Thread: Busted Razor Recyling

I saw a web page somewhere that had broken razors cut down, the tang placed in a wooden handle and used for wood carving.

Found it, here's the link:

Making a Carving Knife from Little Shavers

What is a thrust washer? ------

Originally Posted by flyman

What is a thrust washer? ------

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.

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 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.

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.