Thread: 2 Filarmonicas 14 coming back to life

Hi folks.

A Spanish customer sent me 2 Filarmonicas 14 for me to bring them back to life.
The razors have some mild hone wear, some patina, some scrateches and one of them need a new set of scales. Luckily I had a spare Filarmonica 14 scales laying around.

This is how they arrived:



I'll be posting the work in progress.

Leon,

Looks good. I can barely wait to see how they look once you've restored them.

This will be fun to watch. I am sure the owner will be very happy.

well????? Show us some more!! Were are you in the process??

M

Sorry folks for taking a little longer than expected. Here are some photos of the the process:

Starting with the grey and green paste:



Using the pastes with my Bosch:



After using the blue and pink pastes:



Now, on to the pins:



Cutting the pin with a slack of 2 mms:



Filing the pins edges after cutting so they turn out better in the end:



Lightly tapping:

Tap, tap, tap, ...:



Until it's rigid enough. Personally I like it when the blade is able to stand itself:



Here are the finished razors, what do you think?

Very nice work! Thanks for posting the sequest photos.

Just enough, Leon!
That is good work, and thanks for sharing the process.

Great work and a very good lesson "How to give second life to old razors?". Thanks.

Hello, Leon:

The Filarmonicas look lovely. Well done, sir, for giving new lives to great razors.

Regards,

Obie