You lose some and you win some

[johnmrson]

Browsing through ebay last night I came across a 7/8 Thier Issard with a Buy It Now price of 60 Euros. Postage was listed as local only and it wasn't in Australia. I sent the seller a message asking if he'd post it to Australia and as it was getting late I headed off to bed. I checked my email this morning and the seller had replied a 4:55am (lucky I didn't wait up for a reply) saying that he would. I quickly went to the listing only to find someone had already beaten me to it. Blast.
At the bottom of the page, eBay has some suggested items you might like to look at so I had a flick through them and one was a nice looking vintage LeGrelot that had a Buy It Now price of 48 Euros and listed international postage as fine and Paypal as fine.

So, I'm now the proud owner of this.

http://i.ebayimg.com/t/superbe-coupe-choux-LE-GRELOT-medaille-dor-tbe-/00/$(KGrHqF,!hsE4vR48I,+BOR9uvWWUg~~0_12.JPG

http://i.ebayimg.com/t/superbe-coupe-choux-LE-GRELOT-medaille-dor-tbe-/00/$(KGrHqJ,!iIE4rL+RwiQBOR9u)rcHg~~0_12.JPG

http://i.ebayimg.com/t/superbe-coupe-choux-LE-GRELOT-medaille-dor-tbe-/00/$(KGrHqV,!lEE4Nu2Ez!5BOR9u1TnL!~~0_12.JPG


It's a pity about the Thier Issard but I must admit, I do prefer vintage Le Grelots.

[Obiwan]

That is beautiful and a steal. Enjoy.

[eastomjac]

sweet,looks like it was worth the miss.i like the worked back:}

[Skyrider55]

Thumb notch, worked spine, etched blade, inlaid scales, Le Grelot. $68.52 Not shave ready? Send it back. :drool:

Who cares about TI's. I'm sure this one is nicer!
Nice grab. :thumbup:

[Wid]

You lucky dog John, that is beautiful.

[mdunn]

If you don't want it, ill take it off your hands

[dakotaev]

Oh man! Lucky!

Thats got all the "Bells" and whistles huh.... Nice score :thumbup:

[O.G.]

Wow both Le Grelot and Thiers Issard are my favorite brand and that is an amazing find.

[rarreola]

nice lose!!!

[DESkydiver]

Good things come to those who wait

[Drybonz]

Great find, John. That's a fantastic looking Grelot.

[sicknote]

i have the same razor but its from a.meunier it even has the same etch if i could see this right on your pictures.

with new scales, cause the original produced some rust on the thumbnotch
http://www.dokla.net/galerie/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=5563

http://www.dokla.net/galerie/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=4809

[plpenn]

Nice razors!

[Brent]

Sounds like you came out better in the end. It was meant to be!

[Gamma]

beautiful - just beautiful - I never find razors like that on ebay...wow...

[Noswad]

Nice find, John. You are gonna like the way that one shaves. Here is the one I found a couple of years ago. It makes me smile every time I use it.