Double Duck Antique Find:

[BEAR DEN]

I found a Goldedge Double Duck at an antique store the other day! Needed a little sanding, cleaning, polishing and some honing. The scales were in fantastic shape. Got it all done and ready to go, but first I use Marvacide to sterelize all my razors. More of a habit then anything.

This time I did a couple of things wrong. I mixed the solution too strong and I put the entire razor in. I usually only put the blade in. Last but not least in my mistakes, you are to only bath the blade for at maximum 10 minutes and I had become involved with a television show...zzzzz...

The result was a germ free blade with scales that are gold...and stained blue to make for a goldish green? The razor shaves great! Now I have one more lesson learned under my belt

 

[Fnord5]

Needs pictures!

 

[thirdeye]

Needs pictures!

It's a requirement.....

 

[adonnellyr]

How much did the antique store charge you for it? Just out of curiousity, if you don't mind me asking...

 

[BEAR DEN]

Here you go, I agree that with a post like this it is mandatory to post pics so others may laugh. I do appologize for the quality since my phone is my only camera...oh well you will get the general idea. Cost 45.00 and a lesson learned.

 

[Ichinichi]

hey, at least now you know the scales are clean too!

 

[VR6ofpain]

Call them "AV Cracked Ice".

 

[SavantStrike]

At least they don't reek. My last barbicide excursion involved making a set of celluloid scales smell horrible from the bath. Interestingly enough, they haven't caused any cell rot for the blade in the past month so I guess it's okay...

I second the AV cracked ice

 

[BEAR DEN]

That's it, it is official the scales now and forever more shall be called "AV" cracked ice!..

 

[leighton]

Did you try using some MAAS to polish the stains out?

 

[jamesbeat]

See now, this is one of the reasons why I don't like Barbicide and related solutions.
Is this effect cumulative? Ie, if you left this in for say two hours instead of ten minutes, would that mean that the razor would look the same after twelve ten minute baths?
I'm sure these solutions damage steel too.

What is it exactly that you are trying to kill?
If the razor has been used by someone else, then there are plenty of pathogens that could be present on the blade that barbicide would not be effective against (some forms of hepatitis can be very tenacious for instance)
If you are just trying to disinfect a blade where there is little to no chance of blood borne pathogens being present, then 30 seconds in denatured alcohol should do the trick.

These solutions are not strong enough to act as a poor man's autoclave, and not gentle enough for trivial disinfection of a delicate antique.

Hydrogen peroxide might bleach out the stains, but I don't know what effect it might have on celluloid. You'd certainly need to strip the razor down and remove all metal from the scales before trying it.

 

[Blackstangal]

Can you get better pics? Does it look like suface? Or did the entire scale change color.If its surface get a clean soft cloth and polish with Mothers polish and then a little car wax.

 

[stnlymumford]

Can you get better pics? Does it look like suface? Or did the entire scale change color.If its surface get a clean soft cloth and polish with Mothers polish and then a little car wax.

So the blade was sterilized in order to shave your face with car wax residue?

 

[ambrose]

that guy will clean up great.