A question about your gold plate if ya don't mind mate. How does it look like it'll last as in longevity? I read somewhere that brass isn't the best material to plate with gold hence the vintage razors were all a bit naff. Another line of thought is they were just cheaply and badly done. What say ya?
You can successfully plate gold on to brass,first you need to plate the the brass with copper/nickel,if not,the gold plating will just probably just wipe off after a couple of months.
A lot of vintage,so called, gold plated razors were actually just given a quick gold dip (wash) ,onto a copper/nickel plate,and when I say quick,I mean real quick!,probably about 10-20 seconds maximum,in the gold electrolyte,hence it wears out really quickly on vintage razors (my recently acquired Executive appears to be gold plate,straight onto the nickel base).
But a good gold plate,CAN be done,just put a solid copper/nickel base on over the brass first.
And not forgetting,the vintage razor manufacturers would put a thick coat of lacquer on the gold washed razors,so as the ultra thin gold 'plate' would last longer...Tight fisted buggers!.