Thread: Cell Rot or not?

Just got this razor in the mail and knew the scales had a problem. Thankfully the blade was perfect. The scales not so. Looks like a case of cell rot. What do you think?

If you smell vinegar it is cell rot.

The "few" razors I have seen that have had cell rot all had pitted blades and usually had faux tortoise scales with the pitting on the blade following the pattern of the faux tortoise scales. They also had a vinegary smell to the scales. Not really run into solid colour scales that had cell rot and were gassing off.

IIRC, common advice was to clean them up, put them in a Ziploc bag and store for a bit to see if it returns ad you get that vinegar smell when you open the bag.

Whatever it is it sure is ugly.

Bob

Maybe its just me but I smell nothing. The blotches can be scraped off. The scales are wavy and warped and thicker where blochie. Never seen this before.

I have gotten razors with different color scales. They indeed smelled like vinegar and were very brittle. The places had a little pitting and were salvageable. This is a first. I am just chucking them.

yea, the blade is the give-away on that. From the pics it's hard to tell.

That stuff on the scales looks like mold.

I was thinking mold or mildew too
I got one recently that looked similar, also had no signs of cell-for-associated rust on the blade

What is the brand and what material and color are the scales? They look very thin.

Photos can be a bit sharper.

Let’s see the blade.

Thanks guys. Not taking a chance. Tossed them in the garbage.