This is more believable than the sellers description.Maybe someone smoked all their lives, and while shaving, and it's a thin layer of nicotine?
This is more believable than the sellers description.
Brad...yep the can of worms is open again.....
OTOH, playing the devil's advocate, it seems unlikely to me that Gillette would bother to put protective lacquer over plating that is much harder and tougher then the coating only to have to remove it later. It was a relatively cheap product after all and why increase production costs with such an unnecessary step?
I just found this thread.
So here goes...
The seller's description is spot on if he says the coating is most worn under the head. That is because this is not...repeat...IS NOT a lacquer coating such as you see on a gold plated razor rather I believe it to be a protective coating placed on the flare tips to safeguard their jewelled finish during assembly
It's too uniformly thick and even around the handle and the TTO for that. I won't say it's impossible but I think it is improbable. The splattering of the coating under the head reinforces the quick dip theory too.