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What grits woukd I usr and hiw to restore the scales? And where can I get new leather for the strop?

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Originally Posted by 2010johnjef

What grits woukd I usr and hiw to restore the scales? And where can I get new leather for the strop?

I would probably start around 300 grit with some WD40, go up from there, you can get leather from Tandy, or even perhaps SRD sells replacement pieces that you might be able to cut to fit.


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I'd get some cape cod polishing cloths for the scales. They can work wonders. As far as the razor goes you just have to start cleaning to see what is behind the rust and how far it goes.

If something is not obviously bad, like a large crack, break,,,always clean the razor first, then take a better look at it before you go pulling parts off it. From where I sit, those scales look perfectly fine, just need cleaning & polishing like Spendur said.

Thay are very nice shavers! mine cleaned up pretty well.

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Where do I get the cape cod cloths?

Originally Posted by 2010johnjef

Where do I get the cape cod cloths?

If you have a bed bath beyond they have them and you can get them on Eboy and I imagine Amazon too.

Will check bed bath

I'd be more conservative about prognosis till I could see a close up of that black stuff near the edge.