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Na, if you oil the pivot, it might get too loose! Toothpaste? That works wonders in cleaning and polishing.

Scrub it lightly with an old toothbrush and diluted simple green. Some polish. All it will need, I think.
Hone it and use it! ;)

Keep in mind that your early example is a bit worn. Older celluloid was a bit sketchy. Seems the bolsters are unattached and the scales have shrunk. Not too much, now! :whipped:

Real deal, that. Mine, however, is not the same. Yours may well be an early production, whereas mine was made later when they discovered they could put the whole thing on one side and save a step. ...

Lots of iphones come up with sideways pics as downloaded. Paying attention to the orientation of the phone as the pic is taken cures it. If you are downloading with windows 10 there is camera...

Rotate them in your camera before uploading is how I do it!

I suppose I should install these 2. Nice razors!

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I have a theory on this beast. I think it could be a project of an employee of Geneva. Someone who would have had access to all the steel, grinding equipment, stamps, and scales/pinning machines and...

Might take a while, Ryan! Only one I have ever seen, and trust me, I have looked! I don't know if this was a sales tool, a display, or what. The real deal, for certain. Lots of pages of old catalogs...

Wait! There's more! :D

The 'Mac-Daddy' of all Genevas. 9/8 at the widest point. HUGE black celluloid scales with typical Genco collarless peens.

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Gencos! Cool razors! Great shavers!
A Red Cross and a neat, unused, 'Sanderson Bros steel'.

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An unused DeRoma and a nice 'Next"

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