"Thair is probly sevral hunnerd ya kin pick threw...".

[Antique Hoosier]

Just got off the phone with an antique dealer to inquire if they "had any of the old straight razors" in their shop. He answered my question just like is typed in the title of this thread. I will report back LIVE, onsite in realtime. He opens at 10am tomorrow morning. I'm expecting Boom or Bust.... Nothing in between.

 

[natchez]

I hope you have the best of trips and the most of finds

 

[huntmol]

Bring a camera!!!!!

 

[bythbook]

...awwww, Mike...

Please ask if he has any of them new-fangled safety razor things, too, wouldja?

 

[Antique Hoosier]

Bring a camera!!!!!

iPhone w/camera CHECK

 

[superbleu]

iPhone w/camera CHECK

Mike, I'll PM ya my phone number!!!

 

[lamontqsanford]

Wow, hundreds? Seriously.

This would never happen to me.

I am betting you will find at least a few hidden gems!!

 

[Hawkeye5]

Mike speaks antique and knows how to get these guys to open up. Heck, he was one of them! In the old days when he sold on ebay I purchased from him more than once.

 

[Antique Hoosier]

Mike speaks antique and knows how to get these guys to open up. Heck, he was one of them! In the old days when he sold on ebay I purchased from him more than once.

Thanks John! It is true, I pretty much know their dialect. As an Auctioneer, I work with many dealers and collectors. I have to remember to "dress down" and not come off as "city-fied" because the price goes up dramatically when the seller doesn't connect with you. If I come away with any blade like the 6/8 Bismarck Registered #300 I snagged the other day, I will be pleased!

 

[Antique Hoosier]

Driving to the Happy Hunting Grounds

 

[texbilly]

Mike, I'll PM ya my phone number!!!

Bong, you keep telling me you have so many razors, you don't know what you have! No need to explain, I understand...

Driving to the Happy Hunting Grounds

Happy hunting, Mike. Leave some scraps for us straight newbies! (Oh wait, you're in Florida )

 

[Antique Hoosier]

Let's go inside shall we?

 

[Antique Hoosier]

 

[Antique Hoosier]

 

[Huxley]

You jammy bugger, we have no such places over this way, nice find.

 

[firehydrant]

 

[huntmol]

Oh my God, look at all of those! You lucky son of a gun, wish I could find some magical place like that...

 

[texbilly]

Buy 'em all!

 

[Baloosh]

Dibs on the best of the ones that Mike doesn't want or like!

 

[Antique Hoosier]

Only saw about half of the razors he had. Very nice owner of the shop. He told me to email him and he would bring more from home. I probably inspected 200 razors. Bought 8... Left behind dozens that would normally have made the grade. Pictures of what I bought to follow....