Originally Posted by
JimmyHAD
Welcome to SRP. I think Glen (gssixgun) is right on this one. My guess it that your razor is suffering from cell rot. Celluloid that is decomposing gives off gases that corrode metal. Not all celluloid suffers from this but once it starts it will never stop. The blade is probably too far gone to restore and if you put a shiny new blade in those scales , no matter how much you clean them up, it will also end up rusting. Those pretty green Otto Deutsch scales are frequently victims of the decomposing phenomenon IME. OTOH, I could be wrong, I was wrong once before.