Thread: My first flea-market find ever!

I know it needs work but is it salvageable?, it's my first pick so thought if nothing else I could use it as a learning guide for future projects. I know I'll have to do something with that chip. I was happy with the low price AND it was the first one I picked up while out looking.

Nice find. Where is the chip? If it is the two small ones under the cross they will hone out.

underneath the barber notch ,, it looks chipped . Its suppose to be rounded there.

That one looks like a GREAT one to restore!
Shouldn't be hard to get it looking awesome again....

Originally Posted by Chevhead

That one looks like a GREAT one to restore!
Shouldn't be hard to get it looking awesome again....

Thanks. Never done it before so I'll take my time and research before I get started.

Hit it with 0000 steel wool doused with wd-40. That will get off any active rust. then hit it with some MASS to polish it up a bit. Should be fine. Hone wear is minimal and doesn't look like much rust/dirt activity near the edge.

Nice find. Looks like it should be great when done.

im new as hell to razors .. if it was a knife id use 000 steel wool & wd-40 to clean it up & de rust if you dont have ore wish to not use power tools a peace of stiff rubber hose wrapped with say 1500 wet dry paper wet should get it polished up for honing back to sharp ..just my thought

Great find, how did you beat Dennis to it? He's sucking up razors in KY like a March twister.

Wine cork wrapped with fine grits is how i do it. Some mount the cork onto a drill, but i don't. Power tools and fragile steel can be a disastrous mix.

Now if you haven't honed a smiler before, that's a real learning curve, and here's my advice: Watch Glen's and Lynn's video wrt smiling blades.

And then retrain yourself to never apply pressure evenly across the blade, favor the heel or toe-but never both together, except in transition. Otherwise you flatten the middle of the smile...you'll be glad you didn't..

Lynn:



GS's One of Three:

Ooooh, dremel food!

Sweet pickup, brother.

LOL @ Dennis and a march twister.