Thread: Possible cell rot, Hayashi Diamond.

I really would not worry so much, Baxxer! Since it would seem we have both bought the same razor from the same seller, I have a theory. I feel he has/had several of these and is/was using a photo of one on all his listings. He does say that there is scratch/rust on an item. I bought one, although I had worried about the toe of the razor from the pictures in the listing as the picture clearly shows here:



However, once I had received, The razor had no spots whatsoever. Just a bit of scratches from box wear on the scales. Nice!




So I feel you may have received the one on the listing pic. Plain and simple. Razors from the 60's and thereabouts don't seem so old to us, in general. Still, 55 years or so sitting around in a plastic bag in a box some things could happen?
Polish it up and keep an eye out is my advise. JMO

Originally Posted by sharptonn

I have a theory. I feel he has/had several of these and is/was using a photo of one on all his listings.

Yes, I had noticed that he reuses pictures for his NOS razor listings when I bought The Ribbon razor from him since another one that was listed before the one I bought had the same pictures as mine and then another one was listed again after I bought mine that also had the same pictures(I like the Rosette so much that I was actually a little tempted to get that one too), as long as he checks that the razors are in decent condition before he ships them I don't have any issues with that practice and so far the razors have been in the same or in better condition than the listing pictures.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Razors from the 60's and thereabouts don't seem so old to us, in general. Still, 55 years or so sitting around in a plastic bag in a box some things could happen?
Polish it up and keep an eye out is my advise. JMO

Let's hope you're right.

The scales are probably not celluloid, so their shouldn't be cell rot. Just sounds the greyness of starting rust.

I have never seen a Japanese straight with cell rot, and I have seen a ton of them. They did not use celluloid for the scales, so I doubt you have cell rot on the razor.

I echo the above post.

Never seen cell rot on any Japanese straight razor.

I would have said poor packaging after use.
Someone didn't fully dry it around the wedge on the inside...

I don't know anything about Japanese razors. If the scales are not celluloid obviously it is not cell rot. If they are celluloid the rot does not discriminate based on country of origin. Simple as that.