Thread: wasted craftsman

now here is a shame .... just don't think you could ever shave with it and i'm betting celluloid rot.

Without inspecting it in person it's hard to say... but I think cleaning this blade up would leave it too thin to be any good... certainly regrinding would probably kill it.

Definately looks like cell-rot

And I agree it's a shame... would have been a nice razor when it was new.

Greg Frazer

No chips in the blade? How can he say that when you can see in the picture its got an edge like a saw. Talk about no idea!

That razor depresses me.

The spinework looks very nice.
You could probbly polish away the rust and rot, and then create a new edge, but the pitting has to stay.

Ther eis too much damage on both sides. You'd sand a hole in the blade. That's what happened to the toe of my last restoration.

I really wish I had not seen that, What a waste of a beautiful razor

This is the reason I stay away from ebay. With so little experience I'd buy a nag and enter it into the kentucky derby.

Originally Posted by pongulsku

This is the reason I stay away from ebay. With so little experience I'd buy a nag and enter it into the kentucky derby.

Sometimes a nag will surprise you, but this one is ready for the glue factory!

it was pretty in it's day, btw, how do you detect the rot?

You ever see that episode of the Simpsons where Lisa rolled Homer's pig out of the backyard and down the hill? Homer and Bart chase after it as it goes through bushes, water, etc, the whole time saying "Its just a little dirty, its still good, its still good...just a little wet, its still good, its still good..." Then finally, when it gets stuck in the dam then shot out like a cannonball, Bart says, "Dad...its gone."

Thats what I felt like looking at this razor.