Worth the heat

[gandrw]

The wife and I went to an outdoor antique and junk sale on the 4th Emphasis on the junk. We walked around for several hours in 90 degree wether with no breeze and high humidity and a very dusty lot. When my wife was getting very tired of it an ready to leave I said please just one or two more rows. I'm not sure why I wanted to keep going since I'd only seen 2 razors 2 where really junky straights a Shumate and a Revisor that where not salvageable witch kinda made me sick because I've heard they are both excellent razors. The other 2 where DE's that I just wasn't interested in but probably should have grabbed at $3 each.

Then I found these and it made the whole day worth the sweeting and dust breathing. $2 for the DE this is and $7 for the Straight. the DE has an R 2 date code witch I'll look up later I wish straights had date codes I'd love to know how old it is. Its a 7/8 Wade and butcher in horn scales. There are some chips in the edge of the blade and the scales are chipped up a bit but that is what I am liking these days I will leave the scales as they are with just enough cleaning to be sanitary and probably some Neats foot oil and the same with the blade. Which I hope I can keep about 6/8 or a hair over after honing out the chips.
BTW what is a good way to sanitize a Straight that wont hurt old dry scales like these.