Thread: Camelia oil. Look at the result:

Thank you shooter!
I am going to de-pin my beautiful but sic scales now

My question is whether oil is necessary for mid term storage (ie 6 months) when you live in a low humidity city, like Athens. Isn't storage in a box with a couple of silica bags enough?

They can't be "saved", but you may want to hang onto them for a pattern. Store them in a "Ziploc" style bag away from any valuable steel. I know that Glen,"gssixgun", has a method of saving the metal ends on scales like that. If you are looking to have the blade re-stored, you may contact him.

After you get the scales off the blade, I recommend scrubbing, really scrubbing, the entire blade with soap and water, submerged....watch that edge. Wouldn't hurt now to even "kill" the edge for your safety. You can even use a scouring pad. Dry completely & oil it down. I'm sure this is a very sad experience, but many of us have had bad experiences damaging perfectly innocent blades. All we can do is learn (there was nothing that you could have really done) from the experience. Fortunately for you and the blade I think you caught it in time to save the blade (the etching will most likely be lost in restoration) so that it can once again shave.

De-pin,make a heavy paper pattern,soak in acetone which will desolve the cell scales,remove the bolsters for another set of scales down the road.

Goodbye my love.
I will always remember you.

I am going to follow the above instructions now that the funeral is over.

Originally Posted by Slur

Cell rot???

What is that?

Cell rot is death to razors. You see it a lot in multicolored celluloid and I have had four Dubl Ducks die from this disease.

Regards - Walt

Wow! That is absolutely terrifying.

I've heard about Celluloid rot but I tought it was no big deal. Like just have to change the scales or something.
Now it makes me wondering if I will not leave my celluloid razors in open air so if they rot the gas will not be confined in a box.

Just for the record.

I immersed the scales in acetone and left it overnight.
In the morning I found a collapsed mass of plastic and metal. It was not easy to extract the metal parts but it was feasible.

The remaining of the razor and the blade looked really pathetic and had nothing to do with the splendor of that razor when I bought it.


I threw it away in the garbage immediately.
I am sure I did the right thing. No doubt about it.


Thank you all for the assistance!

scary indeed! i just purchased a dubl duck goldedge with some signs of rust on one side of the blade. how do i know if it's cellrot or just some rust? i haven't noticed any odd smells(wish i had it with me now, i'm on vacation and i'll have to worry about it the rest of the week). maybe i should re-scale the whole thing so i don't have to worry?