Get Ready for a Flood of Psychos

**Sluggo** · 07-24-2009, 03:48 PM

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tab%3DWatching

I was bidding, but lost out in the last few seconds...so who got em, and how do you combat the issue that you got 10 razors with one key?

**jakespoppy** · 07-24-2009, 03:52 PM

Ten locking razors and one key? That'd be enough to drive me crazy!

**garyg** · 07-24-2009, 03:54 PM

You just need 9 more Psychos Thomas, jeez, if you want I'll PIF you some

**erudolph** · 07-24-2009, 04:46 PM

Wow Sluggo, that final price strikes me as a pretty good deal! I wonder if the buyer isn't going to keep the whole package for themselves?

**wbw0126** · 07-24-2009, 05:45 PM

I guess they wanted prisoners shaving in style

**cutting_edge** · 07-24-2009, 06:08 PM

Yes, just one key so, no flood of psychos... but, a great addition to any collection and a fun conversation piece!

**AsylumGuido** · 07-24-2009, 06:55 PM

Originally Posted by cutting_edge

Yes, just one key so, no flood of psychos... but, a great addition to any collection and a fun conversation piece!

Yup. I hope they don't break up the set.

**asurjc** · 07-24-2009, 07:14 PM

I'm not sure I follow correctly. What makes a prison razor any different from the other gillettes? And why couldn't you sell them individually?

**RichGem** · 07-24-2009, 07:19 PM

Originally Posted by asurjc

I'm not sure I follow correctly. What makes a prison razor any different from the other gillettes? And why couldn't you sell them individually?

"psychos" were used in jails and mental hospitals. they require a key (presumably held by a guard) in order to open the head to change the blade. One key w/ ten razors = 1 razor that works if they break up the set.

**senorsignor** · 07-24-2009, 07:21 PM

That might be the most interesting razor item I've seen! I wonder how hard it would be for a machinist to duplicate the key.

**ctakim** · 07-24-2009, 07:43 PM

Yep, I saw this too, but the one key issue was problematic and I did not want 10 razors. So I held back. Hey, how about forming a Psycho club on the B&B and have a continuously PIF'ing razor key?? Naw, you are right, that is too crazy an idea!

**Dubbya** · 07-24-2009, 07:54 PM

Originally Posted by senorsignor

That might be the most interesting razor item I've seen! I wonder how hard it would be for a machinist to duplicate the key.

Probably not very. From the few that I've seen(keys in antique stores by themselves), it looks like a very simple version of a vending machine key, if you've ever seen one of those.

**cutting_edge** · 07-24-2009, 08:06 PM

Originally Posted by Dubbya

Probably not very. From the few that I've seen(keys in antique stores by themselves), it looks like a very simple version of a vending machine key, if you've ever seen one of those.

Just looked at my set, the mechanism is buried inside the handle - makes it hard to reach if you don't have the original key. I think it was not necessarily for psychiatric wards, but for prisons in general.

**D.Irving79** · 07-24-2009, 08:15 PM

someone make some pringinal keys stat.

**rodd** · 07-25-2009, 06:44 AM

Incredible. I can't believe it went that cheap. I have seen single razors with key sell for twice that. This is a complete set. If I thought I had a chance I would have bid on that! Someone stole that set.

**AsylumGuido** · 07-25-2009, 04:50 PM

Originally Posted by rodd

Incredible. I can't believe it went that cheap. I have seen single razors with key sell for twice that. This is a complete set. If I thought I had a chance I would have bid on that! Someone stole that set.

Yup, Robb. I had no desire for the set but I thought it should have went for much more than that.

**saltypete** · 07-26-2009, 01:49 AM

What an interesting piece of history. I often wondered how prisoners shaved before the invention of cartridge and disposable razors. Now I know

Pete

**Dubbya** · 07-27-2009, 07:18 PM

Originally Posted by cutting_edge

Just looked at my set, the mechanism is buried inside the handle - makes it hard to reach if you don't have the original key. I think it was not necessarily for psychiatric wards, but for prisons in general.

That would be problematic if it's one key only fits one set rather than a generic key like I originally thought.
Disclaimer: I've never seen a set, only the keys by themselves.