About Straight Razors...

I've just undertaken to sell a collection of mostly older straight razors for a friend. There are about 50 of 'em, across a wide spectrum of condition...several 'shave ready; most are in ordinary or a little better shape...an' of course a good few are not-so-pretty.

What little I can glean from eBay tells me the market is reasonably strong, with thousands of them listed across prices from $5 to $200 or so, but sales seem to heavily favor new or refurbished, ready to use items, with those needing a bit of TLC (unless rare or otherwise Special) bringing much lower prices...especially in lots of mixed makers, etc. I'm a rank newbie in these things, of course.

Do we have any straight razor aficionados among our members? Can any of you recommend any other major forums? I think Blade has one, but otherwise I'm without clue. Thanks for lookin'!

 

https://www.badgerandblade.com/forum/forums/general-straight-razor-talk.32/?

 

original boxes should help boost the prices..

 

There are about half in boxes, most original to their razors...but only a few of them are in much condition; they've been used to the point of serving only to somewhat protect the razor, with some reduced to pulp cardboard rectangular tubes with one end blown out.