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Broken-straight-razor-restoration-from-1963
- Thread starter Milk Ice Cream
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I don't know where to begin. I think it might take a little while to process what I just saw.
I absolutely HATE these fake restoration videos.
There's a whole cottage industry of them where they "paint" water soluable "rust" mixtures onto stuff just to be able to video the removal.
Rust like that doesn't leave a smooth shiny surface like that under it.
The tang had the "rust" removed even though it wasn't submerged (1 min 34 sec).
I stopped watching after 2 minutes when it suddenly and magically transformed from a blackened mess to a bright shiny piece of steel.
Despicable fairy tale posted not for instruction but merely as a click generator for the consumption of the clueless who have no more idea of what a straight razor is than I do of what the magical blue liquid was.
"In Russia, time wastes you!"
There's a whole cottage industry of them where they "paint" water soluable "rust" mixtures onto stuff just to be able to video the removal.
Rust like that doesn't leave a smooth shiny surface like that under it.
The tang had the "rust" removed even though it wasn't submerged (1 min 34 sec).
I stopped watching after 2 minutes when it suddenly and magically transformed from a blackened mess to a bright shiny piece of steel.
Despicable fairy tale posted not for instruction but merely as a click generator for the consumption of the clueless who have no more idea of what a straight razor is than I do of what the magical blue liquid was.
"In Russia, time wastes you!"
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You missed the honing part? Comedy gold!
If nothing else, it is a cautionary tale about buying “restored” razors off the internet.
“See it cut paper. Shave ready”
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I read some of the youtube comments and gathered that he had destroyed the temper and used some kind of knife sharpening guide. I just hate these fake videos, and the comments are all about how "relaxing" it is to watch, not about what a load of crap it is - so everyone who liked his video is obviously completely clueless.
Yeah, everything from start to finish was a mess. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen someone “restore” something with so little understanding of the thing they were working on. It was remarkable.
I actually do watch some of those sorts of restoration videos as relaxation, but that one left me tense af. I think I am traumatized.
Would love to get some of that magic liquid
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