Thread: 1 st attempt at restoring a razor

VINTAGE WH MORLEY & SONS "VICTOR" STRAIGHT RAZOR~L@@K~ | eBay

So thats the razor I'm going to make my first attempt at restoring. I've read several people here saying the Morleys make good shavers. Its also a nice design and doesn't hurt that it has my name on it...

Any tips or pointers people have would be appreciated.

One thing I'm looking for is a good place to shop for honing stones. Anyone?

Very pretty razor. Blade and scales are nice

As far as clean up per picks. Dont touch the swow side. Gold wash on the images look very nice. Back side, Play with mass or fltz to clean that black spot, but suspect needs deeper attention. Check wiki. In general, the backside, looks like hand sand start at 400 600 800 1000. From there depends on desired finish for backside.

Blade has a chip. I would recommend send off to vendor in classifieds. Those guys are passionate about the art, reasonable priced (i'd say cheap) and you know will be it's best. A set of stones may equate to 20 or more paid hone jobs. May be best to have pro honed blades first for comparison before you DIY. That chip may require a little advanced attention too.

Have a blast with it

What do you mean swow side?

hahaha that's my error for thinking could post from my phone

Meant "show side". Although sWOW side may apply. It has very pretty gold wash.
I might even use that phrase in the future, lol


Sorry...side of the blade face with all the fancy gold lettering. When pivot faces to the right, wedge on the left, manufactures often put the pretty stuff on the blade face in this position/side

Pics look clean on "show side". On back side I see a black dot. Images often not the same as in hand. I apologize if I sounded alarming. That dot likely will clean easy, but might be a pit. Even if a pit, the shave edge would be unaffected.

When I saw title for "restore" was looking for blemishes. Scales and all looks very nice. Only nit I see is the black spot. Of course honing too to make shave ready and the chip will easily be resolved with that

Originally Posted by dirtychrome

hahaha that's my error for thinking could post from my phone

Meant "show side". Although sWOW side may apply. It has very pretty gold wash.
I might even use that phrase in the future, lol


Sorry...side of the blade face with all the fancy gold lettering. When pivot faces to the right, wedge on the left, manufactures often put the pretty stuff on the blade face in this position/side

Pics look clean on "show side". On back side I see a black dot. Images often not the same as in hand. I apologize if I sounded alarming. That dot likely will clean easy, but might be a pit. Even if a pit, the shave edge would be unaffected.

When I saw title for "restore" was looking for blemishes. Scales and all looks very nice. Only nit I see is the black spot. Of course honing too to make shave ready and the chip will easily be resolved with that

Ya I don't expect it to be an overly complicated one on my first go. Some simple polishing, honing and cleaning it up.

Anyone use diamond stones for honing?


DMT 6" Dia-Sharp Kit

looking at that kit.

First,
Great razor, and IMHO you did steal it.

For cleaning the blade, not to be contradictory or anything, but I'd hit it with flitz or MAAS polish first to see if they take off that dark spot on the back, then try 2k wet sandpaper if needed, and only work your way down in grit as needed. Once in hand you might find that spot comes off with a finger nail.

I would very lightly hand polish the front of the blade with a very mild polish; Meguire's, Turtle Wax polish, etc. You don't want to remove all that pretty gold wash. It's always easy to get a stronger compound...it's impossible to put back gold wash once you've taken it away. Then you can only hope to put down NEW gold leaf...and that's in no way easy!

I'm shopping for hones myself, and once I scrape the dough together I plan to purchase here:
Lie-Nielsen Toolworks USA | Norton Waterstones
I don't know if anyone else has used these guys but their prices are better by about 15% and they have a broad selection of Nortons.

Let me know if you decide to order through them. I'd appreciate hearing your experience.

Peace,

So I guess the gold is easy to polish right off. Is there any other techniques / methods to preserve the gold inlay?

Originally Posted by BigJim

...I'm shopping for hones myself, and once I scrape the dough together I plan to purchase here:
Lie-Nielsen Toolworks USA | Norton Waterstones
I don't know if anyone else has used these guys but their prices are better by about 15% and they have a broad selection of Nortons.

Let me know if you decide to order through them. I'd appreciate hearing your experience...

Thanks BigJim,
You just saved me some money. I am planning on buying a Norton 4000/8000 and Lie-Nielsen is $10 cheaper than anywhere else I have looked. Thanks for the info and the link. I will let you know how the purchase goes.

Originally Posted by DLB

Thanks BigJim,
You just saved me some money. I am planning on buying a Norton 4000/8000 and Lie-Nielsen is $10 cheaper than anywhere else I have looked. Thanks for the info and the link. I will let you know how the purchase goes.

Thanks DLB. I was glad to have found them, but need to save up some dough before I can test their customer service.