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No. Its a bronze finish. Just a plain Jane hook. The black or blued hooks are done that way to retard rusting. They still rust, but not like a normal hook. I may just put a clunker blade in there...

I restored one of those for AlanQ, for the very same reason. Cell rot was creeping in. He tried to unpin it, but the scales broke. He sent me all the pieces, and I made new shoes for it, and...

Thanks for the Intel Richard.
I just restored it a bit over a year ago, and had B52 replate it. (Genco Gold Seal). At that time, the wedge felt good.
But I'll keep an eye in it. [emoji6]

Environment does make a difference.
Cell rot is about the type of material used to make scales at one time, and found on countless vintage razors.

Its not a "IF" they break down and start...

Good...its about keeping ya on your toes, over this silent blade killer, an evil paraiste to our high carbon cache's

I had pics from last year, but lost them to a spin cycle, in the washing machine [emoji56] [emoji30]

No its not touching the blade, its in there to see how fast, fresh steel reacts to the gas being given off by the scales. It too is a hardened steel. It's a project that may help folks understand...

A neighbor gave me this Razor awhile back, was already attacked by cell rot.

But I wanted to know how fast it would eat the blade, so I put it in a sealed container to watch. Upon opening, a...