Thread: What Do You Have In The Mail Right Now?

Originally Posted by sharptonn

I think that is his girlfriend's hair....Or his horses tail?

Nice one, Diboll!

I’m pretty sure that it a nessmuck photo and he is a part time trapper if I remember correctly. So my guess is that is a beaver, of the wild variety.

Originally Posted by Diboll

Is there anything that can be done to prevent or retard the gassing?

Getting old so my brain sometimes operates in low gear. Would the sacrificial steel retard the corrosion on the blade or just be an indicator?

Sounds like just an indicator. Display the razor open and put a clean piece of steel between the scales. If it starts gassing off, most of the damage will be to the sacrificial steel instead of the razor. That would give you an opportunity to remove the scales before there is any significant damage. That is a very good idea if you have the means to display it that way.

Those really pretty scales are a double edged sword...

Charles Macdaniel Oxford street razor maker and cutler 1814 - 1851, almost 200 years old with Ivory scales and silver thread inlay, I'm going to restore and keep this one for my own personal use, looks to be in exceptional condition for a razor almost 200 years old. been on the look out for quite sometime for a razor of this kind, finally my patience payed off.

Celtic, nice find. Love those oldies.

Amazing find, Jamie. I eager to see it restored and in use again.

Are my eyes deceiving me or are those jimps exceptionally long?

While it's not razor related I had this land today. Wish I would have bought one years ago as it's great for seeing where it's hard to see. I wanted to see what the contacts in my Harley's front turn signal lights receptacle looked like without having to remove them.

A 'Dentist Mirror'.

On its way.

A Ralf Aust 6/8, Spanish crown, carbon steel, black synthetic scales, and a King 6000 S-1 stone

Well, this no longer is in the mail, it arrived today. Excited to use this beauty.