"beautiful piece for a collection" what say ye ?

[WoodfordReserve-Neat]

Its on the bay but its a BIN only.
Call me picky but........."beautiful piece for a collection" ?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/antique-Str...154?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a7cca80a2

 

[dpmtherrien]

Only if you think you can use the scales.

 

[Thomas Martin]

Some chips but nothing a good hone cannot fix.

 

[WoodfordReserve-Neat]

Only if you think you can use the scales.

Even the peening looks corroded ?
The razor looks like it was salvaged from the Titanic....

I bet someone good with photoshop could make a nice art piece with the pic ?
The listings verbiage "beautiful piece for a collection" was just a tad of an overstatement, IMO.

 

[Reckoner]

I'm guessing it tugs a little. Could be technique, though.