I was prowling Craigslist and decided to do a search for wetshaving stuff. As you would guess, mostly a big zero except for a few overpriced vintage Gillettes. But one guy said he was selling some leftover packs of blades for one single dollar. So I emailed him and it turned out his house was not far from mine, so I drove over. It turns out that his son tried DE shaving for a couple of months and didn't like it. Less convenient he said. So I shrugged and asked for the blades. He then shoved a big bag with well over a dozen types of blades, mostly in unopened packs, a few loose in their wrappers. There must have been 80 to 100 blades worth. I quickly handed over my dollar and drove off. Later that night I saw that he had given me everything from Astras to Supermax to Crystals to Derbys to Merkur to Silver Blues and 7 O'Clock Yellows, Greens, and a Black. I even found an unopened tuck of Made in England Wilkinsons. When counted, I got 87 blades in all. I guess one man's misfortune with DE shaving is another obsessive's good fortune!
coulda shot him a fin,a fiver, Lincoln shoulda showed up. he was honest about where and why, no postage was necessary, you got a bunch of nice blades, woulda cost you at least fifteen. he was hungry enough to be craigslisting household items. Ida shot him a fin, and been just as happy. nice score though.
I think he said he wanted them out of the house. I doubt he was hurting as this was a very nice neighborhood.
