Thread: My first Fleabay win....

Originally Posted by Ernie1980

Not too bad overall- little hone wear, only minor corrosion, and no frown. Also, the scales are intact! What would worry me is the possible rust/pitting on the very edge. For $15, it is a good way to start down the Ebay restoration road. So what are your plans with it?

Originally Posted by monkeypuzzlebeefeater

I like it. At that price I'd definitely have bid on it. There is some concern near the edge but with a bit of work that should turn out to be a nice buy. Are you going to attempt a restore yourself?

So I probably should have lead with what I saw and asked for comment regarding it and anything else, at any rate here is what I noticed or so I think from the ad pictures:
-Some Hone Wear moreso towards the toe.
-Various rust spots here and there but none appearing to my untrained eye as overly detrimental
-Toe has a slight bit of a sweeping radius at the edge
-Possible slight twist or warp in the blade, which could effect a perfect centering in the scales. I say this because of in the two upclose blade photos on the front face there is a slight shadow under the toe but on the back face photo the toe is touching. This may be just the photos or simply the way its resting on its side of the scales despite it appearing to be resting flat at the scale side... (if that makes sense)
-possible little pitting along the spine on the back side and maybe the face it self but all appearing shallow if so.
-rust on blade edge requiring new bevel set or slightly more

As for my plans on it.... Initially I sought out to find a inexpensive straight in reasonable shape to practice honing on before working over my 'good razor'. This being my first, I will likely start out by simply resetting the bevel and go from there. Ideally I would like to restore it to an original state assuming there are no hidden surprises :P but really if all i get out of it is lots of practice on the hones it will be money well spent.

I'm Still waiting on my lapping plate to come in,but cant wait to give it a good go I remember using an old small Arkansas stone to sharpen my boy scout knife back in the day that my grandfather educated me on back in the day. I know this is not the same but I suspect this will bring back some good memories and maybe one day I can make some new ones passing it down to my son when he is of age. Sorry side thought over

Originally Posted by Ernie1980

Just a word of caution- flea bay browsing can be addictive I have too many razors because of this!!

I just bought 3 razors in 2 days From Flea Bay, I'm in trouble!!. Up to 15 razors now.

Yea I can relate I won a second auction before the.first hit my door. I gotta put the mouse down...

I'm not familiar with the brand, but it looks like an old Torrey and it is from Worcester, so it seems likely that it's a product of the Torrey factory. If it is, you've potentially got a really nice razor. I've restored worse looking blades. I'm not hung up on a little pitting on a hundred year old blade, as long as there's enough steel to have a clean edge. Nice find!