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01-27-2009, 06:30 AM #1
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Thanked: 37I like the idea of standards. Have you ever seen the term "Great condition for its age." That means absolutely nothing. I like the idea of making some standards such as condition of the blade, condition of the scales, pivot tight, and hone wear. These could all be rated on a scale of 1-10. Maybe we could have a sticky of what a 3,5, and 9 looks like. This would be great to put into the Wiki.
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03-17-2009, 11:25 PM #2
Let us not forget Bill's chart - not that we should use his chart, but it could serve as a guide
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03-18-2009, 02:05 AM #3
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Thanked: 3795Sorry, but I disagree with the chart. Not all great razors are show-pieces. Some of my best shavers are aesthetically crap. Now I don't intend to sell any of them but some razors can have minor localized pitting but other than that be pristine. According to that chart they would not even qualify as good, instead they would be restorable. Come on, not all razors need to be pretty and not all of them need to be restored. A lot of them just need to be razors, meaning they just plain shave.
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03-18-2009, 01:05 PM #4
Well,
This chart is mostly intended for the Collector, as the User can get a pretty darn good shave from a 2.5 razor on this chart. Grading can be used from this chart through two viewpoints. With the blade opened or closed. For an overall score, combine, then divide by 2, then subtract .5 to 1 points because of the lower score.
Maybe there is some way to slice up the first chart for more degrees of separation and more specifically quantify - er,... I don't know what I'm talking about but it would be nice to have a more consistent system than we do now. As it is, about 2/3 of all razors listed whether they look almost perfect and are not shave ready or they have lots of cosmetic issues but are shave ready are simply listed as being "great".
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03-18-2009, 01:50 PM #5
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Thanked: 74I posted my first add in the classifieds a couple of days ago and was torn when asked to provide an overall condition of the razor. The blade itself has no rust/pitting/stains on it, but there are a couple of marks around the pivot. I chose to rate the razor at the lower Good, instead of Great. I then tried to take ample pictures of the blade.
Some sort of guidelines would be much appreciated.
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03-18-2009, 02:19 PM #6
It is a good idea and the chart is good but I do agree with Utopian as I too have razors that are cosmetically challenged with a bit of surface corrosion but are great shavers. I guess that as long as a price point is up to the seller and not dictated by parameters within the grading standard the seller can list the item for what he feels it is worth and the buyer can take it or leave it. To me the satisfaction guaranteed is the important thing.
Be careful how you treat people on your way up, you may meet them again on your way back down.
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03-18-2009, 05:20 PM #7
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Thanked: 13234I have to apologize for this ahead of time but I am going to digress into a Rant here....
I personally don't agree one bit here, I think any system other than the Gentleman's system is a bad, bad, idea and is sliding down a slippery slope....
You either establish a reputation or you don't, you are either honest or your not, I guess I have an automatic knee jerk reaction to "Rules" of any sort....
I realize that things have changed in the last year or so, with a HUGE influx of new members, and some of those members are selling razors that they really have not the slightest idea of what they are doing... But still before somebody slaps down a chunk of change it is ultimately the buyers responsibility to check out what he is getting himself into...
The ultimate thing here is for each seller or provider of services needs to go out of their way to establish their own rep... I learned this from Joe Chandler way back when...
You want to establish yourself as a Honemiester then offer to do some work for free, pay it forward, and help out somebody that is having a problem, they will tell people how good your edges are...
Want to establish yourself as a restorer then again help out, and restore some blades and donate them to the giveaways, let those that receive them brag on your abilities...
If you are just going to join the forum and try and jump in and make some quick cash, basically you are a re-seller and guess what, this forum will know very quickly, and they will spread the word....
end of rant
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