Thread: Wostenholm-Needs Work

Not sure if I should have posted this in here or in the restoration category.

For you guys who buy razors like the pictures below. Beware! This one was sent to me by a member who just wanted it honed. If you can see it in the pictures the spine has been ground very poorly which created a really crazy bevel and there is some deep seated rust with pitting that extended well into the bevel and edge. When this happens, the edge is really tough to get a comfortable shave as every time you get past a rust or pitted point, another follows and so on. You have to take off a ton of metal even using a low grit. In addition, the handle pivot pin feels like it's hanging on by a thread. Unless you are into total restorations of razors, a razor like this would not be one recommended. I have worked on this one to correct the edge and get it shavable by hand and it has taken almost 25 hours. Of course I never do these all in one setting, but a little bit at a time. The bottom line is that after all this time it is a definite shaver, but this razor really needs to be totally reground and re-pinned or handled to be of any long time use. The only real reason, I would ever keep one like this unless someone was doing all the work for me for free, would be that it had some kind of sentimental value.

You would be much better served picking up one of the guys shave ready razors or a new one.

Have fun and Happy Holidays,

Lynn