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I was the guy that bought this razor off ebay some on here had me scared there would be noting left to the razor from cell rot... Well it came in today and I opened it, looked at it and.... Yelled when I saw the images below.
SCORE BABY!!!
Now I need to have it honed
Can you please RE-SIZE the images and re-post.....
We would all very much like to see the razor Thanks !!!!
The perfect score!
Wow, congrats! I remember reading that thread and wondering. :)
Glad it worked out for you and that you actually got a pristine razor. That's gonna be a sweet shave once you get it honed.
That's awesome! :) I read that other post with anticipation tempered by a dose of reality but I'm glad to see that not only did it work out, but worked out very well.
Beautiful - I can only imagine how happy you are!
Regards,
Neil
What's not to like?!? Enjoy it in good health.
OMG that is BEAUTIMOUS
Thanks for sharing
Nice score. Some times ya just gotta take a leap of faith! Well done!
Yeah you rolled the dice and came up 7. Beautiful piece and will be a great shaver :tu.
Yep, you really scored on that one. Congrats.
I'm glad to hear you are happy with your purchase. That's a lotta chedda...
Great find.
That's one of the paradoxes of buying a razor like that. Part of the money you payed for it was because of its pristine condition and being sealed in its wrapper. Now that it has been unsealed it's lost that cache. Of course if you bought it to use and not sell again it's no big deal and it's a great razor
So the question is, is it shave ready out of it's wrapper? It should be.
Most excellently beautiful.
I have the same question as thebigspedur. is it shave ready after all this time?
So THAT'S what the scales are supposed to look like. Many of my Ducks' scales look a bit different than that.:boohoo:
All I can say is.... WOW!!
Congrats!
It pops hair off of my arm without hardly any pressure. When I say pops hair I mean halfway up the hair shaft not at the base. I can not wait to shave tomorrow.
If you can tree top with a 70 year old razor, I say why not just strop it up and have a go...
I want to, but I might have did to many passes this morning looking for tht BBS and over did it. will post in the AM after the shave
Great buy excellent. have fun using it.
gl
just be careful with that spot of rust 1/2" from the tip as it won't shave for sure and may be painful.
Congrats. It's also cool to see an example of where the gold plating actually stops on the tang. It seems as though on some of the vintage gold plated tang razors the gold was all the way across the top of the spine and on the tip of the razor. Not so with the Goldedge then.
Chris L
That is one beautiful razor. Well done.
Regards,
Mark
WOW!!!!!!:beer2:
:dropjaw:
Now THAT is a great score..! Congrats, hope you enjoy it..! :)
Great score... enjoy the shaves.
Just got done shaving with it. It is close comfortable and I like the DD, now I need more of them.
WOW! Very nice score. You have some large ones though. That is a fair amount of coin but you really did score big time!
Later,
Richard
wow, now I am regretting not bidding on this when I saw it on Ebay! Nice score!
I know it's a shocking concept to most of us however back in the day new razors were expected to be totally shave ready right out of the box and if they weren't that was considered a manufacturers defect and most would return it.
Well, you took a chance that I wouldn't have & it paid off! Congrats & kudos on the size of your balls!
My dear Dllandry:
That is a sparkling razor worthy of an Oscar. Well done.
Regards,
Obie
Dllandry, I am happy for your good luck! You took the chance and scored a fantastic razor. I hope the shave is as memorable as the appearance of your lucky Duck!
So that's what they look like with the gold on the shank intact. Very nice. Thanks for posting that and enjoy your find.
The only coment I can make is...Holy Sh*t!
beautiful scales.
Kirk
Nice. I do not have any DD's in my collection. I have had the opportunity to hone a few and find them to be a very good shaving razor. If it were not for the price, I am sure I would have a couple. The blades are very hollow ground. Take care as it would not take much to break. Same with honing, a very light touch is needed.
Enjoy it, and please, please, do not use metal polish on the gold. You will scrub it right off with something like MAAS. Same with gun blue. I use an old silicone gun cloth to wipe them after a shave to keep the rust away.