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Vintage Straight Razors High Prices
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 4:06 pm
by Miller Bro's
Re: Vintage Straight Razors High Prices
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 4:39 pm
by Owd Wullie
BOTH.
He's WAY overpriced and that just proves there's a sucker born every minute.
There are some obviously loaded guys at some of the razor forums that enjoy posting pics of the stuff they paid a LOT of $$ for.
I like posting pics of stuff I didn't pay a lot for because I WON'T PAY A LOT!!

Re: Vintage Straight Razors High Prices
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 5:19 pm
by Miller Bro's
Owd Wullie wrote:I like posting pics of stuff I didn't pay a lot for because I WON'T PAY A LOT!!
Me too! I was buying razors when knife dealers and antique dealers were practically giving them away, they were cheap so I bought them all

Glad I did now
Like my signature line says: If it has a cutting edge I probably collect it!

Re: Vintage Straight Razors High Prices
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 8:15 pm
by knife7knut
Miller Bro`s wrote:
Me too! I was buying razors when knife dealers and antique dealers were practically giving them away, they were cheap so I bought them all

Glad I did now
Same here Dimitri;that's when I got most of mine.Gee I wonder what they would give for a 7 day Wade,Wingfield,and Rowbotham set presented to someone in 1893? I paid $50 for them about 20 years ago which is the absolute most I've ever paid for razors.Most of them were in the $2-$5 range.
Re: Vintage Straight Razors High Prices
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 8:53 pm
by Owd Wullie
That 7 day set will sell for 300 to 500 easy on ebay maybe more as you don't see that maker's stuff very often. Although sometimes that hurts a price if they aren't a "BIG" name even though the razors are top notch.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=&_ ... acat=35990
Crazy ain't it?
Re: Vintage Straight Razors High Prices
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 10:31 pm
by Miller Bro's
That is a very nice set Ray
I always wanted one but could never bring myself to spend what they wanted for them.
I do have a partial set that I hoped to complete one day

Re: Vintage Straight Razors High Prices
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 10:34 pm
by Miller Bro's
Re: Vintage Straight Razors High Prices
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 12:50 am
by Owd Wullie
Looks like somebody went ape for carved ivory is all I can guess.
BUT, I don't think they're ivory. The pin looks wrong compared to the three I have.
Re: Vintage Straight Razors High Prices
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 12:54 am
by RobesonsRme.com
I have no idea what that rusty old razor might be worth.
I think, though, that a good many razor collectors would be more properly called razor handle collectors.
Possibly, that is a rare handle (I have no idea) and someone is willing to pay whatever it takes to get it. I don't think the brand nor the condition of the metal has anything to do with it.
This Robeson snake handled razor sold on Ebay some years ago for $685.00.
Go figure.
I don't think any Robeson razor is worth that kind of money to a Robeson collector. That handle, however, sure rang somebody's bell.
Charlie Noyes
Re: Vintage Straight Razors High Prices
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 3:14 am
by Miller Bro's
Re: Vintage Straight Razors High Prices
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 3:28 am
by Miller Bro's
Willie,
That one ain`t Ivory from where I sit
Even if it was that price is still ridiculous

Re: Vintage Straight Razors High Prices
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 3:31 am
by Owd Wullie
Scale collectors.
Strange bunch in my opinion. LOL
Ain't ivory from where I sit either. Like I said earlier, it's pinned wrong for ivory and only has one pin, so it's either a one piece scale or it's glued.
I bet that seller s... a twinkie.

Re: Vintage Straight Razors High Prices
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 3:36 am
by Miller Bro's
Owd Wullie wrote:I bet that seller s... a twinkie.

And laughed all the way to the bank
He`s probably out now beating the bushes trying to find another one like it
