Thread: Westor Bros Anchor Brand Restoration

Wow, that's awesome. Thank you so much for your explanation and the pictures, Marty.
After my 5k this morning I went right out and purchased a pack of synthetic wine corks and a 6mm Yoga mat. Shop rags I already have.
I'm going to make a coffee and then go right out into my shop.
Rez, I'm going to order some of those collars as soon as I finish here.
Here is the last of my 6/8" razors for restoration; all the rest are 5/8". I'll need to find a few more somewhere.
This is a Robeson ShurEdge

A perfect candidate, for just metal polish and a rag. No need for sanding, on that sweet blade.!

If your planning on restoring often, you might want a tub of 3M metal restorer/polish. By far, the best I've ever used.

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These are the refinished collars and under collars, from a late 1700s razor, I restored.




No sanding on the blade, just 3M.

Thanks Mike. I’ve never heard of that brand of metal polish but I’ll have a look at Canadian Tire and Home Depot. I have been using Mothers metal polish.

I would not sand on that New Science Concave, Rare bird.
All that will be gone. The great transition of the double-grind will be gone. So will the razor.
Leave as it is and lightly polish. Light stuff. Maas or similar. Preserve the etch.

Thanks sharptonn,
Rez, I ordered some of those dome collars and under washers.

You will be happy that you did.

I always start with 0000 steel wool and WD40 to clean. You can also clean the scales with WD40 and a toothbrush. You can buy gun cleaning tooth brushes that have small thin bristles on the tapered end, they are not expensive on ebay. Some come in packs with nylon, stainless and brass bristles.

The nylon will get into tight spaces.

Once clean, if the blade has an etch you want to keep, use 0000 steel wool and any good metal polish. Then decide if you need more aggressive polish or sanding. You can always buff everything but the etch. Cover the etch with tape and buff around it.

A very lite polish with 1k paper and wine cork will make the etch pop without removing much steel. If you want to darken the etch with cold gun blue the steel must be super clean, a good degreaser and acetone. Heat with hot water or heat gun before bluing. Let dry well and sand lightly with 1k and a cork. Lapping film also works well for polishing an etch.

Nice razor, Robeson’s are some of my favorite shavers.

Thanks Marty, yes and yes to all the things you mentioned I have in my shop. All of the nomenclature is crisp and readable so I’m not going to touch it. I cleaned and polished the blade yesterday and it looks great. I’m just waiting for the brass caps i ordered to arrive and then I will reassemble the razor.

Thanks all for the comments.
Rez, I was wondering if you could please direct me to some of the posts by sharpton on installing collars please? I've searched and searched and haven't been able to find anything at all using various search parameters.
I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. I used his forum name, I used collars and I got no results.
If you're too busy don't worry about it. I'll keep trying.
Kind regards
Chris

If you go to the top of this page under the search bar is advanced search. You can specify a user name as well as search terms. I think sharptonn has two ns, but it will give you selections of users as you type.