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Cheap auction buy, and I was looking for a frameback. I have not had the opportunity to shave with it yet, but I hear they are decent razors. I've done a little research online and each similar razor I find has "Philadelphia" inscribed where this one has "International". Anybody know about this razor? The scales are from another blade that is shot, I believe I broke the originals when de-pinning the razor.
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That blade has gone through a nice transformation.
Wow, the blade has come up well. nicely done.
It looks like you still have a little chip near the toe. This might hone out, but I would think you will need to get it out before shaving.
Stu
Yes sir there is a little chip, I'm hopeful I can hone it out without much worry.
Clean looking, ill be out hunting for one now. ;)
thank you for saving a swedish frameback, nice work and cleaning. What did you use for cleaning the steel?
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.
Thx for posting,are great razors,easy to hone,shave like a dream,Enjoy.I love mine:)
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Great save...just need to pin it now.
I dont like yours set at all egm...
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Originally Posted by pixelfixed
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.
Do the 2000grit leave scratches or its polished away later? I have not yet dared to use even 2000grit wetpaper. What is yours experience?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mitchaj
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.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Frameback
I like Tormeks more then autosol. Sometime i use both. Never tried it with oil, ill give it a try someday
I was searching for some ideas on scales for a Frameback razor and stumbled on this thread... I'm almost certain I have the same looking one, it also has something scribed into the steel but from what I could remember it was in another language.. I'm just commenting on this so I can find it later when I find the razor I'll post pictures of it...
