I purchased a seven day set and a bunch of other razors and was wondering where to buy pins,scales and how to remove rust and tarnish.
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I purchased a seven day set and a bunch of other razors and was wondering where to buy pins,scales and how to remove rust and tarnish.
Here is what the seven day set looks like, as you can see they are tarnished and there is rust at the top pin and the tang.
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Very nice looking set! We have an extensive section on rebuilding and restoring razors. Some of the greatest in the industry are in there and participating on a daily basis.
MOST importantly, wipe some oil on the metal surfaces to stop any further rust and corrosion because those are in relatively good shape. It would be a shame if they deteriorated any more.
Here is a good place to start reading. I think oiling them is a great start, and they are quite loverly items, proceed with caution, rush a restore and ruin a razor is often seen written around here. I expect they won't need much work. There are also some work in progress threads too. This is one of my favorites http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...u-working.html It is long so don't try to read it all at once. You are welcome to join in any time!
If you have never restored a razor....PLEASE get some cheaper ones to practice on.
It would be a shame to ruin a 7day set.
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! :eek:
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.
The last line says it all.Quote:
Originally Posted by sharptonn
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.
I did as Rezdog recommended and cleaned them up lightly. I hit them with the dremel tool to git rid of the surface rust (mostly at the pivot) I then polished them up with something called maas polish as thats what the hardware store nearest me sold. They turned out great (In my opinion) except the sunday which had more surface rust then the others Its the top one in the picture. Now I am just waiting on my sharpening stones.
Do you have a shave ready benchmark?
If not, you might want to send a couple out.
If you are not very experienced with straight razor honing, it is important for new guys to tape the spine.
At some point you will figure out how to hone without wearing the tape, at that point it is optional to tape or not to tape, in the mean time be nice to your razors. Many new honers have stuffed there blades by not taping.
Nice to see the clean up. They seem to have come along nicely.
Good job.
I will say this once again but for a different reason....
If you have not honed a razor before...PLEASE practice on some lesser razors FIRST.
Honing is another thing that seems easy, until it's not...then it's too late.
The 7 day set is not easy to come by (especially how nice this set is) and it would be a darn shame if it got messed up.
It's already been said, but I too recommend buying a few cheap razors that look like they may be beyond help. If you can work on those to get to grips with your techniques, then it will be a little money well invested. You should be able to pick up a razor with a broken blade or broken scales pretty easy. Try to remove scales without damaging them. Re-pin them. Take them apart again, re-pin etc. If you can buy a few old dogs and maybe use the scales from one on a blade from another etc.
Your 7 day set is a great looking buy. Good luck with them!
we can only give advice,
So far you haven't taken it
This is sometimes the outcome of forging your own path
http://straightrazorpalace.com/honin...ml#post1734877
Keep in mind that wrecking one razor of this set devalues the entire RARE set :( which you might have already done by using a Dremel
I am fairly confident I would be able to sharpen these as I have sharpened 60 or so wedge blades and one gold dollar on 12-0.3 micron lapping film. Still I have these to practice with the new stones first.
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I will try to post some pictures of the other razors I purchased that need pins and scales I probably bought way to many to start off with. At least two have warped spines which I would have no idea how to hone and one is a wedge from what I can gather because its cast steel around 1850-1870?
