Thread: At this rate, I will never get rid of razors. Ever.

A couple days ago I picked up a junker razor at an antique store because it had good aluminum scales. I figured I've got a pile of scale-less blades, might as well fix one up. Maybe this time I'll make one I feel like selling!

While the scales were definitely in better shape than the blade, they weren't what I'd call pristine. I took it all apart and polished it up real good with micromesh (which works really fast on aluminum, by the way). In the process I discovered that this razor, strangely, used a larger size pin for the toe than the pivot. This caused me some grief. I'm probably going to take it apart later and modify the wedge so that the pin holes are 'standard' and the scales are flat (currently they're hollow, so the only point of contact between scales and wedge is the lip around the end).

But still. I got this at the end:



The blade could probably do with a bit more polish to get the pits out. Still, I'm surprised how much I like the blade/scales combo. I'm normally pretty unmoved by round point blades, but this one verges on French point, which I'm rather fond of.

I don't think I'll be getting rid of this razor.