An attempt to clear some room in my increasingly crowded office. Some of these hurt to get rid of! Others maybe not so much; I may not have bonded with them aesthetically or they may pose a slightly greater challenge than my meager skills care to deal with. Parker and Raketa, I'm looking at you.
$40 Raketa 5/8 *geometry questionable
$40 Ralf Aust 5/8 plastic scales *small ding in toe (not edge)
$75 Parker Tokyo 13/16 *geometry not perfect
$75 Towa AA frameback, NOS never honed
$125 Filarmonica 14 Novodur user grade
$175 Aiku Derby 6/8 *minor geometry issue
$175 Böker The Celebrated Wenge 6/8
$175 Böker Pearl Tang, 6/8 bog oak
$180 Wacker Barbier's Bride 6/8
$250 TI Bijou de France 7/8 singing, ebony, filed spine
$30 glass-topped latching 10-slot display box
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By the each, individually or $1000 Instant Collection
act fast before someone breaks up the set 
(receive ALL razors + display box)
Please note that I am a newbie so you should assume you will need to put your own edge on anything and everything. That said the Bökers, TI, and Wacker came via respected vendors with good edges and have been maintained on balsa.
The Aiku looked challenging to me so I asked doc226 to hone it for me and he said "It’s a little warped, but only a bit." You will see the bevel is small in one area but he was able to hit it just fine. It's a lovely razor for someone slightly more confident than me. Someday I will be more confident but in the meantime I am still working on basic skills and sampling the smörgåsbord
Need more/different photos? I will do my best with my wee phone.
Questions answered as best I can. Due to timezones and delays checking messages and suchlike, PayPal commitment trumps all in the event of overlapping inquiries.
CONUS for shipping (included, no charge) please.
Photos (will break into two posts)
Everything
Aiku
Bokers
Filarmonica
Raketa
Raketa / Ralf Aust
$40 Raketa 5/8 *geometry questionable
$40 Ralf Aust 5/8 plastic scales *small ding in toe (not edge)
$75 Parker Tokyo 13/16 *geometry not perfect
$75 Towa AA frameback, NOS never honed
$125 Filarmonica 14 Novodur user grade
$175 Aiku Derby 6/8 *minor geometry issue
$175 Böker The Celebrated Wenge 6/8
$175 Böker Pearl Tang, 6/8 bog oak
$180 Wacker Barbier's Bride 6/8
$250 TI Bijou de France 7/8 singing, ebony, filed spine
$30 glass-topped latching 10-slot display box
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By the each, individually or $1000 Instant Collection
act fast before someone breaks up the set (receive ALL razors + display box)Please note that I am a newbie so you should assume you will need to put your own edge on anything and everything. That said the Bökers, TI, and Wacker came via respected vendors with good edges and have been maintained on balsa.
The Aiku looked challenging to me so I asked doc226 to hone it for me and he said "It’s a little warped, but only a bit." You will see the bevel is small in one area but he was able to hit it just fine. It's a lovely razor for someone slightly more confident than me. Someday I will be more confident but in the meantime I am still working on basic skills and sampling the smörgåsbord
Need more/different photos? I will do my best with my wee phone.
Questions answered as best I can. Due to timezones and delays checking messages and suchlike, PayPal commitment trumps all in the event of overlapping inquiries.
CONUS for shipping (included, no charge) please.
Photos (will break into two posts)
Everything
Aiku
Bokers
Filarmonica
Raketa
Raketa / Ralf Aust
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There is some kind of warp in the Rocket (I'll run upstairs later and look to see where exactly) but I ran out of patience trying to get the full length all the same. I understand rolling strokes in principle, but may not have the dexterity to pull them off 
I eventually settled on thinner, plexi (vs glass) topped ones that stack more densely. Those have snaps instead of a latch. I use one of the taller ones for my DEs to keep the dust off 
, er sold.
