last week, I hit the 'buy it now' button on a relatively inexpensive german made vtg SR. I was looking at several at the time. When I look at ebay SR's, I use a few general guidelines from this forum. No cracks, no rust or chips near the edge. no warped or worn spine, scales must be solid and the price must be right. I give the photos a good look. this one seemed to fit the criteria to the makings of a fun little restore for my own shaving.
Anyway, it showed up in the mail this morning and I started to look it over to begin the restoration. first thing that I noted was a that it has very rough and incomplete sanding/ buffing on the surfaces. it is not at all like the seller's photos. rough, meaning 120 grit sandpaper rough. the 2cd thing was (and this is the deal breaker) a big vertical crack, running from the edge almost to the spine. "oh shoot", I said to myself "That's too bad". I generally hate to return ebay items so I took a good look at the scales to see if I might use them on another project. Nope. a big chip out of the top of one of the scales. weird thing is that the pictures showed none of these defects. The entire piece is useless...even for parts.
I bet what happened was that this guy didnt know what he was doing and tried to "fix" this SR and messed it up badly. probably was hoping that someone would not attempt to actually use it as a razor. posted it on ebay, with flattering pics.
For me: not a huge loss even if he refuses to refund. if that happens, Im going to drop it in the waste paper basket and forget all about it. though, I may not leave positive feedback on the interaction.
Anyway, it showed up in the mail this morning and I started to look it over to begin the restoration. first thing that I noted was a that it has very rough and incomplete sanding/ buffing on the surfaces. it is not at all like the seller's photos. rough, meaning 120 grit sandpaper rough. the 2cd thing was (and this is the deal breaker) a big vertical crack, running from the edge almost to the spine. "oh shoot", I said to myself "That's too bad". I generally hate to return ebay items so I took a good look at the scales to see if I might use them on another project. Nope. a big chip out of the top of one of the scales. weird thing is that the pictures showed none of these defects. The entire piece is useless...even for parts.
I bet what happened was that this guy didnt know what he was doing and tried to "fix" this SR and messed it up badly. probably was hoping that someone would not attempt to actually use it as a razor. posted it on ebay, with flattering pics.
For me: not a huge loss even if he refuses to refund. if that happens, Im going to drop it in the waste paper basket and forget all about it. though, I may not leave positive feedback on the interaction.
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