At long last, a worthy antique store find!

[Iakona]

My lovely wife has taken up the cause, and ever since father's day, has been on the lookout for razors at antique stores. On the way back into town yesterday, she found, called, and convinced me to stop at an antique store. I found not one, but two nice finds - A new improved (I think) Big Fellow, and a 51 Aristocrat. The aristocrat is in great shape, and the big fellow is also very good (considering it's age) and has cleaned up nicely!

Here's a few pics before of the big fellow before cleaning:
http://i371.photobucket.com/albums/oo153/jlnorsworthy/P6262319.jpg

http://i371.photobucket.com/albums/oo153/jlnorsworthy/P6262320.jpg

http://i371.photobucket.com/albums/oo153/jlnorsworthy/P6262321.jpg

And after:

http://i371.photobucket.com/albums/oo153/jlnorsworthy/P6272324.jpg

http://i371.photobucket.com/albums/oo153/jlnorsworthy/P6272325.jpg

http://i371.photobucket.com/albums/oo153/jlnorsworthy/P6272327.jpg

http://i371.photobucket.com/albums/oo153/jlnorsworthy/P6272330.jpg

Thanks to my wife, and... whoever it was that posted on the baking soda/boiling water cleaning trick.

[Oldguy]

That's a really nice Big Fellow. Congrats to you and I'm sure a big thanks to the wife.

Len

[mdevine]

Great finds.

[grump]

Yes, That is sweet. Congratulations. :thumbup:

Great job to the wife. :thumbup: Have you given her a finders fee. :001_huh:

[bythbook]

very nice!

[Iakona]

Yes, That is sweet. Congratulations. :thumbup:

Great job to the wife. :thumbup: Have you given her a finders fee. :001_huh:

If I repaid my wife for all the great things she does, I'd go broke!




























is it obvious that I think she's reading this thread? :lol:

[alex2363]

love these stories ya...keep it coming

[Eman]

:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

Congrats on the finds and a huge round of applause for your wife. I love the case that your razor is in.

[GentsInstinct]

Color me jealous. I've been on the hunt for a Big Fellow and always get outbid or find one worthy of an incinerator. Nice find. Mind telling what it cost you?

[Iakona]

Color me jealous. I've been on the hunt for a Big Fellow and always get outbid or find one worthy of an incinerator. Nice find. Mind telling what it cost you?

$25 - just got lucky. Usually all I find are beat up techs with mismatched heads and cases - for $20.

[GentsInstinct]

$25 - just got lucky. Usually all I find are beat up techs with mismatched heads and cases - for $20.

$25? A stolen steal for sure!

[Iakona]

:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

Congrats on the finds and a huge round of applause for your wife. I love the case that your razor is in.

Yeah, that's the original case as far as I can tell - it did come with the razor, just forgot to take "before" pics of the razor in the case.

Overall, it looks great - and I like the silver plating compared to my nickel plated gillettes (which, admittedly, could be shined up a bit)

[wimbouman]

WoW!

[Blue-EyedSon]

Great find! It looks like it cleaned up quite nicely. And the case looks good as well. I've seen some that are pretty thrashed.

[Iakona]

I actually almost passed it by as it was just a wooden box - I'm used to looking for metal and plastic cases. The goods were also not organized in any way - just stuff all over the place.

[grump]

$25 - just got lucky. Usually all I find are beat up techs with mismatched heads and cases - for $20.

Well, your wife has a great eye, she did really, really, well with that find.:thumbup:

[pauls51]

Congrats on the finds!!! Very lucky indeed.

[Iakona]

I couldn't help myself, I decided to gently polish it - here are some pics:

before polishing (but after cleaning, as seen above)

http://i371.photobucket.com/albums/oo153/jlnorsworthy/P6272327.jpg

And after polishing - same basic picture - you can now clearly see the camera

http://i371.photobucket.com/albums/oo153/jlnorsworthy/P6272331.jpg

http://i371.photobucket.com/albums/oo153/jlnorsworthy/P6272332.jpg

http://i371.photobucket.com/albums/oo153/jlnorsworthy/P6272336.jpg

http://i371.photobucket.com/albums/oo153/jlnorsworthy/P6272339.jpg

[cernel_joson]

Beautiful. What did you use to polish it?

[Iakona]

Beautiful. What did you use to polish it?

Uhhh... Maas :blushing: - but I was very gentle. I think Maas is not recommended for silver, but didn't have anything else on hand.

One good thing about this razor, and presumably other silver plated gillettes of that era, is that the plating is very thick! The advertisements say triple plated and I believe it.