1876 is when the design was awarded. Same design As for c v heljestrand, Anton berg and a couple of others from Eskilstuna was sharing same design but with different brand names.
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1876 is when the design was awarded. Same design As for c v heljestrand, Anton berg and a couple of others from Eskilstuna was sharing same design but with different brand names.
Very Handsome, Mitch. Nicely done.
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I should start with this one, It is a C V Heljestrand. I usually only polish manually with Autosol and Tormeks brynpasta but sometimes its hard to remove it all.
I am a bit scared and carefull with using 2000grit and autosol after. Will it be fine or will the 2000grit wet sandpaper leave some tiny tiny tiny marks?
Frameback - I must say that I am in no way an expert in restoration, so take the following for what its worth. I have however been buying extremely rusty blades lately and following the same progress with somewhat success (in my eyes at least). Depending on the severity of the rust, I usually start with a 220 grit wet sandpaper, sanding in both directions (horizontally and vertically). From the 220 I use 320, 400, 600, 800, 1000, 1500, and 2000 in the same progression. I sand with each grit until I have removed the marks from the previous grit. By the time I hit 2000 its more of a buff then a removal of any steel. I suppose that's my long winded way of saying that in my limited experience, 2000 grit is not overly harsh on the steel, and any marks buff out with a polish. Since you have reservations I would try it out on a trashed blade first to test. Also, my frameback in this thread seems to have 2 different qualities of steel - the blade definitely seemed to be better quality (harder) and less susceptible to scratches; the rest of the blade seemed to be of a lesser quality (softer) steel. Not sure if that applies for all two-part framebacks, but that was my observation. Let me know how it turns out.
Beautiful razor, great restoration. The two Swedes in my lineup (a C.V. Heljestrand and a Klas Tornblom) are both great shavers that hold a wonderful edge. An Engstrom Frameback has been on my buy on sight list for quite a while. Not that I need another razor or anything but man they sure are cool:)
Framebacks are sweeeet! Looks like you have done yourself proud.
2K grit will leave slight scratches, but if you are "restoring" a razor, you will think it's a mirror. The metal polishes will remove pretty much any of the 2K scratches. Before you quit with the 2K, finish with 2K & wd-40, then the polishes...works quite well.
I like Tormeks more then autosol. Sometime i use both. Never tried it with oil, ill give it a try someday