Thread: Barn Find Razors

Be careful with the King Midas. That scales pattern is notorious for off gassing and will eventually go to full Cell Rot. It may be already off gassing, that is the fine rust you see now.

It can contaminate any razors stored near it. Clean it with steel wool and put in a zip lock bag for a couple weeks, if it starts to rust again, it’s cell rot, toss it out.

When buying vintage always look at spine wear, buy the best razors you can find. There are lots out there, if you look.

Originally Posted by Euclid440

Be careful with the King Midas. That scales pattern is notorious for off gassing and will eventually go to full Cell Rot. It may be already off gassing, that is the fine rust you see now.

It can contaminate any razors stored near it. Clean it with steel wool and put in a zip lock bag for a couple weeks, if it starts to rust again, it’s cell rot, toss it out.

When buying vintage always look at spine wear, buy the best razors you can find. There are lots out there, if you look.

Yeah. I was concerned for cell rot with this razor. The orange rust looks like water, but the black almost smooth does look like rot to me.

I have visited just about all the antique shops around me and came across 2 with anything shave related. One was extra proud of the pitted, rusted, and chipped blades that I left without them. These weren't so bad but I wanted to start out somewhere with learning to restore and hone, and I have 3 razors and a DE I like to shave with that grabbing these would be more for play. Plus, buying both he gave me a good deal on them.

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What barns are you walking through in Southern Maryland? I will have to give up the antique shops and start looking in tobacco barns. LOL

Have you tried the tobacco barns/Flea Market in Hughesville?

Originally Posted by GarnerPW

What barns are you walking through in Southern Maryland? I will have to give up the antique shops and start looking in tobacco barns. LOL

Have you tried the tobacco barns/Flea Market in Hughesville?

That's where I found them, at the bargin barn. The only antique shop I found any straights at in Charles and Calvert is the Glory Days one in Newburg. The straights they had were either chipped or too rusted to want to mess with and they wanted too much.

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I picked up my Bismarck at an antique shop in Leonardtown.

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I haven't been to any in St Mary's. I don't work over there anymore. If I still worked for Metrocast, I would have scoured those by now lol.

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