Thread: Gillette NEW Short Comb Replate-Awesome!

I got my Gillette NEW Short Comb back from Chris at razorplate.com. He did an excellent job!

It sure looks nice!

Good looking job.

Bob

Lince,, please come back with your thoughts on the finish after a few weeks of using it, I am so interested in doing this to at leat one of my razors.
Thank you for the web address also.

Originally Posted by Hirlau

Lince,, please come back with your thoughts on the finish after a few weeks of using it, I am so interested in doing this to at leat one of my razors.
Thank you for the web address also.

I bought an already replated beautiful New LC from Nick at sportshaving.com in October and after a few weeks use it still looks as good as the day it arrived. I wouldn't hesitate to have a razor professionally replated if you like the look.

My boy had interest in a computer shop with a big pile of old gold parts that weren't any good for computers anymore... so, I taught him how to wrap a wire around the gold and one around a dime, put em both in a pyrex bowl with salt water, and transfer the gold from the computer parts to the dime.
I think I'd try that before I'd pay somebody to do the same exact thing. I learned how to do that while working in a jewelry store.
Oh, not with computer gold... it's not the same as jewelry quality gold.

I,m pretty sure that there's a little more to plating a razor , he has to dismantle , clean and then after several steps of plating , they have to go back together. For what he charges , it money well spent . Especially with a razor that you have had for a long time, Tc

Originally Posted by tcrideshd

I,m pretty sure that there's a little more to plating a razor , he has to dismantle , clean and then after several steps of plating , they have to go back together. For what he charges , it money well spent . Especially with a razor that you have had for a long time, Tc

I agree, there's a lot more to it. I'm sure a big part of the job is polishing the metal befor plating. And gold razors are usually plated with nickel first. I don't think the they are usually disassembled for plating though. That gold looks great!

Hi Lince
Great restore on the plating. Like John and others, I would like your observations after a bit of use.

I agree there is more to this than meets the eye and it is not cheap to get set up. Caswell Plating has a number of kits available.

Gold Plating Kits - Electroplating & Anodizing - Caswell Inc

I have been using it for a while now. It is exactly like the day I got it back from Chris. He does an excellent job on all fronts.

This is my most recent shave with it.