Thread: Is this still useable?

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Originally Posted by MJC

I may have a case....
Bought this Crown & Sword pair that came in the mail today.
They look ok but:
The scales are slightly warped and appear to have "shrunk" - its a very tight fit.
This discoloratoin pattern is present, mostly behind the scales but its very light and seem to clean/buff with Autosol
No scent of vinegar.

Opinion?

I have to agree with Stimpy, Clean and Watch, it doesn't look like corrosion from off gassing in the pic, but like I said above the insidious nature of Cellrot is it doesn't present the same because of all the different formulas...

Clean it up and put it in a baggy (no oil), check it every day for a week without opening the baggy and see what happens is my 2 cents

Along with your and Stimpy's comments I had a light bulb moment when I was doing an errand. The reason that the end of the razor strikes on the wedge and jams in because the scales have begun to shrink. The light bulb moment was when I remembered the picture of Wullie's Case pocket knife, and the gaps at the bolsters.
Of the two razors the one with the tightest fit seems to have the worse spotting, which is not bad but under a 10x loupe you can see some scars (it had been cleaned by others?)

I believe that this is the start or early stages of Cellrot. Since they are going to have to be be re-scaled anyway I'm leaning towards removing the scales and putting them in a baggy. At this point the bevel looks good and there is no pitting near it.

Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you...

And thanks again for the thread and all of the great information, its been kind of a too-daa-doo-daa series for me. Imagine my surprise when I opened this box today...