Thank you all! But the story just got better. Before sending off the razors I was trading I asked about a bigger trade - we had considered one before but couldn’t get the values to approximate. This time he threw in a fine S.R. Droescher water stone and we struck a deal.
So, in addition to the above Ragg (my “White Whale” - think Captain Ahab chasing Moby Dick), he’s sending me another near mint Ragg from that same auction, an unused 80000 Kanayama strop, and the Droescher stone. Here is the rest of the trade:
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The middle razor is now part of the trade - the top one is the “White Whale” and already on it’s way
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Just the Kanayama on the left
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...and the stone...
So, two beauties in ivory, and a fine stone and strop to keep them up to snuff.
A few tips of the hat - first to
@twhite who alerted me to a deal on a pristine Sun Ray set that I got some years ago and that became part of the trade, to
@Steve56 for nudging me to try a hanging strop by sourcing some roo leather and wonderful linen - and for promoting the virtues of a Kanayama, and to both
@Steve56 and
@Billyfergie for opining on the stone.

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