Thread: Masonic Joseph Elliot with silver inlay. How should I clean this?

Originally Posted by cheddardan

Will do Martin!

Yes, and Chedd! You will have to go to the link I posted above and go to post 18 to see Wullie's 'Majik' razor from the Club. His pics are gone from the club! It's BadAssed!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Yes, and Chedd! You will have to go to the link I posted above to see Wullie's 'Majik' razor from the Club. His pics are gone from there! It's BadAssed!

Actually, I just finished looking at that page and saw the majik razor. These things are all pretty sweet!

Thank you.

IF you are of such a mind to keep messing with the blade, I suggest you use a No2 pencil to clean the etch. Use the pencil like you are coloring all the etch area. It will not make the blade "new" looking but will remove any rusty bits and will add a bit of character back to what is there. Stop frequently, wipe off the graphite and see what it looks like. When you're tired of coloring on it, wipe it down with an oily rag to remove the graphite, clean it well and as Tom suggested, use RENWAX or similar.

Fraternally,
Willie

Thanks, am I correct in assuming that the black color in the divots of the silver are supposed to be there? I know there's a name for it, but I forget what it's called.

Originally Posted by Wullie

Thank you.

IF you are of such a mind to keep messing with the blade, I suggest you use a No2 pencil to clean the etch. Use the pencil like you are coloring all the etch area. It will not make the blade "new" looking but will remove any rusty bits and will add a bit of character back to what is there. Stop frequently, wipe off the graphite and see what it looks like. When you're tired of coloring on it, wipe it down with an oily rag to remove the graphite, clean it well and as Tom suggested, use RENWAX or similar.

Fraternally,
Willie

DO NOT DO ANYTHING TO THAT RAZOR,(maybe have it pro honed at the least)
saddens me at times to see some resto projects members do,make it shiny like Chrome Make scales that are off the wall ugly and not of the proper period to the razor.
We have a responsibilty to preserve the great razors,many times doing less is more,JMO

I hear ya, I'm just talking about the scales, I don't plan to do anything further with the etching except to preserve it, but I'm going to wax the scales up a bit or at least clean them up a little (I was going to use acetone (no, not really)) and I was wondering about the dark areas inside the silver inlay. I know some jewelers put a product inside the creases of silver rings etc to give the piece depth, but I was hoping someone here would recognize what would be appropriate for the time period of this razor. Are the dark areas just debris or was it likely made that way??

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

DO NOT DO ANYTHING TO THAT RAZOR,(maybe have it pro honed at the least)
saddens me at times to see some resto projects members do,make it shiny like Chrome Make scales that are off the wall ugly and not of the proper period to the razor.
We have a responsibilty to preserve the great razors,many times doing less is more,JMO

Originally Posted by cheddardan

I hear ya, I'm just talking about the scales, I don't plan to do anything further with the etching except to preserve it, but I'm going to wax the scales up a bit or at least clean them up a little (I was going to use acetone (no, not really)) and I was wondering about the dark areas inside the silver inlay. I know some jewelers put a product inside the creases of silver rings etc to give the piece depth, but I was hoping someone here would recognize what would be appropriate for the time period of this razor. Are the dark areas just debris or was it likely made that way??

If indeed silver,leave it alone,thats patina that needs to remain,I realize your hot to trot on doing something to this razor.
You should do nothing,ren-wax everything,leave it alone.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

DO NOT DO ANYTHING TO THAT RAZOR,(maybe have it pro honed at the least)
saddens me at times to see some resto projects members do,make it shiny like Chrome Make scales that are off the wall ugly and not of the proper period to the razor.
We have a responsibilty to preserve the great razors,many times doing less is more,JMO

I'm down with that. Strongly, at that!