Thread: Some thing to play with

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Gee, that thing looks pretty good. I would scrub it all good with a toothbrush and diluted simple green some. Rub some Comet with a cottonball all over. Rinse sparingly. Light blow-dry. Maybe some WD40 and CroOx rubbed on the blade. Neetsfoot oil applied heavily inside and out on the scales with a q-tip, let soak in. Lightly polish, Tufglide the blade, and hone. Is perfect. Needs some clean, that's all. I would think it would not need unpinning . JMO

That'll work too Tom!
It wasn't the same on a Frederick Reynolds I have though. It had the translucent scales & I had to unpin it & sand the scales down on both sides & polish them but it also had a cracked blade & I had a replacement blade for it. The end results were very nice! I'm not doubting what you say though.

Cannot hurt to try the light stuff. The OP's old razor is all-original. It should remain so as much as possible, I think! JMO

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Cannot hurt to try the light stuff. The OP's old razor is all-original. It should remain so as much as possible, I think! JMO

You're right Tom, then if it doesn't clean up, he can move to the next step if he choses to do so.

Great potential in that old blade. Look forward to the results.

I really want know what I will do until I have it in my hand. From the looks (looks can be deceiving) there is little hone wear and no serious pitting but until I have it in hand and see it close up I want know. this is the hard part the waiting game.

You love waiting. There are at least three threads about it. :-)

Originally Posted by RezDog

You love waiting. There are at least three threads about it. :-)

It's really the thrill of not knowing. It's like Christmas . You get the present's and then play with the box.

Well I received the razor the other day and it really looks better in hand than the photo. Next to the hinge pin though the scales are a little rough. there not cracked just a little rough to the touch. dry I believe. I looked for some nets foot oil with no luck but I found some mink oil at a leather shop. that's really nets foot oil with additives. I have the razor covered in it now wrapped up in wax paper and put away for a few days. when I get it back out I'll remove the blade and start the cleaning and polishing the blade and do some to the scales. I do have a question for some of the scale pros though. what type of dye do you use on horn. I want dye this one but I do have one I would like to darken. They were black at one time but now have turned a little brown. I know that the nets foot oil will make them look black for a whale but I would like to make it last longer.

The short answer is hair dye. It was recently discussed here a little http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...rn-scales.html

As soon as I set up to take photos again i'll take one of this one after the clean up. it turned out pretty good. I removed both pins and cleaned and polished the blade and scales. I added a brass washer on both sides the blade inside the scales and when I repined the razor I was able to reuse the same collars that came on it. it polished up pretty good and honed fairly nice. I shaved with it this morning and got a fairly close shave with out those big ole crocodile tears I use to get. I may keep this one.