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Buyer's remorse?
You aren't the first one to suggest this.
Once I get the Sheraton back I plan to contact a metallurgist in Memphis at the National Ornamental Metal Museum and I plan to ask him or her a rapid fire sequence of questions about the intricacies of plating (and particularly gold plating) the old Gillettes. I just hope they can handle the barrage of TTO questions!! I'm also hoping to find out some things I've often wondered about but until now really had no inclination to ask. If you guys are interested in hearing what I find out I can post it here at a later date.
For those of you out there that have sent me an offer on the razor I think I am going to keep it at least in the short term and see what I can find out about it and what can be done to restore it if anything. Typically I don't clean or do much to gold plated razors I plan to resell as I prefer to let the owner do that since gold plates are so temperamental. Those of you that have been collecting for a while know whereof I speak. Afterwards I may relist it or offer it to some of you that asked about it through Ebay. I will keep your names on file.
I wanted to make a minor correction to a statement I made earlier about the endcaps. I said later Sheratons (post '37) had endcaps--that isn't correct. They had exposed hinges as well what they lacked was the visible rivet in the hinge. They were one piece with a projection that hooked into an opening on the head. Just wanted to point that out.
About the shave characteristics, it may have had something to do with the fact I was shaving with a new Feather in my Sheraton!