That knife collectors's site is spot on. Too bad they weren't around earlier. I'm sure the amateurs in Solingen could have learned lots of interesting stuff from them. For example, I guess I was bloody lucky to have picked up dozens of NOS blades from the 30s onwards covered in... oil.

Coming back to the original post: Forgot to properly dry the razor, covered residual water with oil, rust. Same old, same old.

Oh, yes, and that's is one hell of an attitude: 'I would love nothing more then to tell "The Art of Shaving" their item is defective...' As my late East Prussian grandmother used to say, "It's fine to have an attitude, only, you have to earn it first." Long way to go.