Thread: Rescued razors

Would anyone be interested in having a sub forum devoted to examples of RESCUED vintage straight razors. Some of these are scattered throughout the Workshop, Show and Tell, and other forums. I'm referring to those razors that have been cleaned up, made shave ready, and perhaps have new scales yet have not been "cleaned" to the point of erasing original etchings or tang identification but still have many pits and other imperfections. The character of the razor would be retained including the "through-the-mill" results of its history. Reconstructed razors that are truly outstanding would not be included because they can be shown elsewhere. These probably would not be the product from an elaborate workshop, but rather those from a small corner-of-a-room workspace with maybe a dremel and elbow grease.

I'm not opposed. Most of mine would be in that sub-forum I'd say.

I wouldn't mind it. Having a Restorations sub-forum.

Stealing my idea for Zombie Razors eh?

Have at thee!

( needed an excuse to use that smiley!)

this topic has somewhat been touched on before. I think the main issue was based on the definitions (ie what one person thinks is a custom restore is what another person thinks is your definition of "rescued").

You are in that forum....

Razors....

There are also the Razor Clubs which you can form anyone you want, but the "Rustiques" comes to mind off the bat

BTW There are still way more guys posting in the Customs/Restorations that use Elbow grease Sandpaper and Dremels then Pros... Once you start doing more than MAAS and a cloth you are Restoring razors, come on in the water is fine...

PS: I also think that TwistedOak nailed the true reason the best

"I think the main issue was based on the definitions, ie: what one person thinks is a custom restore is what another person thinks is your definition of "rescued"

That division could lead to some hurt feelings that I for one would rather avoid

Originally Posted by gssixgun

There are also the Razor Clubs which you can form anyone you want, but the "Rustiques" comes to mind off the bat

Hey Gssixgun,
I looked, but could not find the "Rustiques" Does that club still exist?

Googling 'Rustiques' should get you this link:

http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...rustiques.html

Originally Posted by Magpie

Hey Gssixgun,
I looked, but could not find the "Rustiques" Does that club still exist?

It's not very active.

Originally Posted by htmitten

It's not very active.

Nor does it specifically include rescued or restored razors.
As Glen already suggested you can start your own club in the Razors forum or simply post in the Customs/Restorations forum which contains a gamut of razor work ranging from outstanding to minimalist.