Thread: What Do You Have In The Mail Right Now?

Bills more than likely lol. Will be ordering a razor and strop in the near future.

Originally Posted by cudarunner

On your first question. The Neatsfoot Oil Soak can be done with the scales on or just scales alone. Since this razor was in such nice shape (for being about 160 years old/Thanks again Martin) and I didn't want to run the risk of ruining the original bee hive washers I just put the whole razor in the Neatsfoot.

Thanks for sharing and explaining! I was like: "If cuda unpinned and pinned like that I am a million miles away." Now you are back to human form

I have never used Neatsfoot Oil. I guess I am going to buy it to try the same thing.
https://www.amazon.com/Fiebing-Compa...ASR?th=1&psc=1

Originally Posted by cmsessa

Thanks for sharing and explaining! I was like: "If cuda unpinned and pinned like that I am a million miles away." Now you are back to human form ;

I am a human form and no where near perfect. That man died on a Cross over two thousand years ago.

With that said, IF I had unpinned the razor and IF I was successful saving the beehive washers, I should have been able to re-create the look of the original pinning.

It's not Quantum Physics, or Building the Space Shuttle. It's about Patience & Taking Your Time. Trust me, I know. It took me a long time to finally be able to unpin a razor and put it back together without messing up.

Originally Posted by cmsessa

I have never used Neatsfoot Oil. I guess I am going to buy it to try the same thing.

https://www.amazon.com/Fiebing-Compa...ASR?th=1&psc=1

While the price of the Neatsfoot Oil at Amazon is reasonable/especially if you get free shipping. You should be able to pick up the same thing locally for around the same price or lower. I'd suggest a Ranch and Home type store. Just be sure that it's 100% Neatsfoot Oil.

Originally Posted by Martin103

Use the 100% for horn, keep the other for your baseball glove and leather boots. If the scales have embellishments and unusual collars and pins you can also brush it on and let it soak in. I make a concoction of neatsfoot oil, bees wax, pine tar, and orange oil for work boots and brown duck coats and bags like Carhartt, makes them waterproof and supple. Like this Carhartt bag that I use for work for years now, treated once a year, the brown duck is waterproof and supple and looks like leather.

Do you hsve mesdurments of each? I was gonna use it on a few leather jackets.
What does the pine tar add to the concoction?

This is the other stone I got when I bought my new escher stone. I really like the way this guy posted his listing [emoji6] 311765676228
...paid 5 days ago and it just shipped!!!

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I've ordered Lynn's DVD
And also mentally ordered lots of other stuff.
(using a DE razor at the moment)

Originally Posted by aaron1234

This is the other stone I got when I bought my new escher stone. I really like the way this guy posted his listing [emoji6] 311765676228
...paid 5 days ago and it just shipped!!!

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Sooo, now they not only want payment to clear, they want to spend it before they ship ...I get it ..OK no I don't
Another good find for the collection.

Originally Posted by tbaac

I've ordered Lynn's DVD
And also mentally ordered lots of other stuff.
(using a DE razor at the moment)

Lol, .mental ordering, NICE, I have never admited to it, but at least you got the guts to. That DVD should be a best seller, packed full of good info.

Originally Posted by cudarunner

I've been wanting to try something and I figured these old scales would be as good as any to experiment with. So--------

I covered them with Neatsfoot Oil then put them in my vacuum chamber and started a slow evacuation, the small air bubbles soon started to come out of the horn.

I left the razor under the slight vacuum for about 15 minutes then when ahead and pulled the full vacuum and left it for an hour. At the end of the 60 minutes the bubbles were still coming out but greatly diminished. I figured that I'd put as much oil in them as they would take so I opened the valves and was pleased with what I found.

After drying the excess oil off I let the razor hang for about a half an hour then re-wiped everything, then I used Mothers Mag and Aluminum Polish with some well crumpled newspaper on the blade then used some 000 synthetic steel wool on the scales then wiped all down and ran the scales on some CrOx.

I did have to tighten the pivot pin and it's still close to self centering. I'll leave it till another day to play with everything else and will report back.

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The Pics don't do it justice but/Thanks for looking

Nice restoration


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Originally Posted by whoever

Do you hsve mesdurments of each? I was gonna use it on a few leather jackets.
What does the pine tar add to the concoction?

I would not use this concoction on leather, this is mainly for cotton especially brown duck, heavy canvas type. The pine tar Like Stockholm and Bickmore is a water repellent and antiseptic and been used in marine application for centuries mainly in dipping ropes to make them waterproof.