blue_monkey
08-26-2008, 12:10 AM
As promised, I'm posting before and after pics of my most recent acquisition -- and it's a good one! I got this off the Bay for $30 shipped, and to say it cleaned up well would be a vast understatement. This is, hands down, the best clean up I have experienced with a vintage razor, and I am way beyond my normal level of "stoked". Let's just say that I shot, I scored, and the crowd went wild! Enjoy the pics!
:sport001 :happy023
Before on the left, after on the right.
http://inlinethumb54.webshots.com/41653/2545934070103320373S600x600Q85.jpg (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2545934070103320373XkmpKV) http://inlinethumb11.webshots.com/23690/2780452220103320373S600x600Q85.jpg (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2780452220103320373IjSNnn)
http://inlinethumb17.webshots.com/42512/2047012400103320373S600x600Q85.jpg (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2047012400103320373yfBZfO) http://inlinethumb41.webshots.com/41512/2914437430103320373S600x600Q85.jpg (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2914437430103320373EBXMIX)
http://inlinethumb07.webshots.com/40774/2119859340103320373S600x600Q85.jpg (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2119859340103320373WwZHZN) http://inlinethumb27.webshots.com/7386/2011737400103320373S600x600Q85.jpg (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2011737400103320373aXvacZ)
http://inlinethumb28.webshots.com/42779/2907470620103320373S600x600Q85.jpg (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2907470620103320373tWOMij) http://inlinethumb36.webshots.com/34403/2465298770103320373S600x600Q85.jpg (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2465298770103320373mofLSE)
This is an impressive silver plated set with a serial number of K900281, which means it was manufactured in 1919 -- so not too shabby for a razor that will soon turn 90! They certainly didn't give these away, as the $5.00 price tag indicates (would cost about $64.00 in adjusted dollars today -- however, the silver plating would drive that price even higher). The inside of the case is like a time capsule, and is the most pristine I have seen. The logo and lettering inside the lid is simply amazing in its clarity.
http://inlinethumb02.webshots.com/28033/2495564410103320373S600x600Q85.jpg (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2495564410103320373sLLUda)
:sport001 :happy023
Before on the left, after on the right.
http://inlinethumb54.webshots.com/41653/2545934070103320373S600x600Q85.jpg (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2545934070103320373XkmpKV) http://inlinethumb11.webshots.com/23690/2780452220103320373S600x600Q85.jpg (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2780452220103320373IjSNnn)
http://inlinethumb17.webshots.com/42512/2047012400103320373S600x600Q85.jpg (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2047012400103320373yfBZfO) http://inlinethumb41.webshots.com/41512/2914437430103320373S600x600Q85.jpg (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2914437430103320373EBXMIX)
http://inlinethumb07.webshots.com/40774/2119859340103320373S600x600Q85.jpg (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2119859340103320373WwZHZN) http://inlinethumb27.webshots.com/7386/2011737400103320373S600x600Q85.jpg (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2011737400103320373aXvacZ)
http://inlinethumb28.webshots.com/42779/2907470620103320373S600x600Q85.jpg (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2907470620103320373tWOMij) http://inlinethumb36.webshots.com/34403/2465298770103320373S600x600Q85.jpg (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2465298770103320373mofLSE)
This is an impressive silver plated set with a serial number of K900281, which means it was manufactured in 1919 -- so not too shabby for a razor that will soon turn 90! They certainly didn't give these away, as the $5.00 price tag indicates (would cost about $64.00 in adjusted dollars today -- however, the silver plating would drive that price even higher). The inside of the case is like a time capsule, and is the most pristine I have seen. The logo and lettering inside the lid is simply amazing in its clarity.
http://inlinethumb02.webshots.com/28033/2495564410103320373S600x600Q85.jpg (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2495564410103320373sLLUda)