RocketMan
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Post by RocketMan on Feb 4, 2012 22:18:57 GMT -6
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ShadowsDad
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Post by ShadowsDad on Feb 4, 2012 22:59:51 GMT -6
That case is stunning!
I checked Waits and the only option for plating according to that authority is silver. But w/o tarnish!?
I'm wondering if somehow a few model A1s received nickle plating? But according to the book nickle wasn't offered as a finish until 1916. Production of the A1 stopped in 1914.
The plating sounds like it could also be nickle. The nickle plated Valets look silvery grey to my eye.
From Wikipedia: White gold is often plated with a thin rhodium layer to improve its optical impression while sterling silver is often rhodium plated for tarnish resistance.
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Post by wchnu on Feb 5, 2012 1:14:51 GMT -6
Vedddy nice. Looks purty.... But how does it shave?
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RocketMan
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Post by RocketMan on Feb 5, 2012 1:56:07 GMT -6
That case is stunning! I checked Waits and the only option for plating according to that authority is silver. But w/o tarnish!? I'm wondering if somehow a few model A1s received nickle plating? But according to the book nickle wasn't offered as a finish until 1916. Production of the A1 stopped in 1914. The plating sounds like it could also be nickle. The nickle plated Valets look silvery grey to my eye. From Wikipedia: White gold is often plated with a thin rhodium layer to improve its optical impression while sterling silver is often rhodium plated for tarnish resistance. I think there is still a lot of information to learn on these razors. According to Waits, the serial number on this razor, 217149, would put it at being manufactured in 1906 or perhaps into 1907. However, that would contradict his claim that this handle style is a later manufacture - perhaps into the early 1910s. One of those claims has got to give. Unfortunately, mysteries remain. The plating thing - you have me wondering if it could be white gold, or perhaps rhodium - as the underlying metal looks somewhat like silver. If this is an early - 1906/1907 - model, then perhaps Gaisman wanted to smack into the market with gold plating too, to compete with the gold plated razors that Camp was marketing. I am going to trot this down to a good jeweler and see if they can figure it out. (It sure doesn't seem like nickel - wrong color) And Fuzzy - I haven't shaved with this one - I tend to stick to my FrankenStrop for these shaves - an early Canadian silver plated adjustable Model B with a later nickel handle. I got it that way and it just kinda grew on me.
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Post by Trout Whisperer on Feb 5, 2012 21:49:08 GMT -6
A nice bit of engineering with mystery-metal plating! Thanks for sharing the photos. Let us know what you find out.
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MrGuy
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Post by MrGuy on Feb 6, 2012 0:46:23 GMT -6
My understanding of white gold, and I'm no expert by any means, is that it's regular gold that has been treated so just the very outer fraction of the gold turns "white". When the razor is used, the areas we would see plate loss would start with regular yellow gold showing through, since the treated "white" gold would be the first to go. The fiance doesn't like regular gold, so this is what various jewelery store employees warned us of while looking at white gold wedding sets.
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