Thread: some old ones

hi!
I'm just a beginner and collected few old straight.
I want to restore them.
If you know about these razors or want to advice me about restoration, feel free!
(excuse my english, I'm french!)











and finally a ERN Ator

Ern Ator's are really nice razors. McWolf1969 recently got a round point like yours, and I just got a square point. Ours are both in black plastic scales that say "ATOR" on them, though. I don't know anything about the other blades you got, but most appear to be in pretty good shape. Nice finds.

Thanks. This one has aluminium scales.

Nice finds! There all in good shape. The first one will be the hardest. It hard to tell how deep the etching is. You might loose it restoring it. Im not that experienced but i think the others would clean up nicely with 1200-2000 wet sand paper then a polish like maas. Actualy your norton looks like it only needs to be polished.

I have to agree that the first one will be the hardest, but it looks like it should be a beautiful razor when you are done.

Thanks for your comments.
MAAS seems to be a good polish, but hard to find in France.
Is anyone can send a tube in france, please? (I can pay with paypal)
shipping cost on ebay are huge!

This is a portion of the forum that we dedicated to restoration... The "Workshop"

The very first threads in there are Stickies you will find the most current and up to date restoration info in this one...

http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...wers-here.html

Just about everything we could think of pertaining to restore is there...

Also MAAS is a great polish but there are plenty of others too...

Simichrome
Flitz
Blue Magic
There are other names I have heard the EU guys talk about too,,,,

Thanks! And sorry for the wrong section... You can move this thread in the appropriate section.

LOL This is one of those I don't really know where is goes threads...

I think we shall just leave it here.... Now when you start working on them we want to see the pics in the "Gallery"

Welcome to SRP. Nice razors. The Norton will need a bit of correction on the blade profile towards the heel but the others are looking real good. Here is a barber manual excerpt from the SRP Wiki help files that has some good tips on a desirable blade profile on page 24. Also some good tips on proper honing and stropping that might come in handy for you.