Thread: 4x new (old) Razors !!

Hey guys some razors I brought online arrived today, though Id put them up for show n tell!

Any Info on these would also be appreciated as I am not even sure if a couple of them are in the original boxes
Pictures are taken on my phone and are in the condition as I have received them
I will be restoring them myself

1st one
Box says - JOSEPH ELLIOT CELEBRATED (symbol) RAZOR HOLLIS CROFT SHEFFIELD. box lid I can not make out but will try cleaning it
RAZOR - JOSEPH ELLIOT'S REAL HOLLOW GROUND RAZOR
TANG- JOSEPH ELLIOT FINEST SILVER STEEL
SCALES - BONE or HORN??



2nd one
BOX - THE "DON" RAZOR WARRANTED
RAZOR - HOLLOW GROUND
TANG - BEST SILVER STEEL
SCALES - BONE or HORN??

3rd one
BOX - ROBERT KLEIN SOLINGEN MADE IN GERMANY TRADE MARK (symbol) THREE POINTS
RAZOR - is signed or has somebody's name on it
TANG FRONT - TRUST WORTHY MAPPIN & WEBB SHEFFIELD
TANG REAR - MADE & GROUND IN SHEFFIELD .ENG
SCALES - IVORY?

4th one
BOX - ERN GRAND PRIZE St. LOUIS 1904
TANG FRONT - BISMARCK
TANG REAR - MADE IN GERMANY SOLENGIN
SCALES - say BISMARCK REGISTERED not sure what they are made of

Originally Posted by donalexander

3rd one
RAZOR - is signed or has somebody's name on it it says "Nulli Secundus" = Second to None
TANG FRONT - TRUST WORTHY MAPPIN & WEBB SHEFFIELD
TANG REAR - MADE & GROUND IN SHEFFIELD .ENG
SCALES - IVORY? Yes

Very nice razors, but yours may be trash bin material.

Originally Posted by gugi

Very nice razors, but yours may be trash bin material.

And why might you say that ?

He probably means that because there is what looks like deep pitting on the edge and where it is full hollow. On the edge pitting ruins the steel so you would have to hone past it(if you can) and in the hollow there isn't very much metal you can remove to try to get out the pitting.

Those scales look close to the ivory scales I have because of that grain, pixlefixed would probably be able to tell for sure tho.

even if the blade is scrap don't throw out those scales.

OK lets get this cleared up then,

NONE of these blades are pitted on the edge, it is spots of surface rust that I can actually remove most of it with my fingernails lol
So luck I picked theses up before they rusted any longer

the only slight pitting is the under side of the tangs and the top of the spines in some of them

( I'm a Panelbeater by trade and do alot of engineering work....I know my rust!! )

I just ran a razor blade over them and it removed most of the surface rust, just needs a sand up, polish and honing

The Don has a nice frown, however, it should hone out OK.
Show us how they come up after a good cleaning.

Originally Posted by Havachat45

The Don has a nice frown, however, it should hone out OK.
Show us how they come up after a good cleaning.

I think its the sheet under the blade

Having restored a few razors myself I would probably have passed on all of those (I did in fact). Hollow's just don't have the metal available to get beyond the rust. Stuff like that spidery rust on the Bismark is particularly difficult to remove. Best of luck though, prove me wrong!