Who bought the Darwin DE off Ebay?

KRF1963

KRF1963

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I'm not even sure I liked the look of it.

I am assuming these are hard to come by!

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Gosh, like Dr. Dolittle's "PushmePullyou" I've never seen anything like it in my life, thanks for posting the link. Just shows what natural selection can evolve in2.

JohnnyO. :geek:
 
KRF1963 said:
I'm not even sure I liked the look of it.

I am assuming these are hard to come by!

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You have to remember, then - as now, the market was dominated by Gillette (probably 85-90% of the market then), Schick/Wilkinson Sword took up about 5-10% so there's not a lot left for the rest of the manufacturers out there - maybe 10% tops for all of them... so yeah, it'd be pretty rare compared to the Gillette market (less rare compared to the Schick/WS market - but that's smaller in comparison to the Gillette market too)
 
My own bid on that razor was gazumped pretty damn early... :lol:

I recall reading somewhere that the Darwin Razors are indeed quite rare - tho i have seen one go for £25 recently .. i was sniped at the last second on that one.
Im guessing the fact its in freat condition and also in a fairly pristine case brings in the collectors with to much loose change and shoots the price way up.

Apparently it was the first fully stainless razor.../? 1920ish..
 
I was watching that one as well. Bowed out well before reached silly money. But they are nice looking razors and a bet really well made, i own a darwin straight that still has original scales and the gap between the wedge and end of blade when closing is less than a mill. So would the precison would exstend to their DE
 
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