I know you're going to hate this story.

I was touring the fleamarkets & antique stores in my area, and came upon what apeared to be an older Filarmonica than yours, with etched stuff in spanish, with what looked like whatever little gold wash had survived...

BUT

You could tell that the (idiot) guy had decided to "RESTORE" the razor himself...

Geesh..I think he used 60 grit sandpaper or something really gross, he had literally DESTROYED the etching and the gold, and left behind deep monster sanding gouges on the surface of the blade....deeper than the etching...

When I told him that he had literally destroyed the razor, he cracks an totally idiotic grin, and says all proud of himself...

"Well, I got rid of the rust didn't I?"

There was still the original handle with silver/nickel/brass bolsters, the filarmonica logo in brass/nickel inlay

Then he said he was getting ready to do some similar work on the handle!!!!

He said we wanted to "Sand off the green stuff!"

This guy was an antique dealer!!!!!!!??????

When he said that was thinking of maybe trying to sharpen the razor as well, I decided to put a stop to the WHOLESALE murder, and I gave him my card & ordered him to CALL ME FIRST before he even touched any more razors, and FORBADE him to do ANY MORE resotration work on any razors that he might have coming into his antique shop in the future!!!!!!

Some of these guys are just a menace!!!!!

Tony
Quote Originally Posted by rgdominguez View Post
This is the first time that I've seen this razor. It was in excellent condition when I received it and I polished it to a bright mirror finish with Maas. I took off most of the gold seal but what the heck, I'm going to keep it anyway. Let me know what you think.