Thread: Turner Everlasting...rare?

Hello all,

I just wanted to share my most recent acquisition and clean up. I found this on Ebay, and was shocked that I won it for under 50 bucks. The pictures on the ad (the top two included here) made me think that the frame was all brass colored. Upon receipt of the blade all of the way from Sweden, only the hone wear revealed the brass color, with the rest of the frame covered with a silver coating. I took care of that with some abrasives, and commenced to polishing the blade. The blade cleaned up nicely save for some pitting along the bottom edge of the frame.

The scales were in good shape but required some straightening. This was accomplished with an improvised "jig" and some boiling water. The scales were then cleaned up with sandpaper and finished with 5 micron lapping film.

Well it turned out better than I had ever hoped. After honing, it certainly ranks at the upper echelon of my shavers (I love smiling blades).

I have read a bit about the company, and it seems that they were only in business under Mr. Turner for ~20 years. Does that make this a rare brand of razor? I would love for others to share any info about or pictures of their "Everlasting" blades.