I've just had a couple summer weekends heading out to cottages and rummaging through small town antique shops to see if they have any straight razors. I thought that I'd share my latest great find and hopefully hear from others having similar outcomes in small town shops. In a day and age when eBay and web-base auctions seem to be the place to go, I always enjoy supporting these small-town stores.
This past weekend, I drove through a couple towns in Quebec's Eastern Townships. One shop had about 15 straights, most of which were rusted, chipped and with broken scales. They were each labelled $49 but the owner told me he considered $30 to be more realistic. In amongst this mess of broken razors were two Case's Aces (1920s??) that look like they had hardly been used. They cleaned up easily and shave great. I'm still shaking my head as to how these stayed so nice for such a long time.
This past weekend, I drove through a couple towns in Quebec's Eastern Townships. One shop had about 15 straights, most of which were rusted, chipped and with broken scales. They were each labelled $49 but the owner told me he considered $30 to be more realistic. In amongst this mess of broken razors were two Case's Aces (1920s??) that look like they had hardly been used. They cleaned up easily and shave great. I'm still shaking my head as to how these stayed so nice for such a long time.
