Thread: 1st razor restoration.

There's a mega bargain going on for light horn if you fancy giving that a go - the ebay seller 'robsbits' is selling a load of them off for very little cost. Might be worth taking a look at it, since they ship from the UK and you'll get cheap postage.

I know what you mean about the pinning - but yours certainly looks fine in the photos. Give the heads a gentle rub with a file and then polish with micromesh - it makes even shoddy pinning jobs look way nicer.

Originally Posted by Christel

There's a mega bargain going on for light horn if you fancy giving that a go - the ebay seller 'robsbits' is selling a load of them off for very little cost. Might be worth taking a look at it, since they ship from the UK and you'll get cheap postage.

I know what you mean about the pinning - but yours certainly looks fine in the photos. Give the heads a gentle rub with a file and then polish with micromesh - it makes even shoddy pinning jobs look way nicer.

Thank you I'll take a look, never worked with horn but I do like the look. I work on the theory just give it a go and see what happens, the worst that can happen is you stuff it up and you have lost a bit of time and maybe a few quid, but if you never try something new I think you loose out more !

Great tip on the pinning

It's a piece of cake shaping horn - coarse sandpaper will shape it fairly quickly and it will polish up nicely with micromesh (Or Wet&Dry paper)
I bought ten slabs of the light horn today, for £1.95 (Plus P&P) per (Quite large) blank, it seemed rude not to make the most of it.

Ordered some dark horn blanks

I just need a bit of advice for when i come to hone this one if possible.

The blade has a fairly large smile going on, its not really clear from any of the pictures but the toe also has a slight ridge. Would it be advisable to completely straighten the edge off (i think its known as bread knifing) or just run with the blade as is and go with the smile ?