Quote Originally Posted by lz6 View Post
I bought into some sealed original packaging PleZall straights a couple of years ago from a master box that was also sealed. The seller represented all items as a crap shoot which was fair enough. The two razors I ended up with had untouched mint scales with only the rusted spine and tang left of the steel. The blades were a pile of red powder.

To bad the DD seller in the OP will not show a pic of each razor.
Wow, it sounds like buying sealed vintage NOS razors can be a bit of gamble where cell rot and rust inside the wrapper.

With that caveat, wouldn't it be quite a gamble to pay such a large premium for these unopened ducks if some of the razors had cell rot or rust?