Originally Posted by
oxomoxo
Hi Neil,
Thanks for the clarification,
Haha !! I can see the faces in the billiard hall :P
So if I read you well both nitrate and acetate are called Celluloid and the one that razor scales are made of is acetate, hence the acetic corrosion ... then you say that an evolution of the formulation must have occurred in time, that brings me to a question : what about modern acetates ? do you know about it ? is it better stabilized ?
I'm often surprised of the actual age of some pretty well conserved vintage blades around, and considering that we could say that the razors have survived 2 if not 3 or even more generations before degrading ... what kind of hazard would it be to make new acetates scales with new acetate in 2013 ?
Lo.