Goofy newbie oops!

[americanarmsdealer]

I thought I'd made a decent score last weekend at the antique store. Picked up a couple of '50s Superspeeds for $5 and $6.95. Took 'em home and tried to clean them up. The Z3 cleaned up pretty well, but had a couple of small spots on the handle where the brass was showing. The B1 had A LOT of brassing on the bottom side of the shave head around where the handle attaches. Looked around for information on how to disassemble these so I could swap the handles, so I could have one of them that looked really good for a daily shaver. Well apparently I got just enough info to be dangerous! I got a set of security bits for a few bucks, removed the retaining screw from the end of the handle on the B1, wrapped a towel around the handle, gripped the handle with some pliers, and proceeded to twist the handle off. No luck, so I thought I'd twist just a little harder. I didn't really whale on it or anything, but heard something pop. I think I discombobulated the linkage for the opening mechanism, and now the silo doors just kind of flop around. The lesson: if you want a pristine looking razor, buy one in pristine condition. Otherwise, be happy with the way it cleans up. Think this will be the last time I try to disassemble a one piece razor. Oh well, only a $5 lesson, so I think I'll live. But I can't bring myself to just throw the broken razor away yet. It just seems wrong!

 

[HerrHepcat]

But I can't bring myself to just throw the broken razor away yet. It just seems wrong!

Strange how that is huh? Most people are the same way with watches too.

 

[GoldenMonkey]

LOL...lesson learned, I suppose. Good thing you dodn't do that on say, a President or someting...

 

[luvmysuper]

I thought I'd made a decent score last weekend at the antique store. Picked up a couple of '50s Superspeeds for $5 and $6.95. Took 'em home and tried to clean them up. The Z3 cleaned up pretty well, but had a couple of small spots on the handle where the brass was showing. The B1 had A LOT of brassing on the bottom side of the shave head around where the handle attaches. Looked around for information on how to disassemble these so I could swap the handles, so I could have one of them that looked really good for a daily shaver. Well apparently I got just enough info to be dangerous! I got a set of security bits for a few bucks, removed the retaining screw from the end of the handle on the B1, wrapped a towel around the handle, gripped the handle with some pliers, and proceeded to twist the handle off. No luck, so I thought I'd twist just a little harder. I didn't really whale on it or anything, but heard something pop. I think I discombobulated the linkage for the opening mechanism, and now the silo doors just kind of flop around. The lesson: if you want a pristine looking razor, buy one in pristine condition. Otherwise, be happy with the way it cleans up. Think this will be the last time I try to disassemble a one piece razor. Oh well, only a $5 lesson, so I think I'll live. But I can't bring myself to just throw the broken razor away yet. It just seems wrong!

The handles don't come off from the blade base anyway on the TTO's.
Sounds like a good candidate for spare parts like end caps and silo doors.

 

[Slivovitz]

I don't have any broken razor stories like that to share (yet). I've broken enough other stuff, though. How many guys reach adulthood without breaking something they were trying to fix?

 

[americanarmsdealer]

The handles don't come off from the blade base anyway on the TTO's.
Sounds like a good candidate for spare parts like end caps and silo doors.

Oh sure. Now you tell me!

 

[wdwrx]

I don't have any broken razor stories like that to share (yet). I've broken enough other stuff, though. How many guys reach adulthood without breaking something they were trying to fix?

you mean you quite doing that when you reached adulthood?.....
Damn, I' doing something wrong.... I still break stuff...

 

[amishmotorboat]

The handles don't come off from the blade base anyway on the TTO's.
Sounds like a good candidate for spare parts like end caps and silo doors.

Actually they do. Sometimes they will come off by the method the OP used. Sometimes the linkage breaks instead. One of three things actually could happen. What happened is one. The handle coming off right below the head (just like one of those old types with the cracked handle) is another. The third is the tto knob popping out of it's groove. The second two are both reversible.

 

[luvmysuper]

Actually they do. Sometimes they will come off by the method the OP used. Sometimes the linkage breaks instead. One of three things actually could happen. What happened is one. The handle coming off right below the head (just like one of those old types with the cracked handle) is another. The third is the tto knob popping out of it's groove. The second two are both reversible.

Ok - Technically, they will come off.
Just like if you twist hard enough, the hood ornament on a Rolls will come off too.
Getting it back on is problematic, and usually requires tools and a skillset that many folks simply do not have.
I think it is a dis-service to put word out to noobs that the handles come off, when in fact they are pressed /peened in, and the average Joe wouldn't be able to get it back together.
By your own statement, they only have a 66 percent chance it's going to come apart in a way that is possible to put it back together, if they have the skills and the tools required.

 

[americanarmsdealer]

Please, please, please, just take my advice, and DON'T DO IT!!!!! You'll be sooooooooorrrrrrrrryyyyyyyy!

 

[Pumpkin]

Please, please, please, just take my advice, and DON'T DO IT!!!!! You'll be sooooooooorrrrrrrrryyyyyyyy!

Thanks for sharing this information. Makes it (a bit) less likely any of the rest of us will make the same mistake!