Received these from my lovely, money-thriving dealer
@nolisco;
It smells great from the soap to ASB to Cologne. A little soft in scent to what I was anticipating but smells great nonetheless. Nice and clean and fresh. The razor is in very usable nick but a tad tight and some quite minor plate loss here and there... I am tempted to strip this one down past its plating and see where that takes me... but it isn't in bad shape by any stretch!
And received this from an eBay seller - they claimed it had some corrosion to the hinge but after taking it apart quickly and giving it a quick dremel polish with a clean polishing mop, the corrosion is no more! There's also some slight great/bitumen-type stuff which IPA (50:50 with water) nor toothpaste will shift on the handle... Might have to bring out the big guns with a dab of toluene...
Razor is in far better condition than I'd have hoped. Shame that the box is a Made in England and the razor is Made in USA, but you can't have it all! It's nice and tightly sprung and only the most marginal plate loss is on the inner hinge, so hidden from view. Was anticipating far worse nick for <£6 delivered! I
was going to use it as a project razor, but instead I might purchase another cheap, slightly beaten up one from elsewhere to use instead! Original blade is a bit (very) beaten up/corroded so I will not be using that any time soon, despite only having my most recent tetanus jab 1.5 years ago.
