Thread: Boker King Cutter

Today I purchased a Boker King Cutter from a local antique mill, I chose a Boker due to the high praise they have received. I was very impressed with the condition and with a price tag of $45 I decided to pick it up before someone else did. With that said the blade is not exactly mint as you can see by the pictures. The blade appears tarnished in areas and there are a couple spots of black that tooth paste won't solve so I have come to seek the knowledge of someone who can point me in the right direction. Any help would be amazing.

Try some Mothers on those spots first but stay away from your goldwash or she's history.
Nice King Cutter. My preference is for square tips but probably a good choice to start.
Best Regards,
Mike

Which mothers product is most recommended?

+1 to Mike's advice. If the Mothers doesn't get rid of it all, sometimes a quick once-over with a pencil (the lead is slightly abrasive and can help get rid of the black stuff).

Looks like there's maybe a little bit of rust on the edge, but it doesn't look too bad and should be fixable without too much trouble.

I have two King Cutters: one in use and the other mid-restore. The one in use has a square point and apart from a formerly vampiric Wheatly Brothers wedge that has finally been nicely tamed, that square pointed King Cutter has been responsible for more bloodshed than any other of my razors. It has a hate on for my right ear... So yeah, I'd agree that a round point can be handy when starting.

Originally Posted by KingCutter

Which mothers product is most recommended?

I've had good luck with Mothers Mag & Aluminum Polish. Found it at Canadian Tire.

Nice King Cutter and +1 to what has been said on the polish to use. Actually Flitz, Maas and similar will work also. A really big +1 on avoiding getting the polish near the gold wash, learned from bitter experience. You could even protect the gold wash with painters tape cut to fit to protect it while polishing. It should take a nice edge once honed up.

Bob

Nice blade, It should take a great edge.
Put some clear scotch tape over the gold wash to protect it.
I use Autosol metal polish from CanTire, works great.

Originally Posted by Mist

Nice blade, It should take a great edge.
Put some clear scotch tape over the gold wash to protect it.
I use Autosol metal polish from CanTire, works great.

+1 on the autosol,looks just like Flitz but seems to work much better in my experiance,but as stated,keep it away from the gold wash,or it's gone.

That's a nice looking razor and a very good price.

Originally Posted by Cangooner

+1 to Mike's advice. If the Mothers doesn't get rid of it all, sometimes a quick once-over with a pencil (the lead is slightly abrasive and can help get rid of the black stuff).

I like this idea. I just gave it a quick try and I like the results. Its not aggressive at all which is sometimes just what you need. This led me to have a think because I had watch Charlie Lewis's video on polishing stones and how he used different grits. Now my chain of logic connected this with the pencils and I thought of my graphic pencil set
mine is a soft set ranging from 9B - H. It could be a relatively inexpensive way of non aggressive polishing. For the tougher stuff you could use the harder leads and then move to the softer stuff.

Anyone tried this?

Oh! and nice looking razor by the way!

Nick.