Thread: Does this Puma have scale rot?

Antique / Vintage PUMA SOLINGEN Straight Razor GERMAN - eBay (item 260387538270 end time Apr-12-09 17:33:00 PDT)

Kind of looks like it, but I've never heard of Pumas having scale rot.

It's hard to say from the picture. It's not unusual to see corrosion in that part of the blade from inadequate cleaning. Sometimes when you see corrosion from scale rot, you'll see that it kind of matches the pattern on the scales because one of the colors is less stable and has started rotting but the others are still fairly stable.

Unfortunately the answer is "Yes it does have cell rot".

The seller says it's faux tortoiseshell... but what he didn't say was "faux tortoiseshell celluloid".

Went for $114.01. Someone thinks it can be brought back to life. Surely going to have to ditch those scales though.

Well I wouldn't jump to conclusions there. Sometimes you can tell easily because of the pattern and sometimes you can't. In that case closer examination is in order.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

Well I wouldn't jump to conclusions there. Sometimes you can tell easily because of the pattern and sometimes you can't. In that case closer examination is in order.

+1 from me here

One thing I have learned for sure on Cell Rot, is that there is no "for sure" on Cell Rot...

Look, smell, test, then you might be able say...

You guys know better than me what you're talking about so I'd certainly defer to your wisdom.

Here is another with cell rot.

Antique / Vintage PUMA SOLINGEN Straight Razor GERMAN - eBay (item 320360553118 end time Apr-22-09 06:28:00 PDT)

If the above link does not work try this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=320360553118

That is very disappointing that such a great brand has scales that rot.

Originally Posted by smythe

Here is another with cell rot.

From those pictures the rust only appears to be on one side which seems odd if the condition is so contagious.