It’s likely those blades have not been honed in years and no way would remove whispers.I was in an antique store and they had a mess of straight razors for $25 each. $20 with discount. When I inquired, the owner said "You can't shave with them". What did he mean by that?
Just for reference, at that price, I would probably have grabbed all of them, unless they showed serious rust or damage.I was in an antique store and they had a mess of straight razors for $25 each. $20 with discount. When I inquired, the owner said "You can't shave with them". What did he mean by that?
And you didn't ask, why not?When I inquired, the owner said "You can't shave with them".
Beautiful job restoring the razor.I would follow @Wid's advice. No chips, and be careful about rust on the spine and edge.
Even a razor as rusted as this can be cleaned up but does take some effort. Before.
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Since I'm new to this, I only feel mildly stupid asking this. How would you clean a sr up like this?Even a razor as rusted as this can be cleaned up but does take some effort. Before.
Check out the restoration stickies, but the safest for a beginner is to use wet/dry sandpaper and elbow grease. Once you remove the pitting to your level of satisfaction, keep going with progressively finer paper to remove the scratches.Since I'm new to this, I only feel mildly stupid asking this. How would you clean a sr up like this?
Steel wool on the hollow parts? Cola? Honing or polish it with something like a Dremel?
I've come across razors looking like that and felt a Tetanus feaver coming up. What a wonderfully restoration, very cool!
Since I'm new to this, I only feel mildly stupid asking this. How would you clean a sr up like this?
Steel wool on the hollow parts? Cola? Honing or polish it with something like a Dremel?
I've come across razors looking like that and felt a Tetanus feaver coming up. What a wonderfully restoration, very cool!
I get sanding parallel to the edge, with the sandpaper wrapped around a wine cork. I've been using dowel lengths, but I want to try cork.Watch this thread. You will learn a lot.
I normally do what @Legion says. Manually using wet/dry sandpaper with WD40 followed by Mothers polish. I normally use 100, 240, 400, 800, 1200 and 2000 grit. If the razor is heavily rusted/pitted, I start with 100. If lightly rusted, 240 or 400. I do a lot of the sanding by wrapping the sandpaper around a wine cork. For the faces of the blade, I first sand parallel with the edge and then perpendicular to the edge for each grit.