Thread: Great-Grandfather's Razor

Originally Posted by Utopian

Oh, and don't even think about cleaning, fixing, or honing his razor yourself until you have practiced on (and broken) several other razors first.

Seriously, no cleaning? Cause I was thinking about working on it while I learn. I recently won a Torrey on ebay.

Originally Posted by agriff44

Seriously, no cleaning? Cause I was thinking about working on it while I learn. I recently won a Torrey on ebay.

Seriously, no cleaning.
Clean the Torrey, which are nice razors by the way. Clean any other razor. You'd be amazed at the number of stupid mistakes that can happen while you learn. I'm just strongly suggesting that you gain all of your experience with something other than your family heirloom.

I would either put it away or have someone work on it for you...learning on an heirloom is no-no in my book. If you want to start restoring blades, the most expensive one you have is not the place to start...and by expensive, I mean an irreplaceable heirloom.

Please listen to these guys, they are trying to help you!

Another saying, please listen to these guys. What Utopian says about making the mistakes on a razor that doesn't mean so much is very true.

Just +1'ing here

I have 2 heirloom razors and all I do to them is what can be done with the fingers and a Q-tip. It's not worth the "Oops" factor learning on an heirloom.