Thread: father's collection - am curious about value or ones worth noting?

hello all, I am not very familiar with straight razors at all to be honest, but I recently came across my father's collection. I had posted it on Reddit when I stumbled upon their community for them and haven't gotten much feedback yet, but was curious if anyone here could take a look.

The full gallery is here: Razors - Imgur

But a detailed list with text about what I do know with links to pictures can be found here:
[as requested] better photos of my father's massive collection, [bonus] additional items I was unaware of [see comments section for detailed list instead of gallery and other info] : wicked_edge

Welcome to the forum! As a rule here, we don't do valuations. Part of that is because the markets for razors are so volatile and ever-changing that you really can't to an extent, and this community is more focused on the user end rather than the collector/value end. With that said, you have a number of nice razors there that will make fine shavers if restored and/or honed. Of particular interest from my collecting is the Gordon. It has been likely rescaled and reground but looks like it dates to the 1830s-40s.

Edit: a few other razors to note there are the Bicycle race razor (Boker I think) and the Dubl Duck. While we don't do valuations, you can always check the ebay completed listings to get an idea of what people are paying for these things.

Yes, as science guy says we don't do valuations on the forum.

As he also says, your best bet in determining a market value for the collection is to do some research at various places like ebay on the individual razors. The thing to note is that the value is influenced by the condition of the razor and scales, so don't just assume yours will be worth the same value as a similar one you see on ebay, unless yours is in similar condition.

Good luck.

James.

Thanks for the replies guys! And sorry about not knowing the valuation rules :S

The George Wostenholm & Son pipe trademark razors are also nice ones.

-Dan

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