Found this today is it old?

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12-29-2015, 07:11 PM
Sion

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Found this today is it old?

Found it in a skip, just liked it and wanted to get some info on it. Attachment 222917
12-29-2015, 07:16 PM
Hirlau

Welcome aboard,,,,,,,,,,,,

Based on the box, it probably is "old" :shrug:

Get us some better pics so we can see the detail on the tang & blade,,, its a struggle to make out the manufacturer with your photos. There are guys here that like to look up razors like yours, it helps us to learn also.

Just get us some better pics & write down what you can read.
12-29-2015, 07:19 PM
monkeypuzzlebeefeater

Wish I had skips like that near me! Nice find
12-29-2015, 07:23 PM
rodb

No kidding!! Very nice find, even the gold is pretty much all there, so don't use metal polish on that, as it will come right off.

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Originally Posted by monkeypuzzlebeefeater

Wish I had skips like that near me! Nice find
12-29-2015, 07:42 PM
Sion

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peter ludwig schmidt
Elberfeld-solingen
Germany
34

XX real german made
Mark and hollow ground

Golden dispatc registered mark original
12-29-2015, 07:56 PM
RobinK

DISPATCH. (1896, no. 12711): Peter Ludwig
Schmidt, Elberfeld. Registry class: 9b.
Style: roman

I'd date it prior to 1929.
12-29-2015, 08:03 PM
Sion

Thanks for the info, i'm defiantly going to keep it, just wondering what sort of price it's worth. The lads at work will want to know. Also what is best to clean off the rust without damaging the gold.
12-29-2015, 08:10 PM
RobinK

Value-based pricing is a difficult thing. But there is an entry about it in the FAQ conveniently linked at the top of this page. You should look it up.

There are two things you can do with this razor: Leave it as is, or dismantle and clean it. The former will preserve its soul, but it will not shave. The latter will turn it into a nondescript piece of potentially shave ready steel, depending how deep the rust has moved into the edge. Personally, I would leave it as is.
12-29-2015, 08:26 PM
Sion

Thanks for the help, i think i'll lightly oil and keep it as it is.
12-29-2015, 08:42 PM
Utopian

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Originally Posted by RobinK

There are two things you can do with this razor: Leave it as is, or dismantle and clean it. The former will preserve its soul, but it will not shave.

I'm not sure why it needs to be so black and white. I think its "soul" could be left intact while still honing it up and shaving with it.
12-29-2015, 08:52 PM
RobinK

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Originally Posted by Utopian

I'm not sure why it needs to be so black and white. I think its "soul" could be left intact while still honing it up and shaving with it.

Magnify the picture of the edge. It might be a JPG artifact, or a 2mm crack. Actually, two of them.
12-29-2015, 10:34 PM
onimaru55

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Originally Posted by Sion

Thanks for the info, i'm defiantly going to keep it, just wondering what sort of price it's worth. The lads at work will want to know.

As was already advised, we don't do valuations:
SRP rules of conduct - Straight Razor Place Library

Also what is best to clean off the rust without damaging the gold.
If the rust is fairly new & shallow, something oxalic or phosphoric acid based can help but looking at that pic especially the rust at the tip it's doubtful you can save the gold & addresss the rust. In fact I'd hazard a guess , from the pics, that the front part of the razor will not take an edge.

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12-30-2015, 01:49 PM
Utopian

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Originally Posted by RobinK

Magnify the picture of the edge. It might be a JPG artifact, or a 2mm crack. Actually, two of them.

Yeah I saw those too but could not make out a crack before the image lost too much resolution. I figured the OP would have mentioned cracks.
12-30-2015, 02:05 PM
Matheus

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Originally Posted by RobinK

...The former will preserve its soul...

I just bought a Red Devil... I hope it have no souls, and don't want mine. :rofl2:

I could't miss that.
12-30-2015, 04:54 PM
outback

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Thanks for the info, i'm defiantly going to keep it, just wondering what sort of price it's worth. The lads at work will want to know. Also what is best to clean off the rust without damaging the gold.

Tape the blade with satin finish scotch tape.( makes it easier to see over clear tape) then carefully trim around the gold, leaving just a little around the perimeter with a razor blade. Then wrap a piece of rag around the eraser end of a "NEW" #2 pencil and use flitz or Maas.
Won't normally lift the tape, but still be careful around the edge of the tape. Might not come out perfect, but will look alot better.
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