If you want to get a bit more fancy, pelican make a range of airtight cases. I’ve had no issues with them.
Be careful of the type of wood, it is not so simple.@ErieSurfer the more you tell us about how these two SR's were stored, the more I (and @Legion) think that this corrosion is being caused by something (a gas) being released by the plastic draw.
A draw or box of seasoned wood should solve your corrosion problem. Even a draw of a different type of plastic may work.
Some other suggestions:
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The top set of scales in post 15 is classic cell rot kicking off, note the rusty pivot pin and the discoloration near the pivot and wedge. That cracked ice pattern is notorious for cell rot.
I have seen a single razor in a display case at an antique store, eat all the metal items in a display case in a matter of months.
They should all clean up, but you will lose the etch. Start with 600 and see how deep the pitting goes.
That is almost certainly celluloid.While we're on this topic, I've discovered active rust on a different razor. I am unable to differentiate celluloid from plastic, but I don't see any discoloration or 'cracked ice' in these scales. Do you believe these scales to be celluloid? Ignore the irregularly-shaped crud in the middle of the second photo. It was dried lather or similar junk that dislodged easily with a toothpick.
Do you believe the scales would be ruined if I submerged the pivot-end of the razor in WD40? If so, I'll unpin and work the rust separate from the scales.
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..... No.... but I am not sure about it. If it is a valuable razor I probably wouldn't risk it.Would you expect celluloid to be damaged by WD40?
THANK you for posting this! Looks like you will have a project on your hands, but what fun! Looks like a perfect choice for the new scales to me. Blessings on the work ahead of you, DaveThat now seeing the razors is the start of cell rot the off-gassing is causing the powder on the razor, I had one turned up here a Dubl Duck wonderedge when it arrived it had faint rust spots a good indicator that its starting cell rot see picture below
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Lucky it was just starting on mine so removed the scales and made some that were close to the original
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then I bought a razor that was too far gone but I wanted the inlays for a new set of scales this next razor is in the next stage of cell rot
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But I just wanted the inlays of that razor so removed them and the rest went in the bin
but this is just a mock-up to see where I need to remove some scale to fit the inlays
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That's what it will look like when finished but not enough time to get on with it
but this next photo is cell rot in full speed notice how the scales have gone bad and look at the razor
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also smell the scales if they have a vinegar smell that's one give-away for starting break down
Yah. In acetate film it is known as Vinegar Syndrome. When you walk into a vault full of effected reels it almost knocks you over.That now seeing the razors is the start of cell rot the off-gassing is causing the powder on the razor, I had one turned up here a Dubl Duck wonderedge when it arrived it had faint rust spots a good indicator that its starting cell rot see picture below
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Lucky it was just starting on mine so removed the scales and made some that were close to the original
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then I bought a razor that was too far gone but I wanted the inlays for a new set of scales this next razor is in the next stage of cell rot
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But I just wanted the inlays of that razor so removed them and the rest went in the bin
but this is just a mock-up to see where I need to remove some scale to fit the inlays
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That's what it will look like when finished but not enough time to get on with it
but this next photo is cell rot in full speed notice how the scales have gone bad and look at the razor
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also smell the scales if they have a vinegar smell that's one give-away for starting break down
I've seen so many rusty razors for sale and wondered, "What are these folks thinking? Why would I buy this rusty thing?". Now I know that not all of those razors were rusty before they went into the display case.