I can't recall the exact amount, but it was around $350 for a Koraat 8/8 custom straight razor with horn scales.
I sold it to fund another hobby of mine.
I sold it to fund another hobby of mine.
whats the most you've paid for a razor? (all types included se/de/straight etc)
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$20
For the one in my avatar. All the othe Techs have cost $15-20 that I have purchased for family and friends.
For the one in my avatar. All the othe Techs have cost $15-20 that I have purchased for family and friends.
I seem to remember my pile of ATT razors were all $185 each.
I have a Wolfman, but I think I was one of the early converts: 5-6 years ago and paid around $155 USD (I seem to remember at the time it was $200 CD).
I have a Wolfman, but I think I was one of the early converts: 5-6 years ago and paid around $155 USD (I seem to remember at the time it was $200 CD).
A cased mint British Aristo #14 and a cased Darwin Standard rank up there as my trophies. I scored the #14 about 5 years ago and haven't seen another one since. The Darwins, well, they're just beautiful...
The least I spent would be for the 1957 ball end Tech and the 1969 gold plated Super that I liberated prior to my mom's first estate sale.
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i wonder has anyone got any 24k gold or platinum razors? those would cost quite a bit i'd imagine! lol
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so was watching the youtubers iamcdb review of the rex konsul slant adjustable razor and saw the high price tag and remembered this thread
most i've probably spent was on my rockwell 6s and even that was a good price,
which is probably peanus compared to the amounts you lot have spent lool
most i've probably spent was on my rockwell 6s and even that was a good price,
which is probably peanus compared to the amounts you lot have spent lool
rbscebu
Girls call me Makaluod
Not including matching seven-day sets, USD 230 including shipping for a Ralf Aust 6/8 American point with etched spine and dressed in blond horn scales.
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$80 for a NOS Boker Edelweiss
Gotta be my two Wolfman razors, WR1 and WR2. Just bought the heads and ordered titanium handles for each. So...right around $350 a piece.
Well, I have 2 straights that I paid $1200 each for. And very happy to have done so. Not sure I would do it now or in the future but at the time, I could afford to do it.
1. Iwasaki western tamahagane in excellent NOS condition. Best shaving razor I own.
2. A custom Robert Williams that I commissioned for my sons college graduation. He was a swimmer at Purdue so Robert created a damascus steel with a wavy water pattern in the blade and Berni scrimshawed the Purdue logo on one side of the scales and a pic of my son swimming backstroke on the other scale. I gave this to my son for his graduation. It's spectacular!
1. Iwasaki western tamahagane in excellent NOS condition. Best shaving razor I own.
2. A custom Robert Williams that I commissioned for my sons college graduation. He was a swimmer at Purdue so Robert created a damascus steel with a wavy water pattern in the blade and Berni scrimshawed the Purdue logo on one side of the scales and a pic of my son swimming backstroke on the other scale. I gave this to my son for his graduation. It's spectacular!
rbscebu
Girls call me Makaluod
Yes, the accepted name for the "handle" of a folding SR is "scales".
Without looking up historical exchange rates, it's too close to call which one was more expensive. They're really close.
Tradere OC & SB were about $150-160 US each in I think 2012.
Razorock Game Changer with 3 extra base plates was about $210 CAD a couple months ago.
I eventually want to buy a Darwin handle with mirror polish from Wolfman, which will instantly top my list, hehe.
Tradere OC & SB were about $150-160 US each in I think 2012.
Razorock Game Changer with 3 extra base plates was about $210 CAD a couple months ago.
I eventually want to buy a Darwin handle with mirror polish from Wolfman, which will instantly top my list, hehe.
My most expensive razor was my Rigarazor 8/8 that I bid on after a day/night "socialising". Just under USD200 including shipping. Still cheap compared to what they typically sell for.
Most of my razors are around the €20 - €30 mark, but some have been up to €60.
Most of my razors are around the €20 - €30 mark, but some have been up to €60.
Lefonque
Even more clueless than you
Pass, my wife uses the interweb.
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wow each? thats a lot of money
has the value for them gone up or down since you got them?
Well, value is subjective. The Williams has no real value other than to my family. The value to me is in what it represents. It's my sons and i don't have it. I doubt he would ever sell it.
The Iwasaki Tamahagane on the other hand is valuable to me and to others. This is one of my "holy grail" razors and may be a holy grail razor for others. If I were to sell it, I think I could easily make back what I paid plus some more. I don't intend to find out if that's true or not as I don't expect to ever sell it.
I stopped "collecting" razors a few years ago and 95% of what I have is in boxes in my basement. I haven't really followed whether the prices of particular razors or razors in general have gone up or down.
