Thread: The over rated hype razor

Originally Posted by gooser

honestly i dont care who made the blade . but i like big razors and long as it is good steel i dont mind tryin to get a hold of it .. i think the W & B's are goin nuts cause on the bay at least most of the big blades are W&B so there isnt much of a choice ..

not really,any big blade will command the big bucks,if a quality blade.Have sold a couple large palmeras on the bay lately.they bring more than W&Bs (sold price)
You see on the bay the asking, or buy it now price,this means nothing.
What did the blade actually sell for/If it sold,most of the off the wall W&Bs never sell. for anywhere near what the seller is asking.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

not really,any big blade will command the big bucks,if a quality blade.Have sold a couple large palmeras on the bay lately.they bring more than W&Bs (sold price)
You see on the bay the asking, or buy it now price,this means nothing.
What did the blade actually sell for/If it sold,most of the off the wall W&Bs never sell. for anywhere near what the seller is asking.

there was one( on the bay ) we all talked bout on here .. think it was " is this heat damage thread " BIN was 250 , went throught the cylce 1-2 times , then it went to $225 BIN a cycle , and i think it finally went for $200 , im waiting to see what the 8/8 duck blade goes for ..lol.. its still crazy how one goes for $100 in good shape and one in worse shape goes for $200 the next week ... id like to be one of these sellers that keeeps finding them out and about ..lol.. got on store by me that carrys antique straights , the down side is the owners son now shaves with them so the box of 30 she had when i first saw them ( before i knew anything about them ) is now down to about 3 .. i bought one rusted real bad that looked like a 5/8 almost wedge shef blade just to see what was under the rust and kinda a way for my self to see how much rust is to much ..lol..stamp is gone ...lol..but good shave aside i still love looking in that mirrior and seeing that big blade in my paws ..lol

I honed Joe's 9/8 W&B yesterday at the SRP meet. Considering its size it was very easy to hone and took a very nice edge, beautiful razor.

Here are some of mine...........

10/8 W&B FBU

9/8 W&B FBU

8/8 W&B Tapered

9/8 W&B FBU

8/8 W&B FBU

17/16 W&B FBU

All worth their weight in gold

Well, apparently we now know where all the FBU's went....

Originally Posted by Ryan82

Well, apparently we now know where all the FBU's went....

That's correct

Originally Posted by cheetahmeatpheonix

That's correct

Sorry, my post was a joke, I should have added a smilie, lol or something

Here's a 9/8 W&B I picked up at a steal of price. I'm estimating 1860's-ish or so. Like the OP's, it's all original,no hone wear, and all I did was give it a polish and honing. It's one of my best and favorite shavers. It's usually the blade I take when I travel. I lucked out with this one.

Originally Posted by IamSt8ght

Here's a 9/8 W&B I picked up at a steal of price. I'm estimating 1860's-ish or so. Like the OP's, it's all original,no hone wear, and all I did was give it a polish and honing. It's one of my best and favorite shavers. It's usually the blade I take when I travel. I lucked out with this one.

Dude that's beautiful!

Originally Posted by cheetahmeatpheonix

Dude that's beautiful!

u want one like that ?? ... ill trade one for a nice big ol' Greaves u have layin around ...lol