Thread: EBAY VICTORY!

Well, I'll have pics up soon, but I put a gamble on an ebay lot... It ended up costing me 80$ for 10 razors and a durnham duplex... I figured I'd come out ahead... Maybe..

Holy crap was I right

First thing I unwrap: A wostenholm frameback with a stub tail. all I can read on the tang is IXL, 1850, and No. 2434. However, the frame says Geo Wostenholm & son's Doubly carbonized IXL Razor, and the blade is frosted to say Damascus steel with a sweet spiral pattern in it that I'm going to try to photograph. This is worth the 80 to me, alone.

However, after that I found (in no particular order):

A very near wedge Joseph Elliot's silver steel with a thumb and barber notch, and very little blemishes... This thing still has a near mirror finish, outside of the stains, and a cool beveled spine.

An extremely near wedge torrey that just needs a touch of buffing

Nameless german razor

WH. Morley with a slight frown (may not be saveable, but it's extra scales)

WM Elliot from germany. blade is pitted, may be trash, but the scales have a nice inlay of a dragonfly.

A Wade and butcher with a seriously overhoned toe (but its still honeable, just misshapen)

A small wade and butcher with gunk on the blade

Another german one with broken scales and an unreadable stamp

And, Lastly, a Wade and Butcher Special in good condition.

Wintastic haul.

conwinulations! I do hope pictures are forthcoming

I need to save them to a flash drive on my digital camera, so I can't upload one until I have them all... But they are coming.

also, I can't really get the frosting, or the spirals on the wostenholm to photograph :/

Pictures of Wostenholm Frameback, Joseph Elliots, Torrey wedge, Unnamed german, WH Morley with frown, and Dragonfly scales

EDIT: Sweet, you can sort of see the spiral patterning in the pictures

Over-toed wade and butcher, Wade and butcher with candle wax on the blade, Name unknown from germany (broken red scales) And a wade and butcher special.

Nice haul. Congratulations, Dave. We'll have to compare Wostenholm Framebacks...

Jeremy, Not dave, and bring it on! I just finished buffing this one, and I got it to a WONDERFUL finish, but the words Damascus Steel and the whorls are still there

Wait.. you said that Elliot has a mirror finish? Seriously?


But yeah, cool razors!

Originally Posted by BKratchmer

Wait.. you said that Elliot has a mirror finish?

there is a reflection after all. Antique mirror

Originally Posted by hoglahoo

there is a reflection after all. Antique mirror

Ohh, I get it. I saw one of those in the Pergamon last year: