Thread: Opinions needed ( pic heavy )

As i stated before , I own many , many , 100 or so Straights . O.K. that may not be that many to some but to me its a growing collection .
I would like to start restoring the ones that need it , slightly restoring the , older , survivors .I do not shave with any of these so I would greatly appreciate opinions , go , no go , ideas , thoughts , do restore , don't restore . I will be posting pics , hopefully and eventually , all of my straights
for everyone to see and comment on . starting with the first 3 , we have a , Wade & Butcher , Sheffield , which I would like to just lightly clean ,
lightly buff , just preserve and enjoy . a JO - BE , on one side and Wiener Schaberly on reverse , to be restored , lastly , a Genco Co. " Easy Ace with a few nicks in the blade that I think may be able to be reground , or ?. Okie Dokie , here we go . o.k. maybe not in order .
Thanks to all ,
Peafowlguy

I don't see a need to fixing anything, if you don't use them, they are just junk in the drawer. Tc

Well, They are pretty things and cleaned, would be prettier!
Repair_and_Restoration
~Richard

Well, a few of them have some big chips in them. It's gonna take a whole lot of work on those and the razor will be smaller than it is now and you'll have to make sure the chips didn't come from corrosion.

And, Who Knows? Maybe the exercise will get the OP to be a straight shaver!.
Watch how many, now, will try to buy the razors!!!
~Richard

I have no,idea where your skill levels are at. First off, do no harm. The ones that are clean, wax them and put them in your displays or boxes. The ones that are not clean, give them a good scrub with WD-40 and 0000 steel wool, then wax them. It requires a fair amount of elbow grease, but it is worth while. Power tools are a seriously advanced restoration skill and you can kill them in less than a second if not done right. Start hanging around some of the threads like what are you working on. If you have not read it, it is a daunting size, skim past the cibitzing and banter and just read or glance at the meat and potatoes. The is a stickie in the workshop called how do I where do I, that is a must read. There is a lot to it on the broad spectrum, but I think if you approach it from the easiest to the hardest it will be fine.

IMO the W&B looks to have been reground more than once. I'd pass on doing much to that one....

If it was me I would only be tempted to work on the easy aces razor. I would hone out the front smaller chip and then grind the heel until the bigger chip out making it sort of like a shorty I suppose. Even then it is sort of meh if it is worth the time vs what the value would be.

I would first work on the razors you had that don't need as much work

I currently have in total about 14 razors with 4 waiting for me to restore/work on them. 7 or so I use a decent amount with the last 3 being really good condition/special occasion razors. I feel like any razor that has a chip is like a guaranteed at least 2-3 hours just getting good edge not including other things you might need to do.

Okie Dokie, I did ask for opinions , and have received several , thanks all . as stated above, the W & B / Sheffeild , not to bad for a pre 1891
Straight . just a light cleaning to " preserve " , the JO / BE was given to me by a very , very , very good friends Wife. he is like a brother , she ,
" was " like a sister , she gave me the straight quite some time ago , sadly , she passed away 2 days before Christmas 2017. I will honor her gift by
restoring the JO / BE , I don't care what it cost . it will hold a special place in my heart and in my showcase , the center of attention . I do believe I
will follow the advice of Christian 1 and repair the Easy Ace accordingly . and Thanks Geezer , I do believe I will try to shave with it , slowly at first of course . I will continue to take and post pics , again , for opinions , and all members enjoyment . and , this may sound a little " Crass " but I actually
do have a friend that owns a museum with a great amount of his " collection " since he does not use any of these things , I will ask him how he likes his " junk "
Peafowlguy

Big chips like that?? I'd pass, life is too short to be working on all that in my opinion...