Thread: repairing razors

What the others said. Lube them up with some WD/40 in a ziploc baggie. Do one at a time. Then try least invasive first. Get some Mothers Mag polish and a clean rag. Little elbow grease will only help, and give you a clearer picture of the task at hand. 5 minutes of sweat, I bet you will surprise yourself in a good way. No pins or washers or anything of that sort please. Cant say for sure but those scales may be ivory.

Tons of info on this thread: http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...wers-here.html

Martin gives good advise!

Go easy on the oil and slow on the restore. Those are likely ivory scales, so oil is not good for them. Perhaps lightly oiling the blades and wiping it off. Try to leave the scales alone.
In fact, a good bit of advise is to leave the entire set alone until you gain necessary skills to tackle it. JMHO

Much experience and proper procedure is necessary.

I could recommend learning on something cheap to gain experience.

With a complete 7 day set, you cannot afford to mess-up at all!

Pipe cleaners work well to get in the pin area. And with some polish. Elbow grease and time is what is needed. Try not to remove pins as this can cause damage with the scales and you dont want to break or crack one. Polish and lube the blades and put away until you get a few restores under your belt.

Thats a fine set you got! Thanks for sharing.

Excellent advice here. Practice on your other razors first for sure. I would just polish the blades with Mother's Mag polish using your fingers to apply and just elbow grease and a paper towel to polish and maybe a Q-tip and Mother's for any rust on the exposed part of the pins.

Put a little mineral oil on the blades and put them away until you have more experience with your other razors. As also mentioned about, they look to be in good shape already. Leave the scales alone.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Martin gives good advise!

Go easy on the oil and slow on the restore. Those are likely ivory scales, so oil is not good for them. Perhaps lightly oiling the blades and wiping it off. Try to leave the scales alone.
In fact, a good bit of advise is to leave the entire set alone until you gain necessary skills to tackle it. JMHO

Much experience and proper procedure is necessary.

I could recommend learning on something cheap to gain experience.

With a complete 7 day set, you cannot afford to mess-up at all!

The last line says it all.

Bob

Tom, Martin, Chevhead, Ultra all speak truth.

If you are reseller and want to maximize your profit, pay a pro to do the restore. A seven day "set" with one totally screwed is in reality 6 razors and a screw-up.

You can count on two weeks per piece learning how to do restores. With only the pics provided, there could be massive corrosion not seen.

Hello yes they are ivory I also picked up a ivory handled strop with them. I wanted to fix these up as my first straights as I was using a wilkinson pall mall safety shaver before and it seemed to have good steel.

You could just clean what you can and send them out for a honing. If you start with shave ready blades, you will find it much easier to get you shaving technique down.