share your antique shop finds...

here's that NOS gem featherweight I scored the other day:

few shots of the gold gillette toggle F4:

This is the nicest condition I have found. I don't use it though so it may go up on BST. It didn't even look like it had been used (sorry for the blurry pics).

Before and after shot of a Gem Jr. I found.

A few years ago my wife picked up a stone. It was on the back of a shelf in some dimly lit corner of an Antique Mall in West Virginia. An S.R. Droescher.

I don't know stones. Tried a straight razor a couple of times and it wasn't for me. So, I didn't know what it was or wasn't. It looked really old. Fancy labels and graphics. I asked her what they wanted for it and figured why not.

I was more interested in the steer horns I wanted to use as a hat rack in the rec room by the beer fridge.

When we got home I posted a few pictures of that stone online. Ended up trading it for a couple of DE razors.

I would say that was my first and only score of any interest so far. We might stop by five or six antique shops each year but the pickings are slim or nonexistent mostly.

Apparently that stone is something special. I hope the guy I traded it to was happy with it. I was happy with the razors I got for it.

A few years ago my wife picked up a stone. It was on the back of a shelf in some dimly lit corner of an Antique Mall in West Virginia. An S.R. Droescher.

I don't know stones. Tried a straight razor a couple of times and it wasn't for me. So, I didn't know what it was or wasn't. It looked really old. Fancy labels and graphics. I asked her what they wanted for it and figured why not.

I was more interested in the steer horns I wanted to use as a hat rack in the rec room by the beer fridge.

When we got home I posted a few pictures of that stone online. Ended up trading it for a couple of DE razors.

I would say that was my first and only score of any interest so far. We might stop by five or six antique shops each year but the pickings are slim or nonexistent mostly.

Apparently that stone is something special. I hope the guy I traded it to was happy with it. I was happy with the razors I got for it.

I think the secret is out.

I think that antique shops and even flea markets can be frustrating in locations in and around large cities.  That;s been my experience searching the greater NYC and Philadelphia regions.

my greatest finds have probably been at an antique shop that was going out of business in Gettysburg, PA a few years back.  I think I scored all of the razors for like $5/each, with several of them being fat boys and slims...

As I would have predicted for myself, I did not try the Gettysburg area.

I think that antique shops and even flea markets can be frustrating in locations in and around large cities.  That;s been my experience searching the greater NYC and Philadelphia regions.

my greatest finds have probably been at an antique shop that was going out of business in Gettysburg, PA a few years back.  I think I scored all of the razors for like $5/each, with several of them being fat boys and slims...

As I would have predicted for myself, I did not try the Gettysburg area.

hole in the wall places seem to be the greatest finds. having said that, when I go to antique stores in the more populated areas, the store owners have been telling me that they can't keep antique razors in stock any longer.

Visiting antique stores and searching for shaving items can be highly addictive.

I was able to find some excellent vintage razors in the near past in new condition. But, it's not an easy thing. You have to be patient and know a few things about vintage razors, otherwise you'll pay a lot of money for things that don't really deserve it.