Thread: Is this Cell Rot ?

After reading Undream's article on celluloid rot, http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...uloid-rot.html
I was wondering if this razor was another example of that "sickness". This razor is on ebay at the moment.

VINTAGE M JUNG - STRAIGHT RAZOR - MADE IN GERMANY | eBay

Maybe, maybe just not taken care of. Here is an extreme example .....

No doubt about that one .

I would have to say that it's not. There's no rust towards the edge which is usually where it starts along the scale shape.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Maybe, maybe just not taken care of. Here is an extreme example .....

wow, thats crazy!!!

JimmyHAD; If i saw a razor like that for a buck, I would buy it and pin it to the bathroom wall as a "note to self, always dry after use".
What's its story by the way?

Originally Posted by Lemur

JimmyHAD; If i saw a razor like that for a buck, I would buy it and pin it to the bathroom wall as a "note to self, always dry after use".
What's its story by the way?

That's not caused from not drying the blade...it's cell rot. When celluloid breaks down it emits a gas that is deadly to metal.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Maybe, maybe just not taken care of. Here is an extreme example .....

Hm! I think might need a bit more than a 1k to set the bevel right.

Here's a little chem stuff on the subject; JAIC 1991, Volume 30, Number 2, Article 3 (pp. 145 to 162)

Originally Posted by Lemur

JimmyHAD; If i saw a razor like that for a buck, I would buy it and pin it to the bathroom wall as a "note to self, always dry after use".
What's its story by the way?

Funny you should ask. I actually picked that photo up from an ebay auction awhile back. Guy said the blade had some rust but the 'handles' were good.