Thread: Johan Engstrom Frameback Restore

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.

Originally Posted by Mitchaj

Just a progression of wet sanding up to 2000, then a polish with mother's. Its certainly not perfect like others on this site but if the date on it is right - 1876 - then I suppose Im ok with that. Thanks for your comments.

Do the 2000grit leave scratches or its polished away later? I have not yet dared to use even 2000grit wetpaper. What is yours experience?

Very Handsome, Mitch. Nicely done.

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.

Originally Posted by Frameback

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?

Is interesting to note that you use Tormek brynpasta (honing paste) it puts a great polish on steel when used with oil on the final finish.

I like Tormeks more then autosol. Sometime i use both. Never tried it with oil, ill give it a try someday