Thread: My first TI

Not bragging (ok, I kinda am ), but really looking for feedback from the collected wisdom here. I just picked up a TI on e-bay, 6607078189 pretty cheap and was wondering if I might have missed some really obvious flaw in this razor or if the manufacture of this particular model was contracted out to a drunk Pakistani goat herder running a chopshop for old Russian tanks.

Anyway, any one have (or have knowledge of) this model?

TIA,
Ed

No Ed I don't, but it looks like a pretty good razor. Strangly, TI isn't one of those exciting Ebay words that people go nuts over. I think I average about $15-20 for Ebay razors in general. I think you got a good deal. It may be alittle old but that shouldn't matter.

Seems about right. I can get an entry level new TI 5/8 razor for around $60.00. I am guessing here, but since this one is used with some wear and some pitting and seems to be made of pretty basic materials, the price you paid seems fitting. But again, I dont know much about new let alone old razors...just guessing.

Originally Posted by ForestryProf

Not bragging (ok, I kinda am ), but really looking for feedback from the collected wisdom here. I just picked up a TI on e-bay, 6607078189 pretty cheap and was wondering if I might have missed some really obvious flaw in this razor or if the manufacture of this particular model was contracted out to a drunk Pakistani goat herder running a chopshop for old Russian tanks.

Anyway, any one have (or have knowledge of) this model?

TIA,
Ed

This would explain why I didn't win!

RT

You did well and it's a fine razor. The ones that tend to go high are the premium ones that are made of silver steel and are lead hardened.

Ed, the razor looks good. The seller mentions that it appears to have been cleaned, some nicks in the edge but they must be small because I did not notice any in the photos. Some tarnish or small rust spots in the photo.

I think you did well. TI still makes the Evide Sonnant - Full Hollow Singing blade. New ones at classic shaving are $80. So considering you got a vintage one, you did very well for $24.

You'll have to wait and see what that "cleaning" evidence entails. That would be my only concern, although a small one.

the evidence of cleaning might well be the faded impression on the blade. Looks like a great find, Ed. I'm surprised I didn't notice it myself. Should make an awesome shaver if it's anything like the TI's I've worked with.

X

Ed,
I think that you did OK. Also I think that you can make that razor look really nice. You can take the Dremel buffing wheels and make the blade look really nice since it appears to not have any etching on the blade. Also for the scales, and I just tried this this weekend, you can take wet-dry sandpaper in the grits of 400, 600, 1000, 1500, 2000, 2500 and sand the scales going thru each grit of sandpaper using water. This will take out the scratches and then each piece of finer sandpaper will take out the marks of the coarser paper kind of like honing. When you get thru the 2000 or 2500 take some Mothers aluminum & mag polish and polish the hell out of the scales and this will remove the sandpaper marks and actually polish the scales. You may want to take it easy around the Thiers-Issard name on the scales. As far as the nicks on the edge you will just have to hone them out probably using a Norton 1000. Do not use anything less than this 1000 as you will taking a chance of micro chipping the blade. Been there done that. When all of the nicks are gone then go thru the Norton 4000 & 8000 then something in the 12000 to 15000 range and then you should be set. You may already know all of this but had to put in my two cents, GOOD LUCK AND HAPPY RESTORING.

Yeah, I was just going to say, the scales don't look that great. I've never tried polishing them out with sandpaper, though. That's interesting that you can do that. I would have probably tried to switch them, myself.

Actually the plastic is "somewhat" close to an old lacquer paint on automobiles. You can do what they called "color sand" it which is using different grits of sandpaper to really smooth out the paint/plastic and then use rubbing compound to polish out the sandpaper marks and polish the paint. The rubbing compound being the Mothers Mag & Aluminum polish. I actually have used auto polishing compound on scales and its works pretty good. Anyway, you can try this and if all fails I guess that you can re-scale the blade. Also, I have been experimenting using a 6 inch buffing wheel on my grinder, very very carefully though, and believe it or it is actually working.