Thread: Keeping frameback dry

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

I don't think anything's missing on this at all, that's what they're like.

What he ^ said. This is how they were made, by the thousands I would guess. Very cost effective. A bit tricky to strop, too.

I have seen quite a few of these Swedish framebacks on which the spine - the part covered by the tang that is - was blued/blackened or otherwise coated to prevent rust. Whenever I used one (I don't have one in use right now) I'd just blow the air out 'orally', as they say and leave it out to dry for a full day, as I do with all my razors.

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

I don't think anything's missing on this at all, that's what they're like. Here's an old one of mine, exactly the same...

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I agree too - they were definitely made like that. My frined Mikael, a member of this forum, hails from Sweden and he used to send me dozens like this.

I don't think it is a good idea to plug the hole - unless you want to encourage rust. When I was doing them up for Mikael I used to remove the sleeve, clear everything up, treat it with tuff-glide or similar and put it back together. Occasionally I would replace the tube with a bit of stainless steel tube, slit down the long side (which is easier said than done).

They were made like that, they survived like that, so why fix what is not broken?

Regards,
Neil

Its clipback framebacks, the original Swedish awarded frameback design. I have many with that design by various eskilstuna makers.

I don't rinse my razors, they never see the sink and water . Just wipe on a nice car wash sponge during shaving.
After shave whipe with alcohol and tissue, strop, apply some Ren wax.