WOW! I can't believe some people and their scales...

[Joe Edson]

Insane is all that I can say. Really

I can get 4 and a half Le Grelots for this.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230545191717=

 

[natchez]

Quite amazing! I had seen that auction and could not figure why it was so high the other day.

 

[DrColossus11]

Apparently they know something we don't. I love the question at the bottom.

 

[dakotaev]

I was also watching this insanity. I also would rather have 4 & a half Le Grelots lol!

DrColossus11: I also got quite a laugh out of that question.

 

[Joe Edson]

Hell, maybe I should start making some knife shaped scales for my razors and sell them on eBay.

I can understand pressed horn scales and the like, but plastic scales shaped like a sword

 

[pz93c]

Hell, maybe I should start making some knife shaped scales for my razors and sell them on eBay.

 

[DrColossus11]

You might not even have to put blades in them.

 

[luvmysuper]

There's an antique store I frequent where a kiosk owner prices her straights by the "niceness" of the scales.
I have managed to pick up some really nice blades for really nice prices because they had old boring scales.
There are collectors out there who look only at the scales.

 

[professorchaos]

Wow. I could see that prices for a razor with a pristine blade and carved ivory, pinned scales. Not for scimitar shaped French ivory.

 

[honed]

Check the bid history.
School-book example of eBay insanity.
All it takes are two lads that badly wants the same thing...

I'd take 1 Grelot & have some pro carve sword-scales in ivory for me instead, probably the same money

 

[jbake37]

Rather have a TI........

 

[OldSchoolYoungin]

Check the bid history.
School-book example of eBay insanity.
All it takes are two lads that badly wants the same thing...

I'd take 1 Grelot & have some pro carve sword-scales in ivory for me instead, probably the same money

Or, in this case, a buddy to sit there and keep increasing the bid for absolutely no reason whatsoever other than to make the item appear "sought after".

 

[SliceOfLife]

Never before seen on the Bay celluloid scales in good condition? Hell, that's not even high for them. I looked at them when they were 100 or so and said, wow those are plain, but they're rare. They'll get $700+. Before our communities existed people collected straights primarily for the scales.

 

[azmark]

Well I doubt we'll be seeing anyone posting up on their SOTD with this thread

 

[BillEllis]

Just because you guys don't get it, doesn't mean a razor isn't worth the value that has been placed on it. You are all thinking in terms of your own use for a razor rather than how collectible it may be. I also hate to break this to you, but 15 years ago I doubt more than a handful of guys on this entire forum ever even knew how to hold a straight razor. When you purchased your first razor, was it the right one? Still have it? Probably not. If you do, I'm thinkin' the chances are pretty good that it's not used anymore.

If you want to start posting a ***** about prices, I suggest all of you start with the Filarmonica. Then, just jump right on over to that LeGrelot you apparently think is so great. Both of those brands are currently running about twice what they are worth. While you may snicker at the winning bidder on this ugly sword razor, I'm willing to bet there are folks around who might laugh at your razor-related decisions with just as much gusto.

As in...

You have how many brushes to shave with? Ha ha ha ha ha ha...
You have how many straight razors in your rotation? Ha ha ha ha ha ha...
You have how many hones? Ha ha ha ha ha ha...
You have how many strops? Ha ha ha ha ha ha...
You have how many shaving soaps? Ha ha ha ha ha ha...
You have how many scuttles? Ha ha ha ha ha ha...
You have how many...

While I would not pay the amount of the winning bid for that razor, I see why it could go that high. And where all of you sell your stuff for less than what you paid for it because of poor decisions to begin with, the knowledgeable collector most often makes a profit when he sells. Who should laugh at whom?

 

[SliceOfLife]

I actually still have and use my first straight razor. A Chas F Schmidt "Geniune Rattler" with a long monkey tail. Go me!

 

[Legion]

A collectable is only worth what a collector is prepared to pay for it. This one was won on the 29th bid so there are at least a few people out there that think this razor is worth that sort of money. And guess what? It now is, since that value has been established by the market. Just like the "crazy" priced modern art painting, it is only worth what you can get.

A #1 copy of superman just sold for $1,000,000. Logically it should only be worth the 10c cover price + inflation. Is it a rip-off or an investment?

 

[BillEllis]

I actually still have and use my first straight razor. A Chas F Schmidt "Geniune Rattler" with a long monkey tail. Go me!

OK... go you.



Here are a couple more to snivel about

ended ebay auction #1

ended ebay auction #2

 

[natchez]

Just because you guys don't get it, doesn't mean a razor isn't worth the value that has been placed on it. You are all thinking in terms of your own use for a razor rather than how collectible it may be. I also hate to break this to you, but 15 years ago I doubt more than a handful of guys on this entire forum ever even knew how to hold a straight razor. When you purchased your first razor, was it the right one? Still have it? Probably not. If you do, I'm thinkin' the chances are pretty good that it's not used anymore.

If you want to start posting a ***** about prices, I suggest all of you start with the Filarmonica. Then, just jump right on over to that LeGrelot you apparently think is so great. Both of those brands are currently running about twice what they are worth. While you may snicker at the winning bidder on this ugly sword razor, I'm willing to bet there are folks around who might laugh at your razor-related decisions with just as much gusto.

As in...

You have how many brushes to shave with? Ha ha ha ha ha ha...
You have how many straight razors in your rotation? Ha ha ha ha ha ha...
You have how many hones? Ha ha ha ha ha ha...
You have how many strops? Ha ha ha ha ha ha...
You have how many shaving soaps? Ha ha ha ha ha ha...
You have how many scuttles? Ha ha ha ha ha ha...
You have how many...

While I would not pay the amount of the winning bid for that razor, I see why it could go that high. And where all of you sell your stuff for less than what you paid for it because of poor decisions to begin with, the knowledgeable collector most often makes a profit when he sells. Who should laugh at whom?

From Mr. Ellis' web site- "I realize I'm on the ornery side of cantankerous,"

Seem so to me

 

[BillEllis]

From Mr. Ellis' web site- "I realize I'm on the ornery side of cantankerous,"

Seem so to me

So, what's your point?