True and I was one of them. Back to school for me.
True and I was one of them. Back to school for me.
I dont think there is a wrong cap. Its just a hat on one of the best razors ever made lol.
Nice find! Oh please, I hope you didn’t Brasso it! A little hot water and dish soap will take that green crud right off. Looks like there’s enough gold plating left that it should clean up fine if you like the aged, patinaed look. But if you want to strip it back to brass or replate, I guess Brasso away.
OK noted I'll try the hot water n soap approach first.
I think I saw small dots of gold left on the cap. IMO would look best removed, but to each their own.Hi Esox,
Wow that's scary stuff if there's any gold left of it I'll try my best to keep it but if the event there's non left I'll hunt for bkf here.
I really want to keep as much of the razor in its original condition as I can as I do want yo shave w it and pass it alone some day lol
Oh good. While you’re waiting, do a little google searching on cleaning up those old gold-plated razors. In general, you want to go really slow and really gentle to preserve as much of the plating as you can, which is only about one molecule thick. On my New Improved, I basically just soaked it in boiling hot water with some dish soap until the water cooled and then repeated. Most of the green crud flaked off just from that. I was able to get the rest off with light scrubbing with a soft bristle toothbrush. Remember that many of the cleaning and polishing techniques that are common for nickel-plated razors will strip the gold plating. Just proceed with caution. Best of luck and happy shaves. As you may have noticed, the short comb NEWs are highly regarded around here.Not yet as it's on it way to a buddy in the US first before he packs all my stuff to be sent over so its going to be a few weeks before I get it.
OK noted I'll try the hot water n soap approach first.
Have you seen the engraved caps of the High-end models? I can't decide for you, but I would not suffer a few dings in the cap unless I wanted it to be pretty too.Hi REV579,
Good point, a bent cap wouldn't hold the blade well at all however, if the cap looks like a it's been used as a dart board lol! Wouldn't shaving with it by riding the cap feel very rough especially if the ding is deep enough that a tiny crater is formed?