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Merkur25
03-14-2011, 07:57 AM
I was just curious if someone here won the Monster Straight (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4340.l2557&rt=nc&nma=true&item=320665223648&si=G4I7yBrjOJip6wHCLNzVE4JQCIY%253D&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT). Its the one on the bottom right, cant miss it :laugh:
highball
03-14-2011, 08:00 AM
Wow, that is a monster
honed
03-14-2011, 08:03 AM
Somebody got a steal:w00t:

A Jolly Rodgers with box that size fully restored would surely command 400 or even 500 USD!
Antique Hoosier
03-14-2011, 08:04 AM
That is actually not a razor, it is an early English Pancake Spatula with custom horn handle.
Merkur25
03-14-2011, 08:08 AM
That is actually not a razor, it is an early English Pancake Spatula with custom horn handle.

Exactly what I was thinking :laugh:
honed
03-14-2011, 08:12 AM
Heck you can even fry pancakes on that thing :w00t:

A think a whole horse would be the best bet for stropping it..
Troggie
03-14-2011, 08:16 AM
That is the famous Marie Antoinette razor.. one swipe and it is off with your head :tongue_sm
maxman
03-14-2011, 08:59 AM
My meat cleaver isn't that big.
:001_huh:
Harvitz81
03-14-2011, 09:13 AM
I think I had a snipe at $160 on that auction. I recently picked up an 10/8 Jackson Stacey & Smith Sheffield Etched blade chopper and didn't need another. I already have a 10/8 Wosty chopper as is.
Merkur25
03-14-2011, 10:02 AM
I think I had a snipe at $160 on that auction. I recently picked up an 10/8 Jackson Stacey & Smith Sheffield Etched blade chopper and didn't need another. I already have a 10/8 Wosty chopper as is.

I actually forgot to bid on it, just to own a razor that big is cool enough for me to spend the money on it :laugh: Now shaving with it would be a totally different story :blink:
Harvitz81
03-14-2011, 10:15 AM
I actually forgot to bid on it, just to own a razor that big is cool enough for me to spend the money on it :laugh: Now shaving with it would be a totally different story :blink:

They're actually not that bad to shave with. Stropping is another story....
SliceOfLife
03-14-2011, 10:18 AM
If the scales are TIGHT and the tang isn't too wide they aren't bad to strop even. Loose scales and wide tang like they are apt to have makes it troublesome.

Looks 9/8" to me, but I'm no expert. Nice razor.

Harvitz, where are pics of your 10/8th hollow Wosty? I've got a 9/8th with a little wear on it, wondering how different they look.
Harvitz81
03-14-2011, 10:22 AM
If the scales are TIGHT and the tang isn't too wide they aren't bad to strop even. Loose scales and wide tang like they are apt to have makes it troublesome.

Looks 9/8" to me, but I'm no expert. Nice razor.

Harvitz, where are pics of your 10/8th hollow Wosty? I've got a 9/8th with a little wear on it, wondering how different they look.

I had Brad do a restore on this one before I learned how to do them on my own.

http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?t=178791
Merkur25
03-14-2011, 10:59 AM
I had Brad do a restore on this one before I learned how to do them on my own.

http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?t=178791

Very nice razor!

I hope someone here snatched this one, Im curious on what the size is
Harvitz81
03-14-2011, 11:55 AM
Very nice razor!

I hope someone here snatched this one, Im curious on what the size is

It was a 10/8 as well. I asked the seller and would have bid more had I not won this one:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4340.l2557&rt=nc&nma=true&item=270712147590&si=tExFmCdFdKtou8eSPd9JLjNOQMM%253D&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT#ht_574wt_1141
Noswad
03-15-2011, 10:16 PM
It was a 10/8 as well. I asked the seller and would have bid more had I not won this one:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4340.l2557&rt=nc&nma=true&item=270712147590&si=tExFmCdFdKtou8eSPd9JLjNOQMM%253D&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT#ht_574wt_1141

Nice snag. I love the etch on that blade. :thumbup1:
johnmrson
03-15-2011, 10:26 PM
I was the underbidder on that auction. I still kick myself for not going a fair bit higher. The seller said the blade was 1 1/8 wide so yeah, it's a 9/8. Next time I'll know better.
Harvitz81
03-15-2011, 11:44 PM
I was the underbidder on that auction. I still kick myself for not going a fair bit higher. The seller said the blade was 1 1/8 wide so yeah, it's a 9/8. Next time I'll know better.

I had a $275 snipe on it, so I'm glad you didn't bid. I saw it when first listed at a BIN of $275 and starting bid of $55. I decided to sleep on it and kicked myself when the bidding started in the morning. Never seen this maker or blade etch like that so I put the snipe in at what I should have BIN'd it as.

I'm a sucker for blade etching and obscure sheffield makers. Just need to clean it up here in the future and put it in some new buffalo horn scales. Too bad I have a lot of straights lying around that I can say that about.....