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    S.R. Droescher Gold Bug in 7/8s, I didn't know they came this big. Almost super hollow ground, with a narrow spine for it's size, very light and thin blade.

    I can't manage to take a correctly exposed picture of it to save my life. But it's basically mint, with all the gold wash intact, and feels within a few strokes of being shave ready:




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    Great blade!! Where in the world did you find her?

    I think all I've ever seen are 5/8ths or smaller Gold Bugs.

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    A true beauty - congratulations!

    You might find Category:Photography - Straight Razor Place Wiki helpful.

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    yes, beautiful. it does deserve better pictures

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    GORGEOUS.
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    splendidly or showily brilliant or magnificent

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    Man!! thats a big bug!! Why dont you spray it with RAID and send it to me for disposal!. Thats one NICE razor!!!

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    She's a beauty!

    I want a Gold Bug so bad.

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    Reaaal nice!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hawkeye5 View Post
    Great blade!! Where in the world did you find her?

    I think all I've ever seen are 5/8ths or smaller Gold Bugs.
    Thanks! Found it on eBay. The pictures were small and blurry, but the seller was very sincere and helpful. I thought "that can't be a Gold Bug," but she assured me it was. When I think Gold Bug, I think of clear dark amber scales, fancy inlays and bolsters. Other than the gold wash this one is very plain, I think it may be a later model or variant or something. I like it though!

    The edge has some deterioration from age when looked at under magnification, so it's taking a little effort to hone. And the scales are *really* loose at the pivot point for the last 45 degrees to closure, but nice and tight fully opened. I could use some ideas on how to fix this, I may ask over in the Workshop.

    Quote Originally Posted by BeBerlin View Post
    A true beauty - congratulations!

    You might find Category:Photography - Straight Razor Place Wiki helpful.
    Thanks for the link, I could use the help! I use a Nikon Coolpix L12, and it seems to automatically over-compensate for bright light, when I don't want it to. I guess I need to break down and get a more manually adjustable camera, because I really enjoy looking at the pictures I see posted on this forum that are done well. I tried a bunch of different settings using the Coolpix with my homemade light box, but no success, all yellowed. The iPhoto editor on my Mac just washes it out when I try to adjust the yellow out.

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    Are you using daylight bulbs in your lightbox fixtures?Regular incandescent bulbs always look yellow when photographed.Even soft white bulbs.

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