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I got some old razors which are in need of cleaning, honing, and scale replacement. Pictures
Cleaning I can handle but not the scale replacement and the honing. I'm only looking to use blade 1 and possibly blade 4 and 5 depending on how they turn out after clean up.
So anyone near nijmegen who could do that? or any professional shops?
Thak you for the photographs!
None of them but the first may be worth saving. Clean it up and see how it looks after the work of cleaning it.
The others look to be almost eaten through by corrosion and a couple have been honed to perdition.
~Richard
After cleaning, post it again. I know some hone persons are in your area and one may reply.
I can get the stuff for cleaning up the razor on Wednesday. So I'll probably get some pictures then.
For cleaning I am getting some metal polish, microfiber towel, fine steelwool, 800 sandpaper for metal (maybe 400?). Any objections?
I believe SRP member Laurens is in the Netherlands...look him up and send him a PM or he will probably pop up in this thread...Laurens has some serious skills!!
Not near nijmegen but den haag, but you can always give him a pmQuote:
Originally Posted by Phrank
i think looking at the pics not al those razors are worth saving, if they where mine the only options razor one and mayby razor five. the rest is crapp.
Save those brushes, put a new knot in those handles and go
Well I can't find any of the stuff needed for cleaning nearby. So I won't be cleaning them.
Does laurens also restore or does he just hone?
Try giving Lauren's a PM....he can either help you out or point you in the right direction.Quote:
Originally Posted by BiscuitCookie
:D
Frank, you really have to get used to writing "Laurens" ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Phrank
Thank you for naming me, I missed this thread. I'm happy to help!
Blades 1 and 5 look like they will clean up and take an edge, 4 is a guess, 2 and 3 look like they are beyond my skill to restore. I'll be in touch with BiscuitCookie and let you guys know.
Apologies Laurens - noted for future reference.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Laurens
No worries ;) Frankly, I thought it was rather amusing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Phrank
What store (in Belgium) sells products to clean a blade? What products should I need?
That depends a lot on what you want to achieve and whether you'll do it by hand or with power tools. By hand, good quality wet and dry sandpaper, grits ranging from 100 to 1500 or even higher, and steel polish (I use HG, do they sell that in Belgium?) will set you back 10-20 euros.
High grit sandpaper is usually sold by automotive stores, for polishing car laquers. I got mine from the local tool shop, works a charm. And the HG steel polish was 4 euros and it does a very good job, only it won't stick to my buffer.
If you want to use a buffer to remove rust and pitting, you'll be needing greaseless compounds. They are mighty hard to come by at a reasonable price, I had to order mine from England. Let me know if you want to go this route, I'll look up the websites I found for you.
All by hand, no power tools.
but that info helps a lot already. will check the local do it yourself (aka brico or gamma :)
thanks!
I'm not sure Gamma carry high grit sandpaper. At least I was unable to find it in the Netherlands. Another advantage for the local tool shop here :)Quote:
Originally Posted by tburm
Here's a good start on restoration topics: http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...wers-here.html. All your questions and more will probably be covered there. If not, you're welcome to ask!
Good luck!
The highest I could find where I went was 400 and that was meant for wood. I also couldn't find any steel polish.Quote:
Originally Posted by Laurens
That is why I sent them to you for cleaning instead of just honing and rescaling.
I got your package just yet, I'll see if I can take a closer look tonight and get started. If you like, I'll take pictures down the road, so you can see the progress :)Quote:
Originally Posted by BiscuitCookie
Cool, I am looking forward to seeing the progress.Quote:
Originally Posted by Laurens
Hi, I was wondering, how did the blades turn out?
I covered the process in another thread, over here: http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...-5-razors.htmlQuote:
Originally Posted by Bram