Thread: Considering a purchase..

If it was me I'd pass because the rust would always bother me and you really can't take it off without affecting the etch.

If you are a dedicated scale collector then that's a different story.

Well it is not so bad that it is making the life of the razor crazy short, but it will pick up speed. If you really like this old girl, and can live with it that way for a little while then just use it as is. I am never afraid to make lower offers on things that I would buy for less. Make an offer and play it from their.

Originally Posted by RezDog

Well it is not so bad that it is making the life of the razor crazy short, but it will pick up speed. If you really like this old girl, and can live with it that way for a little while then just use it as is. I am never afraid to make lower offers on things that I would buy for less. Make an offer and play it from their.

+1. Those Dovos and that Torrey that I mentioned have had rust on them for years and it hasn't progressed. If there is no cell rot going on, and the razor is dried off after use, stored in a low humidity environment, there is no reason for the rust to progress. You can get some R.I.G. (here) and you'll have no worries.

Point out to the seller that the rust is under the gold, and that removing it would ruin the design on the blade. Might bring him down to earth.

It's not my favorite.

So..

Depending on the responses i got i was considering going back tomorrow for this razor, but only if i could have taken the rust off without ruining the gold wash. Sounds like the best thing to do would be to leave it as is. To me this razor is only worth what they are asking fully intact and with less rust.

On the way out of the shop they mentioned a sale in a few weeks with all their vendors in house. I think ill make a point to go back that day and haggle. You guys have given me some good points to mention to the vendor and after your comments i'm not so 'hot to trot' about this particular blade anymore to overpay for it. The vendor had a few others i liked. I bet they would give me a good lot price.

We shall see..

Thanks again gentlemen. You always come through.

I have had razors with that kind of spider rust, it goes deep. For sure you will lose all the etch and wash.

That razor looks thin and probably will not take a lot of material removal.

I would pass on that one.