Experiment still going on. I will post updated pics soon. If you have a razor with Cell Rot, or suspect of cell rot, please post pics. I also have an Otto Hans Deutsch with cell rot, and will post pics.
After 5 years in a sealed baggie, with two razors, whose scales were "Gassing Off"(Cell Rot) in a huge way, this is what it looks like. The Pakistani razor has no oil on it, and after the initial partial closed experiment, in the same bag, This razor was left open, with the Cell Rot razors all around it. Some touching the Paki blade. In the sealed baggie You can see the type of rust that cell rot causes. It is a fine powdery rust, that bores into the blade. If cleaned up, the blade would look pock marked. I was expecting much more corrosion on the Paki blade, especially since the two razors that were gassing off, are so bad. One of the cell rot razors, the least corroded one, is an Otto Deutsch. I will continue with this experiment. I will post another razor with cell rot, not in this experiment.
Otto Deutsch Hans. Back in February 2019. I had cleaned up this cell rotted razor, and kept it, as is, and shave with it many times. The rot hadn't affected the bevel. Fantastic shaves. But, I knew it would be an ongoing issue. Since I knew from the above experiment, with the Paki razor, and oiling it, didn't stop the Celluloid Gasses from penetrating the oil, I decided to just store it open, not closed. This is 4 years of this razor gassing off. Notice the Brass Bolsters and name on the scales. They are corroding pretty bad. A side note, I have cleaned them several times, before each shave, and it takes maybe 6 months to start showing the corrosion on the brass. But, brass cleans up easily. The myth that the gas will travel to nearby razors is but a myth, unless the razors are stored in an enclosed container, or touching. The Otto blade has never been touched up, and shows no signs of corrosion, except a very small bit, on the underside of the tang, where it is just under the pivot pin. Cleaned up Feb 2019. It looks like this each time I polish the scales up. After 4 years open, and last scales polished 6-10 months ago. I did wipe the dust off though. It will only look worse over time. When polished up, the green scales still look deceptively beautiful.
I buffed it out. These bolsters and writing on the scales have to be solid silver, because the amount of buffing I have done, there is no way they could be plated. In my honest opinion. Otto Deutsch's Hans has one of the most beautiful scales around. Too bad these are toxic. I need to start looking for a pristine Otto Hans razor.
Still looking for where I stuck one of mine, but this image is from an eBay listing, not mine, but classic cell rot.
