Thread: Help Identifying before I spend money to restore

The people you just said "people like you" to are some of the nicest, politest people around anywhere. They're trying to help you, and they are knowledgeable but a) obviously don't recognize the maker of your razor, nor b) know your experience or skill level restoring razors. They were stating forum rules about valuation. If you post decent pictures, people will give you opinions.

Not sure from your description but seems like I have seen mainly some Japanese razors with a designation of Barbers Razor or Standard and were used by barbers in business as a meat and potato razor or what I mean by that as a daily user for customers. Hence the name designation. Now this is only an assumption on my part from peruzzing the I-net!

Originally Posted by Michael70

Not sure from your description but seems like I have seen mainly some Japanese razors with a designation of Barbers Razor or Standard and were used by barbers in business as a meat and potato razor or what I mean by that as a daily user for customers. Hence the name designation. Now this is only an assumption on my part from peruzzing the I-net!

This is good information with me to begin with! thank you! if this is the case then I would definitely like to have it restored because of the consideration that It may have been an actual in use blade that was made to hold up well. I don't know about the Japanese razor part of this being that it says worcester, Mass. on the blade but it is good information to have regarding its possible use and manufacturing purpose of being an actual barber's every day user. I'll carry on with this lead and see if I can find any more information on it using this and any other posts with good information that may end up being posted.

Originally Posted by Haroldg48

The people you just said "people like you" to are some of the nicest, politest people around anywhere. They're trying to help you, and they are knowledgeable but a) obviously don't recognize the maker of your razor, nor b) know our experience or skill level restoring razors. They were stating forum rules about valuation. If you post decent pictures, people will give you opinions.

I'm sorry if I took that the wrong way then. I just know that most of the time on other forums that you generally see people posting so bluntly about things like that without reading what I was actually asking and usually on other forums the guys that do that are the ones to be rude. I can understand his statement if I was asking directly for what its worth to be sold as but my main question was in relation to would it be worth having sent off to be professionally restored or is it just another generic blade that I'd be wasting my time and money to get redone and in turn if I want it restored I should just restore it myself. I was also wanting to know more about the company that made the blade if anyone had knowledge of them because I had never heard of Howards razor company. Thank you for clarifying in his defense so that I better understood why he was mentioning this rather than just trying to give a new person to the forum a hard time. It just seem like that is the norm anymore on internet forums. Glad we could clear this up.

I voted self restore, especially since you have worked on one before.

If I had one that was special personally or rare/valuable then I would send out.

Follow Shaun's advice & clean it up. I personally like patina, so I would only chase the active rust...it's an old razor not a new one. Pick up a strop, shave soap, & a brush. Once you have those key three items, send it to me and I'll get it back to shaving as it should..just cover the return shipping of a USPS flat rate box. This is the only way I ship razors. The idea that Torrey made it could be right on & if it is...that razor has some great steel in it.

Originally Posted by shooter74743

Follow Shaun's advice & clean it up. I personally like patina, so I would only chase the active rust...it's an old razor not a new one. Pick up a strop, shave soap, & a brush. Once you have those key three items, send it to me and I'll get it back to shaving as it should..just cover the return shipping of a USPS flat rate box. This is the only way I ship razors. The idea that Torrey made it could be right on & if it is...that razor has some great steel in it.

Ok, I will get it cleaned up. I've shaved with the other straights, shavettes, and safety razors so all i need is a strop because i've got a nice silver tip badger brush and some taylor of old bonds street shave soap. I will try to get this rust off with the steel wool and wd40. if it works out well and doesnt remove a lot of patina I will just leave the patina and send it to you for hone and sharpening. Thanks shooter.

Get yourself a quality strop first, it doesn't have to be a high dollar one...just good leather. If you would like some advice so that you won't buy something that is junk (there is a LOT out there), please PM me. You won't need to strop before the shave as all I would want you to do is wipe the blade clear of oil, but after the shave stropping is absolutely essential. I strop after and before a shave.

Originally Posted by shooter74743

Get yourself a quality strop first, it doesn't have to be a high dollar one...just good leather. If you would like some advice so that you won't buy something that is junk (there is a LOT out there), please PM me. You won't need to strop before the shave as all I would want you to do is wipe the blade clear of oil, but after the shave stropping is absolutely essential. I strop after and before a shave.

I think my local shop carries some pretty good quality ones for a decent price. I will have to check and see. I will definitely PM you though to see what your recommendations are for a good strop. I'd love to be able to use this straight razor. Especially if it is in fact made by Torrey for another company. Sending over a PM.