Thread: I Name this - The Forgotten RAD

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Good point, Birthday Boy!
It looks pretty nice as it is. Good old patina!

I'll leave it all original, just maybe try and bring the etch out a little bit, but then again I guess that is, "patina", and it's long and gone to the time when I should have a razor with, "patina".....

Originally Posted by Phrank

I think they are, they are metal for sure. I thought from the pics they may be some type of "faux" scales, plastic made to look like metal or something, but they are metal without a doubt. "Ting" when you give them a little touch...

Yeah, early stuff will oxidize rapidly in the wrong environment.
I say shine the sucker up a bit. Get a shave!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Yeah, early stuff will oxidize rapidly in the wrong environment.
I say shine the sucker up a bit. Get a shave!

Just use some 3k grit? Would that work? Or should I give it a 10 or 15 passes on the DMT?

Originally Posted by Phrank

Just use some 3k grit? Would that work? Or should I give it a 10 or 15 passes on the DMT?

Oh I was referring to the scales. Looks like a 1k will be fine to begin with on honing the blade.
That thing is bound to be pretty old..

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Oh I was referring to the scales. Looks like a 1k will be fine to begin with on honing the blade.
That thing is bound to be pretty old..

How would you clean up the scales?

Just use some metal polish?

I would start light with it. Scrub it good with a toothbrush. Light simple green or something. Perhaps a touch of scouring powder.
A scrap of Scotchbrite and same to scrub inside of the scales. Then rub with a polish, soft towel off. See what you have.
Sometimes scars are attractive if cleaned!

You can always go heavier if you want. You can only go light once!

Bar keepers friend is a really good scouring powder I use on softer metals with good results.
Not as aggressive as comet of javex, but great on brass and aluminum..
CDN tire and Walmart carry it as well.

Originally Posted by MikeB52

Bar keepers friend is a really good scouring powder I use on softer metals with good results.
Not as aggressive as comet of javex, but great on brass and aluminum..
CDN tire and Walmart carry it as well.

I keep a little pile of it on the back of the shop sink to touch my damp toothbrush to. Works a treat on most every part of a razor, with exceptions, of course. Downward strokes with a pasted toothbrush really gets a blade going nicely.
Takes off lots of rust, esp around pivots, tangs, and jimps.

If that pitting of the scales had happened with the original pin still in, the blade would be loose in the scales. Without having it in hand I cant judge, but unless that blade was flopping about, I would guess that it has already been repinned, if not rescaled.

Originally Posted by Magpie

If that pitting of the scales had happened with the original pin still in, the blade would be loose in the scales. Without having it in hand I cant judge, but unless that blade was flopping about, I would guess that it has already been repinned, if not rescaled.

You are well experienced and are 100% correct - the blade is loose in the scales due to the pin.

Haven't touched the blade or the scales, it's in the "future project" category currently...bang on call on the loose blade.