Got this razor great deal but can't find any info on it. On one side it has west point and on the other it has damascus steel made in Germany. Looks like it can be restores has anyone ever seen or had experience with these. Is it worth the effort to restore.Attachment 72518Attachment 72517Attachment 72516Attachment 72519
I would suggest setting the bevel on a 1k stone, first. If you find good, clean steel....then yes, it's worth restoring.
Jeauxs,
As a West Point graduate, I'm utterly jealous of that find. If you need someone to put it on a stone to see whether it will hold an edge, you are welcome to send it my way and I'll see if I can put a good bevel on it, then do a final honing once you've cleaned it up as you desire...
Just one thing that the other two guys didn't mention - many vintage razors say Damascus on them but are actually not the pattern welded steel that we would consider Damascus today. The steel could possibly be different from most vintage razors, but I would assume that, in most if not all cases, it's just a marketing thing.
Some of those are patterned welded, and show the marks.. if you look on top of the tang and the bottom of the tang you can sometimes find the faint lines there...
I have Pics somewhere, will try and post them for you, I think they are on the home computer..
Then send it to me and I'll leave it in the etch tank overnight... we'll know for certain then. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by gssixgun
With that much patina on the blade, laminations should be visible. Normal finger stuff is acidic in the human being and over time will etch the etch-able steels. The resistant steels will take less abuse and remain shinier (relatively). It's still a good looking razor whatever the steel.
Well I just couldn't resist starting on this project so here's some shots of it a little cleaned up. Trying to do this all by hand and. without pulling it apart. thinkthis will be a keeper for Attachment 72547Attachment 72548now.
Nice looking job ! What did you use ? Nice looking blade , it should serve you well .
Looking a little better but now I'm tired so till tomorrow. I have been using 180 grit 1000 grit & 2500 grit sandpaper with some turtle wax rubbing compound. I know not the beat and easieat but thats all i had on hand. Still looking for any info anyone may have on this blade have search everywhere and nothing.Attachment 72558Attachment 72559
one thing I have noticed that has made my blades look better before polishing is using the turtle wax polishing compound between grits from 500. 600. 1000. 1200. 2000. hope this helps....and spend the few bucks to get more sand paper. going in smaller steps helps me a lot more than big steps...plus less sanding in the end
good job on what you have done. keep it up.
It's funny you mention the polishing compound cause I have some in the garage and at first was gonna use that but went with the rubbing compound. I think tomorrow I will switch to the polishing compound.... Now due to the holiday I'm in a remote location and I have some mag and chrome and alunimum polish I was thinkiNg could work for the final touch. What do you think...... Yeah really doing this one caveman style no power tools and none of the correct compounds really hope it comes out nice. If not I'll give it legal beagle since he went to west point I promise I will not mess up the etching :-)
