Thread: got this yesterday at antique store

Looks like you got yourself a good razor, congrats.

Bob

Can't see a maker's mark. Is there one? Gotta love the pink pearloid though

The blade looks like a newer Solingen blade, the scales are celluloid and kicking off. Which explains the rust on the spine, tang, edge and pins. It will need to be rescaled. Storing in the plastic container may have exacerbated the reaction.

The sooner you remove the scales, the less damage you will have to repair. Until you remove them do not store the razor with others or any metal objects you do not want damaged. The off gassing will eat any metal stored nearby.

The blade looks savable, but appears to be some rust on the bevel that will need to be removed and damage assessed.

Nice find!

Get the scales off if they are off gassing then throw them away after you have traced them to make a template for a new set of scales.

Originally Posted by PaulFLUS

Can't see a maker's mark. Is there one? Gotta love the pink pearloid though

no makers mark.. the pics dont quite do the scales justice.. someone saw it and thought they looked like a watermelon slice.....they have a reddish tint to them that the camera didnt pick up.

Man, Marty. How can you see all that from those pictures? Not being argumentative I just really can't see any of that. When I blow it up enough to get in close it blurs too much. Of course I'm looking at it on my phone but it has pretty good resolution.

Had one very similar with no makers mark that just would not take an edge.
Hope you have better luck with yours.

Originally Posted by Grazor

Had one very similar with no makers mark that just would not take an edge.
Hope you have better luck with yours.

thanks i guess we will see

Originally Posted by jaro1069

no makers mark.. the pics dont quite do the scales justice.. someone saw it and thought they looked like a watermelon slice.....they have a reddish tint to them that the camera didnt pick up.

If it has no makers mark I would not worry too much about that because I have had no trouble with Solingen made razors so far. Some shave a bit better than others but all have shaved well including the ones with no makers mark.

As for the scales gassing off, I really can't see evidence from the posted photos. That is not saying that they are not, just I can't see that they for sure are. If they have cell rot they will give off a strange odor iirc. Also the rust on the blade will follow the pattern on the scales. Give the forum a search under "cell rot" to help you determine what is what.

Bob