Thread: picking the communal brain

Bought this ERN Crown and Sword from an acquaintance who said it belonged to her grandfather. I wasn't thrilled with at the time and stuck it in a box with some other razors that need more work than I want to fool with.
Looked it over yesterday, realized that despite some pitting and tarnish, the edge is very good. Scales are another story, warped and ugly.
Question is -- what to do? I don't really want to polish off any engraving, or do I? Have it restored? What's that cost? Just offer it up for sale?
Looking for advice.

we don't discuss prices in the forum. if you want to make something out of that blade you will need to sand it and clean it up. This is the best way . if you are planning to sell you can use classified. GL

Does the blade open and close without hitting the scales in spite of the warp ? If the answer is yes than I would take the thing and wash it off with scrubbing bubbles to get any gunk out from inside the scales.

Dry it off and polish the whole thing scales and all with Semichrome, Maas, or Flitz and then hone it up and shave with it.

If the edge does hit the scales depending on how badly warped they are I would try to straighten them. I like the emblem embossed on them. Gssixgun had a tutorial in the SRP Wiki on straightening scales. If that didn't work then all that is left is a rescale.

Whether by you or sent out to an artisan. You can find them in the SRP classifieds under member's services.

What you otta do is hit it wit fine paper 800 and above.This will not take out the pitting,but it will get rid of the discoloration.Find yourself a straight 3-4" piece of antler and make a straight handle for it. I did it and it's my go to razor.

It doesn't look too bad. Just sand it back with some wet and dry paper. You may have to chose between the pitting and the engraving on the blade. Either way, you are going to need some wet n dry paper. Once you have progressed up to about 2000 grit then go to the polish. With the scales, first give them a good scrub with a tooth brush and some detergent and water. Then if they have any scratches you can get them out with some wet n dry paper (high grit) then some polish.
I have been told that Crown and Sword are great razors once they are honed up. I don't know, I still haven't honed mine.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Does the blade open and close without hitting the scales in spite of the warp ? If the answer is yes than I would take the thing and wash it off with scrubbing bubbles to get any gunk out from inside the scales.

Hi Jimmy. These scrubbing bubbles sound interesting. I googled and found the company I think you're talking about: Scrubbing Bubbles

But they have several products. Which one are you using?
Thanks,

That could be a very nice looking razor,IMO if our not into the restoration aspect i would ask one of our many skilled members here to restore it and have it brought to shave ready status and try it out. if you like the shave,it could be part of your rotation, if not,you could put it in the classifieds..possible win/win.

I just honed one of those, one I was wanting to sell, musta taken 10 mins, and damn, what a shaver. Needless to say its in my rotation... Damn RAD.

Anyways, the pitting on that is (IMHO) not significant enough to warrant losing that etch. Though on the tang, maybe...

Definitely needs new scales though.

IMHO , you don't need to use any abrasive paper on that blade . A good metal polish such as Flitz or Maas , and some elbow grease is all you need , and it won't hurt the blade etching , either .