So this morning I won a razor on eBay from somebody locally. I went to pick it up this afternoon and realized as soon as the guy answered the door that he was the father of a kid I used to work with. The father is an antique dealer and sells out of his house. Him, his employees (mostly his kids), and I started talking and he asked why on earth a 28 year old would want a safety razor. I gave him the usual wet shaving speech and he replied, "I've got boxes of those safety razors from estates." Yep, boxes...big boxes...plural. One of the kids even said they had some loose ones (not in cases) in a big bag. He's getting them all together for me to look at, but this could be the find of a lifetime. I did tell him though that I really only need two more razors to complete my personal collection (Bulldog and Double Ring) so I would mostly help him ID and price razors.
Score of my Lifetime...perhaps!
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Thats awesome! 
WOW, can you say SCHWINNNNNNNG!!
Take a camera with you when you go to do the ID work. It would be great to see boxes of razors!!!
Wow, sounds great!
Lucky you!
He could do quite well on ebay, or you could offer to move them here. I know the BST is not supposed to be a place to make a profit, but for him to sell his razors at a fair price to a group that appreciates them would be a positive situation all around. Just the thoughts of a guy who has only been DE shaving for 5 months.
Nice! You should buy a lottery ticket too. 
Sweet!
Wow! Congrats!
Pete
Pete
Good for you, that's great. Who knows what you might find. 
Nice!! Very Nice!!
Well I guess if he really does just want to get rid of them though, you could probably take em off his hands and do a big PIF and help out several new guys while still having plenty to B/S/T
Then again I guess that would also depend upon how much money he wants and how much you fell like shelling out.
+1
While putting them up for eBay will probably generate a little more money, it will be a lot more hassle. Here on the BST, he will be guaranteed fair prices, and the razors will end up in the right hands.
That's a great find, in either case. Looks like you were in the right place in the right time, and that Karma is on your side at the moment. Maybe that Lottery Ticket isn't such a bad idea.
And even though you need just two more razors to round out your collection, I'm willing to bet you won't stop there.
Wow, I'm sure that the BST section can assist your friend in disposing of the razors.
sweet find.... i'd just pay like $50 box or bag.. could easily get your money back selling it off.
I say help the felow B&B brethren get great deals!!!!!
the BST would be nice for sure. But i'll put my bet on ebay for his sales because it offers more security for selling items.
