Afraid To Touch These With Sandpaper

[Moonshot1968]

Just got back from the antique Store with 2 beautiful razors. Never thought i could purchase them in such good shape. Don't know if i overpaid but what do i do (If Anything) to restore these?
1. Original Soligen Schulze Razor. Bought for $30. No rust or pitting. Just seems to be sctraches on spine from honing. Should i just polish? Says "Made in Germany". Looks mint. Looks too new to be vintage though. Is this a popular razor?
2. Reico Silver Steel. This one confuses me. Again looks mint with the exception of a little patch of rust on the engraving (How do i get rid of that without ruining the engraving?) and a bit of rust near the tang. I did a bit of research. I think Reico is related with H. Boker, to which i thought were all made in Germany, but this one says "Made in U.S.A. 74". So I'm kind of scratching my head on this one. Love the gold etching though. Paid $38. Scales again are mint. What can i do with this one to restore it? Is it some sort of knock off not being made in Germany. Again, this looks too new to be "vintage". Please help. Thanks.

 

[mycarver]

The rust around the hinge pin doesn't look too deep. You may get by with some polishing compounds on some fine string or floss. Gently scrape off what you can and start with the compounds. Anything along the lines of Mag polish, Maas, or any of the multitude of metal polishes. Granted it won't be perfect, or that you'll be able to get everything under the scales, but you'll go a long way towards cleaning it up.

 

[rmalak]

I'm with mycarver. You don't need any sandpaper to shine that razor up. Just use some MAAS and you should be good to go.

 

[mycarver]

Yeah, any type of sand paper at this stage will most likely leave scratches which you don't want. Another thing you may try as well is to use a small sliver of wood,, or a tooth pick with a flattened edge loaded with some cmpd to allow you to work the top and bottom of the shaft that sits in between the scales. Again, not perfect without unpinning it,, but you can get quite far this way.

 

[smalltank]

if the rust doesnt budge..try some yellow masking tape on the goldwash...then lightly sand around it...but go with mycarvers idea first..

 

[Legion]

The active rust will come off with MAAS, the black marks underneath will probably not. Don't worry about it, it is just cosmetic. Be careful using polish on the gold wash. It will take it right off.

 

[wherndon]

Yeah, any type of sand paper at this stage will most likely leave scratches which you don't want. Another thing you may try as well is to use a small sliver of wood,, or a tooth pick with a flattened edge loaded with some cmpd to allow you to work the top and bottom of the shaft that sits in between the scales. Again, not perfect without unpinning it,, but you can get quite far this way.

Toothpicks? You guys are crazy!
I've been working on Berlin (Sunday of my set) for 4 days with Bue Magic and a bit of cloth. Not sure if my supermarket has wood picks, everything is plastic nowadays.
'scuse me while I see

 

[wherndon]

Your Schuzle appears to be the same as my seven day set. A nice well respected knife. The other, I do not recognize, but looks nice as well.
Here is the sunday version of my set. I don't have the magical skill that these other folks have, and I think I have done all I can do with just paste. You can see that I almost removed the white paint.

I like the idea to use tape to cover the etching. I will do that next time.
regards,
Bil

 

[mycarver]

Toothpicks? You guys are crazy!
I've been working on Berlin (Sunday of my set) for 4 days with Bue Magic and a bit of cloth. Not sure if my supermarket has wood picks, everything is plastic nowadays.
'scuse me while I see

When you grab your latte at Starbucks grab a fist full of their wooden stirrers. Cut them down , shape them as you like and you're good to go.