Thread: Is this old razor Salvageable?

Hi All

Just wondering if this old razor is fixable and how much work it's likely to take, it's been in a box for about 60 years and it's got a bit of rust and the edge looks pretty rough.

Blade is 3/4" wide.

2b

Going by what I'm seeing that looks like a very straightforward bevel set through the progression and you have yourself a nice little shaver.

If you can get a solid bevel set then it is absolutely restorable.

Looks like a fairly straightforward process to clean it up and reset the bevel. Not bad for 60 years out of use.

What I call..a quicky.

Some flitz or Maas, and time on the hones.

Hell yea it's salvageable! What Outback said.

Id start with getting bevel set. If and when that happens you will know your in good shape and you can save the blade. But as outback said, looks like a quicky.

Originally Posted by TwoBirds

Hi All

Just wondering if this old razor is fixable and how much work it's likely to take, it's been in a box for about 60 years and it's got a bit of rust and the edge looks pretty rough.

Blade is 3/4" wide.

2b

yes, it is, I would use something like mother's mag polish and see how much of that rust comes off , if not much I would soak it in some evapoRust in a personal sonic cleaner., then I would blue the etching, so that it was more eye catching.

Thanks everybody, guess I better order a stone.

The razor was my great great uncles, from what I've been able to find online it may have been made by ERN and one of their better models, it came with a couple of pig bristle brushes and a Gem stone/ strop, the old jack knife and slide-o-matic lighter are kinda cool too

2b

From the pics, it does look like a fairly easy restore.

With that said, being that it's an heirloom, you might give some thought to either allowing someone with more experience to do the work OR set it aside until you have more experience.

You'd be kicking yourself in the arse if you were to damage it.

Just a thought-----