Thread: Poor old razor.

Originally Posted by Firefighter2

A thorough cleaning and a good honing will do wonders for this razor. Just needs some TLC to bring it back to life. Hopefully a member will chime in with a date for it.

I will take my time and give some very special care to this razor. I want to shave with it after I have nurtured it for a while. It deserves to live again.

Originally Posted by Hart

The maker is Frederick. The "model" is celebrated razor. It was made in Sheffield.
Since it doesn't say Sheffield England, we can assume it was made before 1890.
I haven't seen Frederick before.

Pretty nice of my neighbor to just give me that razor. He doesn't shave much and knows that I do enjoy a straight razor shave. I will bring this blade back to life.

And take him a bottle of wine.

Originally Posted by HARRYWALLY

And take him a bottle of wine.

I think Beer would be more appropriate

I have a couple of those. They are a good sheffield razor, although I have not found any information on them. They have been talked about a bit here and there but nobody has come up with much for who they were. I have always suspected that they are 1850ish. It will take an nice edge the same as most of the razors from that era and area. I recently had a chance to finish a similar razor on Raol's extra extra fine coticule and the result was quite pleasant. They are one of the blades that shave well at the 8 to 10 K level and are a good razor. However you need to understand that honing a newly restored wedge is going to take a lot of effort to set the bevel as you will be cutting one from scratch. Once you have honed it you will mess up the edge if you do further polishing and cleaning so take it as far as you are going to before you put and edge on her.

She found me out of nowhere. It is going to take some time to get her back to shave ready. 1890 or before is the best date I can put on her. She doesn't have a name yet. She just needs some love and attention. I scrubbed the rust off and have her oiled, that is the best i can do for now. She found me!!

Originally Posted by RezDog

I have a couple of those. They are a good sheffield razor, although I have not found any information on them. They have been talked about a bit here and there but nobody has come up with much for who they were. I have always suspected that they are 1850ish. It will take an nice edge the same as most of the razors from that era and area. I recently had a chance to finish a similar razor on Raol's extra extra fine coticule and the result was quite pleasant. They are one of the blades that shave well at the 8 to 10 K level and are a good razor. However you need to understand that honing a newly restored wedge is going to take a lot of effort to set the bevel as you will be cutting one from scratch. Once you have honed it you will mess up the edge if you do further polishing and cleaning so take it as far as you are going to before you put and edge on her.

She is resting right now. I scrubbed the rust off and oiled her. Until I get more advice she will just be rust free and oiled. She doesn't have a name yet. She might be 150 years old.

Originally Posted by RezDog

I have a couple of those. They are a good sheffield razor, although I have not found any information on them. They have been talked about a bit here and there but nobody has come up with much for who they were. I have always suspected that they are 1850ish. It will take an nice edge the same as most of the razors from that era and area. I recently had a chance to finish a similar razor on Raol's extra extra fine coticule and the result was quite pleasant. They are one of the blades that shave well at the 8 to 10 K level and are a good razor. However you need to understand that honing a newly restored wedge is going to take a lot of effort to set the bevel as you will be cutting one from scratch. Once you have honed it you will mess up the edge if you do further polishing and cleaning so take it as far as you are going to before you put and edge on her.

I agree with Shaun. I also have a couple of those but they don't come up in my Sheffield book. I have Frderick Reynolds come up but even when I tried to look up the 2-3 I have of these, they aren't listed but they are excellent shavers & very good quality steel & quality made. It's too bad you don't have any sandpaper like I do. I have a box full of 240, 260, 320, 360, 400, 500, 600, 800, 1000, 1200, 1500, 2000, 2500 & 3000 grit wet or dry sandpaper that will last me a lifetime. If you had some of those, you could start out with something like 320 grit & work your way up to 3000 grit. You would be surprised at how nice it will look after that but you might not even have to use all those. You might be able to go to a paint store, hardware store or an auto parts & buy a variety pack. once you sand it all out, it will look beautiful! Then you get your hones & hone 'er up & strop it & go to town! Your neighbor gave you a damn good razor! I wish I had a neighbor to give me something like that! It most likely dates between 1870-1880. Here's one I scored on eBay awhile back & it came in a strop box. The guy wanted $299 bin. I waited because I didn't think it would sell. He then put it up for under $100 in an auction & I paid I think $93 for it! It's got such a beautiful smile too!!!!

Originally Posted by engine46

I agree with Shaun. I also have a couple of those but they don't come up in my Sheffield book. I have Frderick Reynolds come up but even when I tried to look up the 2-3 I have of these, they aren't listed but they are excellent shavers & very good quality steel & quality made. It's too bad you don't have any sandpaper like I do. I have a box full of 240, 260, 320, 360, 400, 500, 600, 800, 1000, 1200, 1500, 2000, 2500 & 3000 grit wet or dry sandpaper that will last me a lifetime. If you had some of those, you could start out with something like 320 grit & work your way up to 3000 grit. You would be surprised at how nice it will look after that but you might not even have to use all those. You might be able to go to a paint store, hardware store or an auto parts & buy a variety pack. once you sand it all out, it will look beautiful! Then you get your hones & hone 'er up & strop it & go to town! Your neighbor gave you a damn good razor! I wish I had a neighbor to give me something like that! It most likely dates between 1870-1880. Here's one I scored on eBay awhile back & it came in a strop box. The guy wanted $299 bin. I waited because I didn't think it would sell. He then put it up for under $100 in an auction & I paid I think $93 for it! It's got such a beautiful smile too!!!!

That is a sweet razor. Mine has the same markings on the blade but it doesn't have the curve on her spine.

Yeah very few have that smile to them. I got lucky on that one! It also came in an old strop box. It apparently came from an old estate!