the elliot, the barber, a nice ~1830 or so "Bengall Cast Steel", 3-4 other 1850-1870 sheffield blades of various makers, and a couple torreys..for very cheap. after I e-bay the 3 lots I made with the 30 razors..it will be very VERY cheap
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07-31-2009, 04:53 AM #4Senior Member
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Eh you don't need the Elliot you can send it to me--LOL! Nice goodies there!
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07-31-2009, 06:42 AM #5Beard growth challenged
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Congratulations!
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07-31-2009, 08:57 AM #6Senior Member
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Nice score and plan to off the other!
“If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got.” (A. Einstein)
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07-31-2009, 09:05 AM #7??
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WOOOW! Congrats!
During the last 3 days I sold a Bengall Cast Steel (1830 ca.) and bought a new one (maybe older; #160 in my signature). I'm trying to understand the evolution of Bengall Cast Steel razors until 1840's. Any pic?
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08-01-2009, 01:56 AM #8Brad Maggard
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Heres the pic you wanted clavichord --
I ran it for 40 minutes on the 80 grit greaseless. nasty pitting from the rust..but..its cleaning up very nice. I'm going to leave a bit of the pitting, I think this blade deserves a bit of pitting
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08-01-2009, 08:17 AM #9??
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Thank you very much, Undream! Yes, she's like the one I sold recently, and like you I thought that she might be from 1830's. Mine too had that particular heel shape, so I guess that was the way this razor was made. Nice scales and washers!
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08-01-2009, 10:03 AM #10< Banned User >
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you are lucky one!!!
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