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That sounds much more like it, and quite a haul. That’s a great price for the No. 71.
The No. 5 looks great, and looks to be pre-1960s at it appears to have rosewood handles and the blade and cap iron have the angular corners rather than the rounded corners on the “improved” blade of the No 4.
One of my No. 71’s has resin handles, which look and feel OK, but we all know it would be much nicer if they were wooden. A member of our extended family who lives up on the Central Coast of NSW has turned me a pair out of tallow wood and lovely they are too. Somethings just look and feel right.
At this rate you might still be broke but you’ll have a lot more to show for it.