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Found some razors at a good price what do you guys think, 3 Bokers 2 W&B and one geo savage. i would like to clean them up what do you guys tend to use to clean corrosion and years of build up crud. i was thinking of flitz but am affraid it would damage the one W&B.
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don't soak the m in bleach too long if you go that route, the blades will turn black
You've got some nice ones there..especially that savage..I've been looking for one of those lately. Congrats.
Those should clean up nice. You can just use a simple metal polish like Maas or for myself I use Mothers Mag & Aluminum Polish. Be sure and post em again after you've got them cleaned up :)
Great find! I use Flitz polish and it works as good as the Maas or Mothers mag polish. It will take quite a bit of elbow grease to remove the surface corrosion. I am a big fan of W&B straights. They take a very good keen edge and shave like a dream. All are worthwhile investments. Keep us posted on your progress. Also, welcome to SRP.
good call on the mag cleaner, i just tried it, works wellQuote:
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Very nice snag! They should all clean up nice. I recently tried Mothers Mag on some of blades and was amazed how well it works. The Bokers will give you a very nice shave as will the Wade & Butchers, you'll enjoy all of them I'm sure.
started cleaning the razors i think im done with the blade on the WB this is what i got
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well w&b are a dime a dozen, the savage on the other hand...
now that you've practiced with the w&b may be you should tackle that one.
and btw bleach shouldn't even appear on these forums, that's not something you want in contact with steel, good ole mechanical abrasion with sandpaper is what you want to do.
The razors look amazing! How did you get them to look this good?
thanks i am starting the savage i have alot of pitting to clean up on it, as far as what im doing i think its been said a lot around here and debated but im hand sanding proggressing from low grit to higher i still need to get more paper thuough, not because i dont have a power buffer but i figured if i can see what each grit does by hand and what progression i like i would know what compounds to get when i use a buffer exclusively, in other words im walking before running. its a pita to do all by hand but i know why i have aot scraches on my blade. i think about using a tumbler maybe ill toy with that idea more, im also working on scales for the two blades so its a long project.
Thats looking really good. Nice work!
so there i was sanding and sanding on the savage razor i have and i thought hmmp i have a tumbler and i read the thread on using a tumbler to clean up a blade let me give it a try, so i went down stairs dug out the tumbler realized the only media i had was alum oxide no walnut i should have stoped there but no being the lazy person i am i say lets do it. put my razor in went to bed next more came down almost cried, the media thickened up and was not circulating right and wedged my razor and sanded a 1/8 long grove in the corner of the blade, sanded flat spots on top of the spine and the monkey tail. so i thought i was saving work but created more needless to say went back to hand sanding and sanding and now im at a point where i think the blade is as nice as it will get with my skills and tools. next up making scales yay.
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Dude that looks great!
Looks great,nice score,however NEVER use bleach on any of these,I don't know what that guy was thinking...sabotage maybe...jealous most likely (just kidding mods!)
thanks everything is put on hold temp, got some things going on with my son and trying to get the workshop setup ok my bandsaw quit scroll saw brakes blades and the grinder is not placed, the savage is going to get a black walnut and white walnut scales and the W&B just gets black walnut. looking for a lathe too so busy busy.