Pulled from the wild.

[CountZer0]

I had the day off so i hit up a few antique stores and found this ... took it home and gave it a good bath... the steam from the water smelled HORRIBLE.

It appears to be a 1906 Gillette Single Ring (Serial #508752). It has some brassing on the head but no cracks or bent teeth. Not bad for $15.

 

[maxman]

It looks to be in good shape.
Yeah the water smells something awful.

Great job!

 

[Krona Kruiser]

Very nice! How much was the Super Adjustable and Slim?

 

[CountZer0]

They wanted $48 each for the black beauty and the fatboy. Not bad prices.

 

[smokeydave]

congrats on those great finds

 

[ironfist]

Cleaned up nicely, i need to give my two a good cleaning

 

[Sled Dog]

Nice early single ring at a great price!!
Some cool stuff at that store, I like that pipe, and the brushes and the brush stand and and and

 

[MacDaddy]

I had the day off so i hit up a few antique stores and found this ... took it home and gave it a good bath... the steam from the water smelled HORRIBLE.

That's a great find and a beautiful clean-up! The smell comes from the sulfur in the tarnish -- tarnish is silver sulfide, and the baking soda/aluminum foil trick essentially causes the sulfur to let go of the silver and bond with the aluminum, which it has a greater affinity for. Of course, some of it also reacts with other things in the water and just generally gets around making a stink.

Incidentally, are my eyes going bad or is that an open-comb GEM Damaskeene that was next to it in the tray, just above the Fatboy?

 

[wscottb7862]

Kinda smells like sewer, I thought..but you just removed 106 years of grime too!!! Great cleanup!!! Shaves like a dream!!! Congrats

 

[CountZer0]

MacDaddy... that makes a ton of sense. It did have a kinda sulfur smell to it. It could be a GEM Damaskeene ... i may have to go back and check ...

That's a great find and a beautiful clean-up! The smell comes from the sulfur in the tarnish -- tarnish is silver sulfide, and the baking soda/aluminum foil trick essentially causes the sulfur to let go of the silver and bond with the aluminum, which it has a greater affinity for. Of course, some of it also reacts with other things in the water and just generally gets around making a stink.

Incidentally, are my eyes going bad or is that an open-comb GEM Damaskeene that was next to it in the tray, just above the Fatboy?

 

[Krona Kruiser]

Offer the guy a fair price for all the razors and share the wealth on BST!

 

[TheVez2]

Nice razors there, but from what I can see on the tags, their prices are kinda crazy. I think you found the only good deal there.

 

[americanarmsdealer]

Nice razors there, but from what I can see on the tags, their prices are kinda crazy. I think you found the only good deal there.

+1. They seem pretty far out of line to me.

Great score on the Single Ring, though! Thanks for sharing!

 

[damhans]

Beautiful single-ring. Congrats. Give us a report on how it shaves.
If the Damaskeene is reasonable, you should pick it up and put it on the BST. If you don't want it that is. Just sayin'

 

[Sled Dog]

Incidentally, are my eyes going bad or is that an open-comb GEM Damaskeene that was next to it in the tray, just above the Fatboy?

Na, probably not an open comb.....where exactly is this antique store?

 

[celestino]

Great score and enjoy the razor!