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I am wondering how a razor coming off a wheel say, 140 years ago, would maintain the same finish. Isn't there some dulling by simple aging unless preserved in a vacuum?
Finally this addresses the...

No one ever jerry-rigged like the ancient hippies.

Reminds me of life some 50 years ago in San Francisco, except it would have been week-old oat cakes, weed, wine and janky meat.

From the GS website:


"Every surface of each case and bracelet is polished by the experienced craftsmen. The mirror finish on the case side surface has no distortion. The process is known as...

Whoa, tough decision....slavery in a toxic oven or being a cabin boy for Captain Queeg.

"Plus, let's not forget that polishing was the last task performed and it was done by the apprentices. IE, children. Admittedly children who'd been starved and beaten until they got it right, but...

A "Burnished Finish!" That is a nifty concept, as if literal, would be affecting the what? The molecular surface of the metal? Let's see, what have I burnished? Got it, years ago I learned to...

For anyone who has worked with silver, to me this is not a legitimate analogy but it illustrates the point. If you solder silver and clean the piece (I forgot what we used), and go straight to...

Nope, mirror finish and lustrous mirror finish. Another way to say this is a mirror finish and a deeper mirror finish. And as Phrank mentions above, has anyone ever seen the lustrous mirror finish?

I thought about this from a Rare Razor thread which Voidmonster responded to.
Here is what he said: "The Sheffield crocus polish was accomplished by using specially prepared iron oxide -- called...