Thread: Busted Razor Recyling

Never throw away dead razors. I take them apart and store the pieces. You never know when you will need a set of scales that are just a little bit shorter or a lead wedge. I also like to make smaller razors for feminine hygene. See the Coochie razor thread.
The only parts that I throw away are the pins.

To add to Rons post, remember these things are concrete soluble if they hit the garage floor, they are gone!

Originally Posted by Utopian

Oh, I just remembered another use. I use one for slashing bread before baking.

A lame (sometimes pronounced Lah may) is a razor used to slash the top of a loaf just before it goes into the oven. Naturally, the bread must be home made sourdough, or don't bother

A little Genco gold seal jr. I fouled up does bread duty like a champ.

Originally Posted by nun2sharp

To add to Rons post, remember these things are concrete soluble if they hit the garage floor, they are gone!

Yup, concrete is like quicksand to washers

My wife is a wind chime freak so a creative friend of mine threw together some wind chimes from old straight razor blades & scales. Makes a nice conversation piece and they sound great IF you like wind chimes. Here's a set he put together below.

I recently bought a busted razor. Knew it was busted when I bid on it. The scales look pritty.

Here's a good example of a razor clock. It too was made by the same fella who made the wind chimes. His clock looks better than some rotations I've seen! He also made me a set of custom steak knives from straight razor blades ~ best steak knives I've owned.

Originally Posted by RazorTalkin

Here's a good example of a razor clock. It too was made by the same fella who made the wind chimes. His clock looks better than some rotations I've seen! He also made me a set of custom steak knives from straight razor blades ~ best steak knives I've owned.

Well, my question would be, does he sell these things and if so how much are they? By the way. I hope he doesn't live near me.

I have purchase a few "junk" razors. A couple had no scales and barely looked like straights. I will say that the have been great for practicing refinishing. I have 3 straights that need refinishing. I'm a little scared to start on them. I'm afraid I my ruin them with my inexperience. So I've been practicing on the "junk" ones. I would recommend this to anyone new that wants to learn to refinish. I would have definitely destroyed the ones I have been saving.

+1 been there,done that.

Originally Posted by Utopian

It's the very thin washer between the tang and the scales. It's the one you don't see until you take apart a razor and the damn thing falls on the floor and then you have to crawl around on the floor with a flashlight trying to find it before the stupid cat that eats everything on the floor finds it first.